Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signaled his country's decadeslong isolation from the world economy could soon end.
A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was in a "critical" condition on Sunday, locked in isolation inside a specialist London hospital.
Somalia's government has confirmed that there are no cases of the Ebola virus in the Horn of Africa nation.
Tens of thousands of uniformed police officers from across the US were expected to attend the funeral on Sunday of the second New York Police Department officer fatally shot with his partner in their patrol car two weeks ago.
Cities along the Silk Road are enormous treasure troves of history, culture, architecture and the arts. A photography competition held by the imaging and optical producer Canon Inc invited photographers to focus their lenses on these Silk Road jewels, offering a glimpse into the glamour of the past and the vibrancy of the present.
"As long as I can afford their salaries, I will accept those Uygur people who come to ask for a job," he said. "I hope they can regard the restaurant as another home."
In mid-December, the temperature drops to nearly - 30 degrees C in Harbin, the capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
December marked 75 years since chairman Mao Zedong wrote the famous eulogy that familiarized millions of Chinese with the name of Norman Bethune (1890-1939), after his death in China.
Canadian doctor Norman Bethune stayed in China for 22 months before he died of tetanus in a village in Hebei in 1939.
You could call it a gut feeling. It was certainly a taste for adventure. Mehernosh Pastakia was sitting down at a well-adorned table at his restaurant in the China Overseas Plaza in Jianguomen Wai Avenue, one of three in Beijing, recalling his decision to come to China in 1991.
The world is now witnessing a wave of terror threats that have never been seen before. China and the United States are no exceptions, and both are confronted with a growing terrorist threat. With this in mind, they should seek more constructive cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
When Napoleon Bonaparte called China a "sleeping lion" two centuries ago, the legendary conqueror said that when the lion awakes, "she will shake the world".
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