Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Serbia held a national day of mourning after a war veteran rampaged through a tiny village near Belgrade, shooting dead 13 relatives and neighbors.
Syrian rebels meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and G8 foreign ministers in London as the United States mulls ways to step up support for outgunned opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
The Times Higher Education magazine published its first Asia University Rankings. China's Peking University ranks fourth.
British scientist Robert Edwards, known as "father" of the first test-tube baby in the world, died on Wednesday aged 87, the University of Cambridge announced.
The Shanghai-based Fudan University established its first research center for Chinese studies in Europe, in a joint project with the University of Copenhagen.
The funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be held in London on April 17, the office of Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday conveyed the government's condolences over the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
A Briton and his Chinese partner are being investigated in Guangzhou, the Guandong provincial capital, to assess whether the man should be charged with bigamy, the New Express Daily reported on Tuesday.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at St Paul's Cathedral for Thatcher.
Loved or loathed in death as in life, Margaret Thatcher left no one indifferent, finding some of her most ardent admirers among her political opponents.
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