Everyone has their melody in village

KONGTHONG, India - Curious whistles and chirrups echo through the jungle around Kongthong, a remote Indian village, but this is no birdsong. It's people calling out to each other in music - an extraordinary tradition that may even be unique.

Japan eager to get in on rise of 'flying cars'

TOKYO - Electric drones booked through smartphones pick people up from office rooftops, shortening travel time by hours, reducing the need for parking and clearing smog from the air.

Carolinas deluged after Florence

WILMINGTON, North Carolina - Rivers and waterways, swollen after Florence's historic deluge, rose dangerously across the Carolinas on Tuesday, closing roads, inundating communities, hindering rescue and repair efforts and preventing evacuees from returning home.

LA takes step toward banning fur products

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles, a leading center of the world's fashion industry, moved on Tuesday toward becoming the largest US metropolis to outlaw the sale and manufacture of most fur products within its limits.

German govt ousts intelligence chief to defuse far-right row

BERLIN - The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency lost his job on Tuesday after his remarks downplaying anti-migrant violence became a battleground between Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative critics.

WHO says TB remains world's deadliest infectious disease

GENEVA - Tuberculosis, or TB, remains the world's deadliest infectious disease although global efforts have averted an estimated 54 million TB deaths since 2000, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday.

AI holds lots of promise, but has pitfalls too

Like any transformative trend, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) brings major opportunities as well as poses significant challenges. But the gravest risks may not be the ones most often discussed.

Tourist dispute deserves objective view

Editor's note: A dispute between three Chinese tourists and a Swedish hostel staff and police in Stockholm in the early hours of Sept 2 has sparked a heated public debate. Some blame the Swedish hostel staff and police for the incident while some others criticize the tourists for making a fuss and damaging Chinese people's image abroad. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

US strategy will fail if it doesn't offer DPRK the right incentives

San Francisco tackles crisis on the streets

Human feces and urine litter sidewalks. Used syringes and the bodies that sucked in their fluid stretch out among it.

US mediating role is gone, experts say

CAIRO - Recent decisions by the administration of US President Donald Trump against the Palestinians and in favor of Israel have proved that Washington's mediating role as a peacemaker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone, Egyptian political experts said.

Outback cop mans beat the size of UK

BIRDSVILLE, Australia - Being the only policeman in an area the size of the United Kingdom might be daunting for some, but not for Senior Constable Stephan Pursell.