Chinese soccer needs ideas about professionalism

A ranking official of the General Administration of Sport of China has just been elected a FIFA Council member.

Chemical plant hazards must not be simply moved elsewhere

THE YANCHENG MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT decided to permanently shut down the chemical industrial park in Xiangshui county, Jiangsu province, where an explosion claimed 78 lives on March 21. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

The dead for the nation remembered

ON THURSDAY, the remains of 10 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were reburied with a mourning ceremony in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Saudi threat to end petrodollar would spell trouble for US

Editor's note: Saudi Arabia has reportedly threatened to sell its oil in currencies other than the US dollar if Washington passes a bill that exposes OPEC member states to US antitrust lawsuits. Columnist Niutanqin comments in his WeChat post:

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Summit will deepen Sino-EU cooperation

Editor's note: Premier Li Keqiang will attend the China-European Union Summit on April 9 followed by the 16+1 summit in Dubrovnik in Croatia later. What does the future hold for China-EU relations? Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:

How gender parity improves global health

Since the start of the year, we have traveled from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where health workers administering the polio vaccine are battling snowstorms to reach children who need it, to North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where officials are trying to stop one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history.

Beijing and Brussels seek common areas of interests

Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Brussels for the annual China-EU Summit on April 9 comes soon after the European Union described China as a "systemic rival" and President Xi Jinping called for greater trust between the two sides.

May asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30

LONDON/BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote to European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday asking for a delay of Brexit until up to June 30, but said she still hopes to get Britain out of the European Union earlier to avoid it participating in European elections, Reuters reported.

US House invokes powers to end support for war in Yemen

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday asking for an end to US support for the Saudi Arabialed coalition's war in Yemen, a move that is likely to invite a veto from the White House.

Massacre suspect charged with 49 more murders

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 counts of murder at two mosques last month, Reuters reported.

Prehistoric whale fossil found in Peru

WASHINGTON - Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibian ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals' transition from land to the ocean.