A former Japanese leader has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to make a heartfelt apology for the nation's wartime atrocities.
Tianjin and Beijing have denied rumors that severe air pollution resulted from Wednesday's explosions in Tianjin's Binhai New Area, saying the accident has not affected the capital and that excessive harmful pollutants in Tianjin have been dispersed.
The public rolled up their sleeves to donate blood for those injured by the massive blasts in Tianjin as the country's health authorities and medical institutions geared up on Thursday to provide medical teams and supplies.
Witnesses told of their shock on Thursday following the explosions that rocked Tianjin late on Wednesday evening.
Seventeen firefighters were among the 50 people killed in the warehouse blasts in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin, authorities said on Thursday.
One sentence in the Newseum in Washington has stuck in my mind since a trip last summer: When you see people run against the crowd toward the danger, they are probably firefighters, police or journalists.
More than 60 people were missing after being buried in a landslide in Shanyang county, Shaanxi province, local authorities said, and experts warned their chances of survival were getting slimmer as the rescue work continued into Wednesday night.
Analysts in Europe and Asia stressed the importance of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sincerely apologizing for Japan's wartime atrocities in his statement on Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
New Zealand is considering changing its flag, as many believe it is outdated and too similar to Australia's.
The value of the Chinese yuan fell by an additional 1.6 percent on Wednesday, continuing a dramatic slide prompted by the central bank's cut in the reference rate against the US dollar.
"Hi, my name is Shark," says the young Chinese man shaking my hand.
Item from Aug 13, 1998, in China Daily: Coast guards from East China's Zhejiang Frontier Corps of Armed Police watch over 1,850 boxes of smuggled "555" and other seized name-brand cigarettes worth 5.3 million yuan ... Responding to a recent dispute, authorities reaffirmed that tobacco advertising must abide by the relevant regulations of the Advertisement Law ...
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