Gardening as art goes on show at famous UK festival

LONDON - From the world's hottest chili to a garden inspired by music, Britons are celebrating their love for gardening this week at the Chelsea Flower Show, one of the world's biggest horticultural festivals.

Sea lion in Canada pulls girl into water in latest viral video

MONTREAL, Canada - Video of a sea lion grabbing a little girl and yanking her into the water at a wharf on Canada's Pacific coast has gone viral and prompted warnings against the dangers of feeding wild animals.

Elvis jet to be auctioned after sitting for 30 years

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley and featured on the National Geographic Channel is set to be auctioned after sitting on a runway for 30 years.

Bird-riding tourists have wings clipped

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Clambering onto an ostrich for a ride used to be popular among tourists in a South African town known as the "ostrich capital of the world."

Ousted S. Korean leader goes on trial

SEOUL - South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-hye, grim-faced and brought to court in handcuffs, went on trial on Tuesday over a sprawling corruption scandal that saw millions of people take to the streets and led to her downfall.

Trump, Abbas stress longing for Middle East peace

BETHLEHEM, Middle East - US President Donald Trump arrived in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Both leaders stressed their longing for peace and for achieving a peaceful settlement for the Palestinians-Israeli conflict through peace negotiations.

'Conspiracy bill' draws backlash in Japan

TOKYO - Japan's lower house of parliament approved a bill on Tuesday allowing authorities to punish those found guilty of planning serious crimes, legislation that opponents said could be used to undermine basic civil liberties.

Brennan to answer questions about meddling

WASHINGTON - Former CIA director John Brennan was set to testify publicly about the intelligence underpinning the Obama administration's conclusion that Russia interfered in last year's election, and could shed light on concerns about the security risk posed by President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

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Rental regulation can help tame unreasonable housing market

Since March about 60 major cities have reportedly unveiled 170 measures that set stricter mortgage restrictions and higher down payment requirements to root out market speculation. In the most recent case, Baoding, a city 200 kilometers southwest to Beijing, announced over the weekend that owners of property to be developed on a newly released piece of land will not be allowed to sell it within 10 years.

People's happiness Xi's goal

"People's happiness is always the goal of our endeavors", Xi Jinping said in late 2012 when he made his debut as the Party's top leader to the media together with other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee.

Growing number of shortsighted youngsters is a sign of the times

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, more than half of the primary school students around the age of 10, and nearly 10 percent of the first year ones aged 6 or 7 in Shanghai, have shortsightedness. Rednet.cn commented on Sunday: