Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott brushed off mounting pressure for a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage from within his conservative coalition on Thursday, saying he was more focused on the economy and security.
A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized off the central Philippines in heavy seas on Thursday, killing at least 36 people, but the majority of those on board were rescued, the coast guard and police said.
President Xi Jinping sent his condolences on Thursday to Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo over a military plane crash.
Greece is likely to "have no place in the eurozone" if it votes "no" in Sunday's referendum on whether to accept the terms of continued international aid, the chair of the council of eurozone finance ministers warned on Thursday.
The battle for Greek votes was in full swing on Thursday ahead of a crucial weekend referendum that could decide whether the country falls out of the eurozone. For Greeks, particularly the elderly, the daily struggle to get cash continued in the face of massive uncertainty.
What does the future look like for young people in crisis-hit Greece, where years of hardship and sky-high unemployment were followed this week by bank closures? The answer: self-imposed exile.
China's commitment to a peak in carbon emissions by 2030, which Premier Li Keqiang declared in Paris on Tuesday, is not just a boon for the UN climate talks in December. It is also of importance to whether the country's economic development can be sustainable or not in the near future.
At the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, President Xi Jinping will attend the seventh BRICS summit and the 15th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which are to be held in Ufa, Russia, next week.
By the end of last year, the total accumulated debt of toll road construction companies had decreased from 4.27 trillion yuan ($688 billion) to 3.85 trillion yuan, according to a statistical bulletin on road toll fees released by the Ministry of Transport on Tuesday. Comments:
In a report releasedby China's National Audit Office on Sunday, five corrupt officials were picked out by name for violating the law and Party discipline.
Another video of youth violence was posted recently on the Internet, and incomplete statistics show that more than 20 incidents of violence in schools were reported during the first half of 2015. Comments:
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