Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were each banned for eight years by the FIFA Ethics Committee on Monday - a stunning fall for world soccer's most powerful leaders.
All the ominous signs suggesting Beijing is in for a cold harsh winter are proving to be just that, ominous signs. Yet a tropical creature like me is not happy.
Item from Dec 22, 1996, in China Daily: Young people select Christmas gifts at a Parkson Store in downtown Beijing. Christmas is catching on in China - from growing mail volume to the rising number of card stalls on the streets.
Chinese who exercise regularly are more likely to have higher education and income, according to recent industry reports.
A Shanghai deputy mayor was given a "serious warning" for attending a banquet that had been paid for with public funds, China's top corruption watchdog said on Monday.
As Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is set to start his first official visit to China on Tuesday, experts have highlighted energy and infrastructure as key areas of cooperation for the war-ravaged country.
Under loosened visa policies in effect since July to attract more foreign talent to Shanghai, 12 times more expats have obtained permanent residence cards in the past five months than during the same period last year.
Frequent spells of smog, which has hit Beijing four times since last month, may make it difficult for the capital to achieve its annual air quality improvement goal, a municipal official said on Sunday.
At least 27 people were missing in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, after a landslide hit an industrial park on Sunday morning.
It was smoky, alcohol-free and there was no swimsuit contest, but the party produced the first Miss Iraq in four decades and left everyone feeling a small victory had been won.
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