Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan have killed at least 55 people and rescuers were trying on Monday to provide thousands of survivors including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley, officials said.
Deadly clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over the Nagorny Karabakh region continued for a third day on Monday despite international pressure to halt the worst fighting in decades over the disputed territory.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has dropped plans to run two major ministries but will act as spokeswoman for the country's new president, a ruling party official said on Monday.
Peter Goff is much loved in the expat communities in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou. That's also true for the Bookworm bookshop/restaurant he runs in those three cities.
"I am a naturally brave man and always like to try something that others dare not do," said Cao Lianxing.
China's ambassador to France, Zhai Jun, suggests adding Chinese language to billboards and instructions in tourist attractions every time he is consulted by the French about improving tourist services.
Fourteen years ago, University of South Dakota anthropology professor Matthew Sayre unearthed pepper tree seed from the southern tip of Peru, unaware he'd stumbled upon a spent ingredient from a small 1,000-year-old brewery.
An artisanal pasta-maker in northeastern France is struggling to meet demand after adding a crunchy, protein-rich ingredient to the noodles: Insects.
With Islamic State group militants on the doorstep of his hometown in eastern Syria, Yaroob al-Abdullah had little time. He had already rushed his wife and four daughters to safety. Now he had to save the thousands of ancient artifacts he loved.
Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military - but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the battlefield just yet.
Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a meter before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Italy asked an international panel on Wednesday to order India to free a marine who is suspected of shooting to death two Indian fishermen during an anti-piracy operation gone wrong.
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