I was standing on the foredeck of a boat, witnessing the turbid sea on which sunlight shimmered. The boat had left Zhoushan's Shenjiamen port an hour or so ago.
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Every year, thousands of Bolivians head to the two-week Alasitas festival to buy miniature cars, houses and toy dollar bills symbolizing their dreams of prosperity in one of South America's poorest countries.
Although it has been questioned whether the Japanese health organization that bestowed on Bama the title of "The Hometown of Longevity" in 1991 actually had the legitimacy to do so, there is no denying the county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has a high proportion of centenarians.
The longevity of Bama people, to some extent, distracts the attention of visitors from its picturesque karst landscape, especially the caves.
A small fish that locals catch in the subterranean rivers is regarded as a delicacy after being fried in its own fat.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Playing parts of six NHL seasons and winning the Stanley Cup twice, Jim Paek saw hockey at its highest level.
PYEONGCHANG - Japanese short-track speed skater Kei Saito failed an out-of-competition doping test on the day of his arrival at the Winter Olympics and has been expelled from the Games, Japan team officials said on Tuesday.
Chinese Super League teams who evade the country's 100 percent levy on foreign player transfers face crippling points deductions under new measures aimed at discouraging clubs from exploiting loopholes in the rules.
NEW YORK - Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors of the United States said in an emotional interview on Monday that her former coach "stole so much" from her in the decade she alleges he sexually abused her starting when she was a minor.
MADRID - With Cristiano Ronaldo on one side and Neymar on the other, Wednesday's heavyweight Champions League showdown between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain sees two of the game's biggest global superstars collide.
MADRID - Zinedine Zidane inspired France to World Cup glory as a player, but his extraordinary career has to a large degree been defined by the Champions League.
Snowboarder Liu Jiayu's historic silver medal in the ladies' halfpipe at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday represents a major boost in China's drive to grow its burgeoning winter sports sector.
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