Warning from US as Mosul conflict shrinks

MOSUL, Iraq - United States Army Colonel Pat Work and a small team of about a dozen soldiers drove through western Mosul in two unmarked armored vehicles.

Price of air travel to keep on falling

CANBERRA, Australia - The cost of air travel will continue to plummet as passenger numbers grow, an Australian expert forecast on Sunday.

Premier Li Keqiang's dialogues with WEF chief and international business leaders

Editor's Note: On June 27, following his address at the opening ceremony of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2017, Premier Li Keqiang answered questions from Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, at the Dalian International Conference Center. On June 28, Li sat down for a dialogue with representatives of international business leaders attending the meeting. Below is the full text of the two interactions:

Manufacturing helps boost economy

A highly influential manufacturing survey has showed that China's economy is picking up at a faster pace than analysts predicted.

Nation to focus on top-end products for industrial edge

China aims to make breakthroughs in high value-added products like the next-generation numerical control machines, large passenger jets, sensors and industrial software, to improve its capability in key manufacturing technologies so as to compete with established global rivals, said senior officials on Friday.

New Vanke board swears by new biz model

Vanke Co Ltd, China's real estate major, has constituted a new board of directors at its shareholder meeting on Friday.

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Music, art bring respite from slum life

Rap outlet to resist violence that permeates the favelas

Historian laments lack of fanfare over bicycle's birth

DOMAZAN, France - For the next month, the eyes of the sporting world will be on the Tour de France, yet few people know what a significant year this is for the bicycle.

Zoo's white lion marks first birthday

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi zoo showed off a rare white lion cub to mark the animal's first birthday this week, as officials revealed that they hoped to welcome another of the rare big cats in the coming weeks.

'Woke' among words added to dictionary

LONDON - More than 600 new words, phrases and senses, including "woke" and "post-truth," have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in a recent quarterly update.

Berry, Rodriguez speak out on diversity and Hollywood

LOS ANGELES - Halle Berry, the only black woman to ever win a best actress Oscar, said her 2002 win turned out to be meaningless, and Fast and Furious star Michelle Rodriguez warned she may quit the action movie franchise unless filmmakers "show some love for women".