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BYD powers into monorail business

[2017-09-02 08:18]

Carmaker is confident of earning 30 billion yuan in revenue from the new sector next year

Banks' 2016 revenue growth down

[2017-09-02 08:18]

The combined revenue of 37 listed Chinese banks in 2016 was 4.12 trillion yuan ($627 billion), representing 1.35 percent year-on-year growth, according to new research released on Friday in Shanghai.

Trade with Northeast Asia in focus

[2017-09-02 08:18]

China will continue to facilitate trade and investment in the Northeast Asia region, officials said on Friday.

Drone drug deliveries take off

[2017-09-01 08:44]

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tanzania is set to launch the world's largest drone delivery network in January, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save the lives of women giving birth and children struck by malaria, in a country larger than Nigeria.

Jakarta's 'bemo' library brings books to kids

[2017-09-01 08:44]

JAKARTA - The sound of Sutino Hadi's sputtering mobile library fills children with delight as they wait to dive into stacks of short stories and picture books.

Shipwreck tale clue to lost explorer

[2017-09-01 08:44]

SYDNEY - An Indian seaman's tale of being shipwrecked on a remote northern Australian island could shed light on the 230-year-old disappearance of a renowned French explorer, one of maritime history's greatest mysteries, an anthropologist said Thursday.

In smartphone age, hajj is for sharing

[2017-09-01 08:44]

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - Arm outstretched, Abdul Rahman sweeps his mobile phone across the vista of Mecca, the Great Mosque dazzling in the sun, so his son in Tanzania can experience the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites.

Winter's end spells start of magpie attacks

[2017-09-01 08:44]

SYDNEY - As winter draws to a close in Australia, it brings with it the sunny skies and pristine weather conditions that see tourists from around the world flock to the country to take advantage of the shifted seasons in the southern hemisphere.

Retail outlets cash in on Kenya's plastic bags ban

[2017-08-31 08:47]

NAIROBI, Kenya - Supermarkets and other retail outlets in Kenya are among the biggest beneficiaries of a ban on plastic bags, which took effect on Monday.

How a baby hippo goes viral

[2017-08-31 08:47]

WASHINGTON - First, Bao Bao and Bei Bei the pandas made a splash at the National Zoo in Washington. Then, April the Giraffe wowed fans at a game park in New York.

Museum revels in ridicule of wax works

[2017-08-31 08:47]

BOSTON, Massachusetts - A good roasting hasn't caused a meltdown at Boston's new wax museum.

Record climber calls it a day at 64

[2017-08-31 08:47]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - For more than 30 years Oscar Cadiach risked life and limb to conquer some of the world's most unforgiving terrain, driven by a desire to join the ranks of mountain climbing's elite.

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