On the move

JD Mall's CEO Shen to lead global unit

$400m was contingent on release of prisoners

The Obama administration said on Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of US prisoners.

Zika researchers seeking volunteers

Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science.

Village votes to relocate due to climate change

A Native American village in the US state of Alaska has voted to relocate its entire population of some 600 people due to the threat of rising seas, officials said on Thursday.

Was 'Iceman Otzi', the 5,300-year-old mummy, a Copper Age fashionista?

The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated species, a DNA analysis published on Thursday revealed.

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A silent 'lamb' of war

A shocked Syrian boy pictured sitting in an ambulance covered in blood and dust after an airstrike has become a symbol of civilian suffering in Aleppo, drawing worldwide attention.

Islamic extremists target world's priceless treasures

From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, extremist fighters have regularly turned their sights on the priceless vestiges of peoples' cultural heritage - for being un-Islamic.

Insurance market sees big potential

China will probably surpass Japan as the world's second-largest insurance market this year, boosted by surging demand from the nation's ever-growing middle class, the industry regulator said on Thursday.

Ping An eyes overseas splurge

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd, the country's second-largest insurer, is aiming for a possible fivefold increase in overseas investments and has not been put off Britain by its vote to leave the European Union, its group chief financial officer said on Thursday.

Lenovo profit beats estimates

Lenovo Group Ltd saw a 64-percent jump in its net profit in the quarter ended June, beating analysts' estimates, as the Chinese tech giant benefited from the better-than-expected global PC market and a one-off asset sale that helped offset its declining smartphone business.

Massive fund to boost reform of SOEs

China launched a State venture capital fund worth 200 billion yuan ($30.2 billion) to push forward innovative technologies and industrial upgrading projects, the country's top State-owned assets regulator said on Thursday.