Protests in US cities after airstrikes on Syria

WASHINGTON - Dozens of anti-war protesters gathered outside the White House on Saturday against US-led airstrikes on Syria.

Streak of a missile across Damascus' sky

DAMASCUS, Syria - It was not an explosion that woke us up, but a call from a friend in Damascus to alert us: The strikes had begun. It was just after 4 am on Saturday. I rushed out of my hotel room up to the Associated Press office a few floors above.

Russia: Western nerve agent found

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have been the BZ substance - which was never produced in the Soviet Union or Russia.

'No appetite' for major TPP change

SYDNEY - There is "no appetite" among the Trans-Pacific Partnership signatories for major renegotiations to accommodate the United States, Australia said on Sunday after US President Donald Trump indicated he was considering rejoining the pact.

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Wanda holds charitable event to raise public autism awareness

Group's corporate social responsibility programs have benefited thousands of children

Master chef gives Italian classics a Columbian twist

Beijing diners were treated to a master class in culinary craftsmanship this week, as Michelin-starred Columbian chef Roy Saloman Caceres served up his signature specialty dishes at the Ritz-Carlton hotel's Cepe restaurant.

Bringing the magic of the Riviera to Beijing

Many words for colors have a distinctly flat sound when uttered: black, red, green, white. But there are those which somehow offer the promise of excitement and the exotic when spoken, like azure.

Experts hail Xi's stance on foreign access

British experts have welcomed China's commitment to continue with the reform and opening-up of its markets to allow more foreign access, which President Xi Jinping highlighted in his keynote address at the Boao Forum for Asia 2018 annual conference on Tuesday.

Trade war could 'hurt millions', Ma warns

Protectionism will not improve competitiveness of the United States, and a trade war will hurt millions of small businesses and farmers in the country, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said in an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.

Integrated approach vital to Asia prosperity

Leaders of multilateral organizations in and around Asia foresee a significant role of regional cooperation in a shared future of Asian prosperity. And more integrated approaches can work better against common challenges such as poverty, terrorism and pollution.

Book contributes China's solutions to global tests

It is all the more important for China to push globalization forward at a time when the world is becoming more unpredictable, a former prime minister of Italy said at the launch of the second volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China in nine languages.