Residents surf web at home in Havana pilot project

Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez said she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest internet penetration rates in the world.

'Pink taxis' challenge nation's social norms

Nisrin Akoubeh checks the oil and water before getting into her taxi and pulling into Amman's heavy traffic for another day of shuttling fellow women across the Jordanian capital.

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Mom, 64, gives birth after receiving IVF

A 64-year-old woman in Jilin province is believed to have become the oldest in China to give birth on Wednesday.

Lawyers call for end to child-snatching custody tactics

Dai Xiaolei last saw her son in 2014, when he was 17 months old and living with her in-laws in Baoding, a city in Hebei province about 156 kilometers from Beijing.

Terrorists strike, but progress made

A terrorist attack that left five dead in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday has come at the end of a year in which China has made significant progress in combating terrorism, a security analyst has said.

Forbidden City opens relic 'hospital'

A state-of-the-art conservation center to "treat" ancient cultural relics in disrepair opened at Beijing's Palace Museum on Thursday.

Anti-graft official in vice probe

An anti-graft official in Sichuan province has been placed under investigation after he was caught soliciting a prostitute.

Making the mighty Mekong safer

Ship's captain joined police patrols after 13 friends were killed in 2011 massacre on the river

Around China

Hubei

Li calls on entrepreneurs and innovators to drive growth

On April 25, a large crowd scrambled into an open courtyard and waited breathlessly to witness a badminton exhibition between Premier Li Keqiang and the Robomintoner, a rectangular platform equipped with optical lenses, spherical wheels and two badminton rackets. It is the first intelligent machine in the world to play the game.

Small stores the key to understanding the market

Eight months ago, Xie Ruicong had the surprise of her life when Premier Li Keqiang visited her bookstore unexpectedly.