BIRDSVILLE, Australia - One of the country's best-known pubs, located in the remote outback thousands of miles from major cities, is on the market for the first time in decades and attracting local and international interest.
LONDON - An octogenarian flying trapeze artist, the owner of the world's fastest jet-propelled go-cart and a dog named Feather with a flair for jumping are among the record-breaking stars to win a place in the latest edition of Guinness World Records.
SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon on Tuesday briefly joined Apple to become the second $1 trillion publicly listed US company after its stock price more than doubled in a year as it grew rapidly in retail and cloud computing.
Experts in the United Kingdom have said four out of five adults have hearts that are more damaged than they should be for their age, putting them at greater risk of early death.
CHICAGO - A pair of ruby slippers worth millions that were featured in the movie The Wizard of Oz and stolen from a Judy Garland museum 13 years ago have been recovered in Minneapolis, the FBI said on Tuesday.
SOUTHAMPTON, England - All summer, the small boat drifted steadily eastward across the churning North Atlantic until it neared the Irish coast, where it made history by becoming the first unmanned sailboat to cross the Atlantic.
From solar powered street lights, mobile phones, headphones, digital gadgets to clothes, bedding and cosmetics, more and more Chinese goods can be spotted in African households as the continent has opened up a major market for Chinese e-commerce merchants.
Over the past two decades, foreign automakers have injected billions of dollars into China with an eye on the country's huge consumption power. But the situation has changed drastically in the past few years, as Chinese carmakers are fast catching up with their foreign counterparts in the global markets with inexpensive, easily serviceable products.
Consumer electronics maker Hisense Co Ltd has become a household name in South Africa, with its products winning over the market thanks to strong branding and localization strategies during the past more than 20 years.
Some 50 kilometers east of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, construction of the Central Business District by China State Construction Engineering Corporation in the African country's new administrative capital is carrying on under the scorching sun.
A film screen on wheels that has been touring villages in the West African country of Senegal, has been giving locals the chance to catch up on the latest Chinese movies for free.
Kpako Valentin, a judge from Benin in Africa, has just returned home from China where he learned about embroidery, textile printing, fan painting and witnessed a tea ceremony.
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