Women's rights activists on Wednesday criticized the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka for unilaterally severing the sister-city relationship with San Francisco in protest at a "comfort women" memorial in the city.
PALU, Indonesia - People living in tents and shelters have little but uncertainty since the powerful earthquake and tsunami hit an Indonesian island, where deaths exceeded 1,400 and efforts to retrieve more victims buried deep in mud and rubble were still hampered on Thursday by the lack of heavy equipment.
TEHERAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that the nation will defeat the United States over its economic sanctions against Iran.
Chinese online education startup VIPKid is looking to review the performance of some of its foreign teachers to ensure top quality of its services, said Chen Yuan, its co-founder.
Three days after it had rained, the ceiling was still leaking. The laptop was soaked in water. The cat had to crawl under the desk and stand on top of the robotic vacuum cleaner so his paws did not get wet.
It's so hard to find the perfect place to live in Beijing, and one mostly needs to rely on pure luck.
Lin Xia is nervous ahead of her impending nuptials during the National Day Holidays. The 25 year-old media professional from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, is perplexed as to the number of persons she needs to invite for her wedding considering that she has a budget of only 200,000 yuan ($29,000).
It was the third "red card" Chen Ming has received for a wedding ceremony in Beijing during this National Day Holiday, while the other two are in Shanghai.
UNITED NATIONS - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has demanded that the United States take steps to secure Pyongyang's trust before its denuclearization.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Thousands of Gazans on Saturday thronged the funerals of seven people killed by Israeli troops during mass protests the previous day, chanting anti-Israel and anti-US slogans.
WASHINGTON - Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, have agreed to pay a total of $40 million and make a series of concessions to settle a government lawsuit alleging Musk duped investors with misleading statements about a proposed buyout of the company.
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