China is entering the year of the pig on an apt note - its huge pork industry is sending ripples across the global commodities chain.
The US decision to not immediately withdraw from Syria is an indication of political differences in the United States, analysts said.
MOSCOW - Scattered throughout the city's outlying neighborhoods, Moscow's Soviet-era cinemas have for decades served as the center of communities.
ANKARA, Turkey - A hotly debated regulation that has divided Turkish society was put into effect on Jan 1 - a ban on free plastic bags.
Tokyo's decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling in July has seen waves of criticism both in Japan and the international community.
TEHERAN, Iran - Iranian theater director Hossein Parsaee calls Victor Hugo's classic a "masterpiece without borders" but his groundbreaking production of Les Miserables that has hit the stage in Teheran has a few unique twists.
NEW YORK - The National Society of Film Critics (a US film critic organization) on Saturday chose Chloe Zhao's low-budget debut feature, The Rider, as best picture of 2018.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - With its imposing columned facade, hunting trophies and oil portraits, the Rand Club in Johannesburg's city center is a relic of South Africa's colonial past.
For people who are escaping the wintry mainland for tropical areas like Sanya city, their vacation starts as they begin packing.
SHANGHAI - Long Zhijiao, 25, took her parents to Iceland to see the legendary Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis this year. The unconventional trip was truly unforgettable.
URUMQI - Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region received around 2.1 million tourists during the recent three-day New Year's Day holiday, which started on Dec 30, 2018 - a year-on-year increase of 40.58 percent.
LOS ANGELES - Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, unveiling the very first stages of the solar system's history.
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