Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
China and Nigeria vowed to deepen ties on Thursday, one day after the two countries finalized accords to finance development in Nigeria.
Senior officers from the Chinese and Russian navies said they are considering more "diversified" joint exercises in different parts of the sea.
Investigators say two pilots called for the landing of an Asiana Airlines plane to be aborted seconds before the plane crashed at San Francisco International Airport.
Diplomat consoles crash survivors
US lawmakers on Wednesday got their first chance to debate a Chinese company's proposed takeover of pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc, with most expressing apprehension about the deal's impact on US food supplies, agricultural exports and cross-border transfer of sensitive technologies.
China and the US have agreed to five new initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants by tackling the largest sources of emissions in both countries.
US think tanks and businessmen are hoping for a range of breakthroughs to emerge from the fifth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue being held in Washington, DC. High on the wish lists of many will be a loosening of US restrictions on the export of high-tech goods to China.
China on Thursday called for resumed operations at the Kaesong industrial complex.
Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said Thursday China is ready to strengthen friendly cooperation between the legislatures of China and Nigeria.
Russia on Thursday delivered a consignment of humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees in Syria.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela continued to respond to treatment but remained in critical condition, President Jacob Zuma said.
Six environmental activists were attempting Thursday to scale the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, to protest drilling in the Arctic by oil companies.
Japan's Okinawa prefecture on Thursday adopted a resolution against the plan that the United States will deploy 12 more MV-22 Osprey aircraft in the country's southernmost prefecture.
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