A head-on collision in Morocco between a truck and bus carrying athletes killed at least 31 people and left nine injured on Friday, officials and media reports said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held closed-door talks on Thursday evening, the highest-level meeting between Washington and Havana since they broke off diplomatic relations in 1961.
The traffic check starts like any other: An officer pulls over a motorist, walks up to the driver's side window and asks for license and registration. What happened minutes later appears to take place without any obvious sign of provocation or conflict that would lead to a fatal shooting: The driver opens the door and runs, and the officer chases after him.
Talks between representatives of the Syrian government and some members of the opposition ended in Moscow on Friday with no sign of a breakthrough.
The Red Cross and UN flew medical aid into Yemen's capital on Friday for the first time since Saudi-led coalition forces began airstrikes against Shiite rebels more than two weeks ago.
The dream of getting rich quick is luring more people into China's bullish equity market. But many of them have no clue about stock picking, and they need more than beginner's luck.
Valuations of many homegrown companies are far higher than those in the US during the dotcom peak of 2000, reports Bloomberg.
Editor's Note: An increasing number of Chinese companies are emerging on the world stage as they strive to establish their brands outside the country. This report, the eighth in the series, is by Jiang Xueqing.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp launched what is claimed to be the first dedicated Chinese-language website and mobile information platform by a mainstream Western media company.
PetroChina Co passed Exxon Mobil Corp on Thursday as the biggest energy company by market value for the first time since 2010.
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