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40 million hungry due to conflicts

[2017-12-23 07:48]

Some countries spend up to 60 percent of GDP to cope with wars

Time flies along with 81-year-old flight attendant

[2017-12-23 07:48]

WASHINGTON - American Airlines flight 2160 from Boston has just arrived in Washington, and Bette Nash, 81, helps the passengers disembark.

English rugby to air on Chinese TV

[2017-12-23 07:48]

Chinese viewers will be able to watch English club rugby, complete with commentary in Mandarin, for the first time on Christmas Eve when the Leicester Tigers host the London-based Saracens on CCTV5+.

US Soybean farmers get warning from China

[2017-12-23 07:48]

US soybean exporters have received some warning signals on product quality from the world's largest importer, a month after US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing secured them a juicy deal selling an extra 12 million tons of their produce to China.

Apple admits it deliberately slows down older iPhones

[2017-12-23 07:48]

WASHINGTON - Apple has confirmed the long-held suspicion of some users that it is deliberately limiting the iPhones' processing speed as they age.

Middle class raises glass to US wines

[2017-12-22 07:52]

China's growing middle class and its taste for wine have prompted a group of importers to pursue fine wines from California.

WWI Australia submarine wreck found off PNG

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SYDNEY - Australia's most enduring military mystery has been solved after the wreckage of the country's first submarine was found more than a century after vanishing off Papua New Guinea's coast, officials said on Thursday.

Watch out for 'wearables' as smart money is on doubling of market

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SAN FRANCISCO - Sales of "wearable" computing items - from internet-linked watches to step-counting shoes - will nearly double in the next few years, a market forecaster said on Wednesday.

US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

[2017-12-22 07:52]

MIAMI - A US woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what hospital officials said may be a world record.

Rising debt for youths in S. Korea

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SEOUL - South Korea's younger generation is facing rising debt while the older generation has less living costs, boosting worries about low birthrate amid an aging population, data showed on Thursday.

Slavery fight needs 'change in culture'

[2017-12-21 08:14]

LONDON - Police and prosecutors in Britain are taking the fight to human traffickers and slavemasters, but the country needs a "change in culture" to end modern slavery, the UK's anti-slavery czar said.

Teenage drownings prompt review of safety measures

[2017-12-21 08:14]

CANBERRA - Government of the South Australian state has announced a plan to improve safe swimming practices after two teenagers drowned at the same Adelaide beach within eight days.

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