Leaders sign pacts on trade, security

Trade and security dominated talks between Kenya and the United Kingdom when the countries' leaders met on Thursday in the capital city of Nairobi.

Road of opportunity seen in BRI's long-term vision

President Xi Jinping's recent comments on the Belt and Road Initiative are welcomed and the project is expected to open up more opportunities for involved countries and regions, experts said.

Electric giants spark advances

For 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, there are 40 rubber-tired gantry cranes, or RTG cranes, busy loading and unloading containers in the container yard of the Colombo International Container Terminals, or CICT, the joint venture between China Merchants Holding International and Sri Lanka Port Authority.

ROK new defense chief named

SEOUL - Moon Jae-in, president of the Republic of Korea, on Thursday nominated the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as new defense minister.

China denies hacking Clinton server

The FBI on Wednesday said it has not found "any evidence" that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton's private email server was compromised, hours after US President Donald Trump tweeted about a report that claimed China had hacked it.

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London's water dispensers make splash

New public drinking water fountains installed across the British capital are proving highly popular, with figures suggesting thousands of liters of water have been dispensed from the first four installed earlier this year.

Bolivian woman might be world's oldest at nearly 118

SACABA, Bolivia - Julia Flores Colque still sings with joy in her indigenous Quechua tongue and strums the five strings of a tiny Andean guitar known as the charango, despite a recorded age of almost 118 years.

'Extreme' scooter enthusiasts rev up with modified machines at festivals

KEDIRI, Indonesia - Every year, Indonesians from teens and granddads, to mechanics and students, gather in eastern Java to celebrate their love of the iconic Italian Vespa scooter.

Saudi women on fast track after end of driving ban

RIYADH - Donning a helmet inside a pearl silver sports sedan, Rana Almimoni skids and drifts around a park, engine roaring, tires screeching and clouds of dust billowing from the back of the car.

I'm not kidding: Goats can read your face

PARIS - Goats can distinguish smiling human faces from frowning ones on photos, and actively seek out snapshots of happier individuals, a study said on Wednesday.

Hurricane's toll raised to 2,975

Number is almost twice the previous estimate of deaths in last year's tragedy