Kuka AG, a German industrial robot manufacturer now owned by appliance maker Midea Group, aims to make China its fastest-growing market worldwide, with half of its robots produced and sold in the country by 2020.
Chinese corporate behemoths Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Baidu Inc will set up branches in China's Xiongan New Area.
JUBA, South Sudan - Every morning, Zhu Xingguo leads his group of 12 Chinese medical specialists to the Juba Teaching Hospital, the main referral facility in South Sudan.
LOS ANGELES - Hugh Hefner, the silk pajamas-wearing founder of Playboy who helped steer nudity into mainstream United States culture, died on Wednesday, the magazine announced. He was 91 years old.
PROTIVIN, Czech Republic - Crayfish equipped with high-tech sensors have been drafted in by a Czech brewery in its quest to keep their water supply pure.
LONDON - Under an anonymous back street in south London lies a vast underground air-raid shelter that has been turned into a pioneering urban farm supplying supermarkets and restaurants in the capital.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A 3-year-old girl was anointed the new Kumari of Nepal's capital Kathmandu by Hindu priests on Thursday, after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient tradition that sees young girls worshipped as "living goddesses".
LONDON - Global food supplies could be threatened by the mass extinction of global wildlife that is under way, a report said on Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY - A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return on Tuesday to their badly damaged homes, much less their normal lives.
Chinese tourists who have been stuck at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow since Saturday after a local airline went bankrupt are finally returning home, according to the Chinese embassy in Russia.
TOKYO - A "general election" is now under way to choose the most popular otter at aquariums and zoos across Japan.
SINGAPORE - In the not-so-distant future, tucking into Hokkien prawn mee could be a healthier affair for diabetics.
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