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Millennials are falling behind boomer parents

Baby boomers in the United States are worse off than their millennial children.

Fish and chirps? Crickets make leap for protein

At Tomorrow's Harvest farm, you won't find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of thousands of chirping crickets.

China devotes to global economic governance

As you all know, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Switzerland, attend the World Economic Forum, and call on the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, as well as the headquarters of the World Health Organization and the International Olympic Committee.

New Chinese priorities seen boosting economic progress

The shift in China's economy toward services and consumption underlines the country's success, indicating the obvious in shifting its development pattern and deepening a new round of market-oriented reform since 2013, said Jiang Jianguo, minister of the State Council Information Office, in Geneva on Wednesday.

Media has responsibility to tell China's story

Editor's note: Jiang Jianguo, minister of the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic China, delivered a speech at Chinese-Swiss Media Symposium in Geneva, on Tuesday. Below is the full text:

China's policies on Asia-Pacific security cooperation

China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday issued a white paper on China's policies on Asia-Pacific security cooperation. Following is the full text:

Mongolia sinks teeth into fossil theft

For years, herder Gelegrash had a sideline bringing tourists to see a dinosaur skull hidden near the Flaming Cliffs in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Then, one day, it was gone.

Jolie and Pitt break silence after reaching agreement in divorce

Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement to handle their divorce in a private forum and will work together to reunify their family, the actors announced in a joint statement on Monday.

Cuban rides high to steer around rules

Cubans are adept at inventing ways to earn cash but Felix Guirola stands - or rather, cycles - head and shoulders above them.

Prison time for 'butcher' surgeon

A doctor who performed unnecessary spinal surgeries in California before moving to Michigan to commit the same scheme was sentenced on Monday to nearly 20 years in prison after former patients tearfully described how their lives have been ravaged by pain and ceaseless complications.

Harper's Bazaar marks 150th year with most fashionable women list

Madonna, Emma Stone, Willow Smith and first lady Michelle Obama are among 150 women chosen by editors of Harper's Bazaar as the world's most fashionable.