Education upgrade for happy, healthy children

After creating surging economic growth and a good living environment, Licang district in Qingdao turned its attention to improving its education system.

Thriving volunteer network key to community

Three-legged races and semaphore shows were some of the fun activities at a sport festival held for more than 300 volunteers on a beach in Shinan district, Qingdao, on Oct 18.

Saudi Arabia: Driving ban easing possible

It's only for women over 30, who must be off the road by 8 pm and cannot wear makeup behind the wheel. But it's still a startling shift.

Mexico wants artifacts in Bonhams auction back

The Mexican government said on Friday that a quarter of the pre-Hispanic artifacts listed for sale in a Bonhams auction catalog are fakes and that it will take legal steps to win the return of the other, genuine artifacts.

Suspects confess to mass murder

Mexican drug gangs responsible for grisly killings of 43 students

Obama moves to double US force in Iraq

US President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of US forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the militant group Islamic State, US officials said on Friday.

Ebola fight starts to pay off, but success is elusive

The deadliest Ebola outbreak ever is finally slowing in Liberia, the worst-hit country, but still wreaking havoc in two neighboring west African states amid warnings of thousands of unreported deaths.

UN pushes for journalists' safety

Nearly 50 countries are co-sponsoring a UN resolution that condemns attacks against journalists and the failure to punish those responsible for killing, torturing, kidnapping and arbitrarily arresting media workers.

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Transformation through top talent

In the past three years, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park has made measurable progress in efforts to become a special zone for talent.

Nurturing innovative breakthroughs

As the source for innovation, talent is the key factor boosting Zhongguancun's development, according to its administrative committee.

Real brains that drive artificial intelligence

In the eyes of He Bofei, the next epoch in new technology following the world-changing Internet will be artificial intelligence, when computers understand the world more like humans and offer even greater assistance.