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The real payoff, which is decades away, will come from mining asteroids for platinum group metals and rare minerals.
Two former officials from south China's Wukan village have been expelled from the Communist Party of China over corruption and election-rigging charges.
Models at Lotus booth during the first media day of the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition China International Exhibition (Auto China 2012) at the China International Exhibition Center Center in Beijing on April 23, 2012.
China welcomes and supports all measures that help break the deadlock of Palestinian- Israeli negotiations and restart their dialogue, Chinese UN ambassador Li Baodong said here Monday.
Death rates from measles fell 74 percent between 2000 and 2010, missing an internationally agreed target for a 90 percent fall mainly because of low vaccine coverage in India and Africa where the virus kills tens of thousands a year.
The protester who halted Britain's annual boat race this month by swimming into the crews' path has been banned by a court from going near the route of the Olympic torch.
Poland has a strong investment environment and welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in the country, a senior Polish economic official say.
A decision on the legality of the British Olympic Association's (BOA) ban on convicted dopers competing in the Games will be made next week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement on Monday.
The doping laboratory that will process more than 6,000 samples at this year's London Olympics has been given the seal of approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
A paratrooper with a parachute in the colours of the Colombian flag prepares to land.
India is all set to launch a home-made remote sensing spy Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT 1) from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Thursday.
The recent intensive number of visits or plans to travel to Europe by high-level Chinese officials shows the continent's growing significance in China's diplomacy, the Oriental Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
