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Driverless vehicles edge closer to reality

[2018-06-18 07:27]

More driverless vehicles are entering people's daily lives in the Chinese transportation sector.

Exporting sci-fi beyond imagination

[2018-06-16 07:53]

Best-selling science fiction was made in the West and exported to China for over a century. This trend was reversed in 2014, however, when Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem was published in English and became the first Chinese sci-fi novel to win a Hugo Award, the Oscars of the science-fiction world.

Meet the authors

[2018-06-16 07:53]

The rising stars of China's science-fiction scene are far from the author stereotypes. They are internationally minded, highly intelligent young men and women in white-collar jobs.

His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman to judge story contest

[2018-06-16 07:53]

Best-selling British fantasy author Philip Pullman is set to judge a new China-themed short-story competition launched ahead of this year's Liverpool Literary Festival.

Anger and grief remain as UK marks Grenfell fire

[2018-06-15 08:08]

The UK government's public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire paused for a week as a series of memorials and vigils were held one year on from the tragedy.

Raccoon set free after scaling 25-story tower

[2018-06-15 08:08]

WASHINGTON - The United States breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after a scruffy brown raccoon was captured safe and sound following a perilous climb up a 25-story skyscraper in the northern state of Minnesota.

Chinese doctors help improve Uganda's healthcare status quo

[2018-06-15 08:08]

KAMPALA, Uganda - Healthcare provisions in Africa are one of the toughest hurdles that governments have to contend with.

Trump, Iran spar over oil prices

[2018-06-15 08:08]

WASHINGTON/LONDON - US President Donald Trump and Iran exchanged sharp words over oil prices on Wednesday, with Trump blaming OPEC for high oil prices and Teheran accusing him of stoking volatility after he withdrew last month from a global nuclear arms deal with Iran.

Saudi-led forces battle Yemeni rebels

[2018-06-15 08:08]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Troops in the Saudi-led coalition captured a town south of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Thursday as fierce fighting and airstrikes pounded the area, officials said, on the second day of an offensive to capture the strategic harbor.

Chinese vase found in attic sells for $19m

[2018-06-14 08:19]

A long-forgotten and rare Chinese imperial vase discovered in the attic of a family home in France was sold for 16.2 million euros ($19 million) at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday.

EU tensions flare over migrants

[2018-06-14 08:19]

PARIS/ROME - French President Emmanuel Macron blasted Italy on Tuesday for "irresponsibility" after it turned away a rescue boat carrying African migrants, exposing deep tensions in the European Union over the issue.

Canada looks to ride out trade storm

[2018-06-14 08:19]

OTTAWA - Canada moved to tamp down spiking tensions with the United States on Tuesday, brushing aside a warning by US President Donald Trump that it will pay for Justin Trudeau's G7 summit remarks.

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