'I don't feel that my parents love me less, but more'

Song Weiya, 13, a seventh grader from Qian'an county, Jilin province

A worthwhile trade-off for love

Zhu Mian, 34, English teacher in Nanyang, Henan province

'I always made sure I was there to help'

Guo Shouqin, 63, retired entrepreneur from Changchun, Jilin province

Family life has changed

Du Runlei, 40, associate professor of biology at Wuhan University

Good health is my new year wish

Fan Pingxian, 64, retiree

Trump fires chief lawyer for defying migrant ban

United States President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders.

Protests as UK stands firm on US president's state visit

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday refused to back down on inviting US President Donald Trump for a glitzy state visit, despite a petition gaining more than 1.5 million signatures and protesters rallying across the country.

Official resigns over drunken hotel theft

A Thai official caught on camera drunkenly stealing paintings from a Japanese hotel said on Tuesday he will resign.

Defense chiefs plan to press on with THAAD

South Korea's defense chief and his new United States counterpart vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with a plan to deploy a US anti-missile system this year, Seoul's military said, despite angry protests by China.

Questions threaten Fillon president bid

French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife were questioned for five hours by police investigators on Monday as part of a probe into allegations that Penelope Fillon had been paid for fake jobs.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

Sudanese Jews recall lost world

Lily Ben-David gets emotional when she talks about her childhood in Sudan. She still dreams of her school, the courtyard, the balcony and frolicking on the banks of the Blue Nile, even though it has been more than 50 years since she saw any of it.