Ban back in S. Korea, hints at presidential bid

Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he will announce soon whether he will run for South Korea's presidency, as he returned home and strongly hinted at his political ambitions before hundreds of cheering supporters.

No sleep, a $5 meal: Samsung leader quizzed for straight 22 hours over scandal

Jay Y. Lee, who heads South Korea's massive Samsung Group, was given a $5 box meal for lunch and did not sleep in more than 22 hours of questioning in a corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye.

Israel 'fires rockets at Syrian airbase'

Syrian army command said on Friday that Israeli artillery fired rockets at a major military airbase outside Damascus, and warned Israel of repercussions for what it called a "flagrant" attack.

Elvis Express rolls to celebrate the King

Elvis may have left the building almost 40 years ago, but he and several clones have just arrived on a train chugging into Parkes railway station from Sydney, marking the start of the 25th Parkes Elvis Festival in the southeastern Australian town.

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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.