WHO says TB remains world's deadliest infectious disease

GENEVA - Tuberculosis, or TB, remains the world's deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million TB deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday.

AI holds lots of promise, but has pitfalls too

Like any transformative trend, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) brings major opportunities as well as poses significant challenges. But the gravest risks may not be the ones most often discussed.

Tourist dispute deserves objective view

Editor's note: A dispute between three Chinese tourists and a Swedish hostel staff and police in Stockholm in the early hours of Sept 2 has sparked a heated public debate. Some blame the Swedish hostel staff and police for the incident while some others criticize the tourists for making a fuss and damaging Chinese people's image abroad. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

US strategy will fail if it doesn't offer DPRK the right incentives

San Francisco tackles crisis on the streets

Human feces and urine litter sidewalks. Used syringes and the bodies that sucked in their fluid stretch out among it.

US mediating role is gone, experts say

CAIRO - Recent decisions by the administration of US President Donald Trump against the Palestinians and in favor of Israel have proved that Washington's mediating role as a peacemaker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone, Egyptian political experts said.

Outback cop mans beat the size of UK

BIRDSVILLE, Australia - Being the only policeman in an area the size of the United Kingdom might be daunting for some, but not for Senior Constable Stephan Pursell.

Increasing appetite in China drives Chilean avocado exports

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean avocado growers have found a rapidly expanding market in China as consumers there develop an ever-finer appetite for nutritional produce, industry officials have said.

Ten go on trial over murder of heiress

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - The imprisoned son-in-law of a murdered Monaco billionaire goes on trial Monday with nine other people suspected in the brazen daylight killing of the heiress, a case which prosecutors say bears all the hallmarks of a sordid crime thriller.

WEF: Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025

PARIS - Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum study said on Monday.

Longtime partners carrying forward the Silk Road spirit

Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 15th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on Wednesday.

Belt and Road Initiative widens China-ASEAN cooperation

NANNING - In a few years, former Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Somsavat Lengsavad envisions that people from the landlocked country at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula will be able to travel to China by high-speed train.