Hundreds punished over racist and sexist comments

British universities have disciplined hundreds of students in recent years over sexually or racially abusive comments on social media, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Boeing knew of Max safety system glitch a year before deadly crash

Boeing engineers identified a fault with a pilot warning system on 737 Max aircraft in 2017, a year before the deadly Lion Air crash, the company said on Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported.

France Telecom goes on trial for staff suicides

The toll is shocking: in a three-year span, there were 19 suicides, 12 suicide attempts and eight cases of serious depression among employees at France's main telephone and internet company, The Associated Press reported.

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Xi congratulates new Thai king

President Xi Jinping congratulated Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on being formally crowned on Saturday.

Kim oversees testing of multiple rocket launchers

Pyongyang conducted a "strike drill" on Saturday, firing tactical guided weapons off its east coast in a drill supervised by its top leader Kim Jong-un, a move sought to escalate the pressure on Washington to return to the negotiating table with a compromise on easing sanctions, analysts said.

Models of Airbnb and hotels converging

If you are visiting New York when the annual Christmas tree lighting takes place at Rockefeller Center and don't want to wait in the cold and stand among thousands of others, you might be able to rent an apartment-style suite overlooking the tree.

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Small home gardens are an emerging trend

For those in China who grow flowers at home, the boom in mobile internet allows them to gain easy access to green tips. And for them, the hobby can ease pressure and enrich their lives.

'Veggie vids' cultivate a growing following for green-fingered friends

Li Yue has joined three friends to cultivate a social media account devoted to sharing short videos that teach viewers how to grow their own produce online.

PLUGGING THE GREEN DEFICIT

Cheng Yajing is a gardener with "magical power" to make plants grow faster in a greenhouse at the Beijing Botanical Garden, also a playground of succulent plants such as cactus, vines and potted juicy leaves.

Four decades of tending to Chinese roses, and he still has a lot to learn

Thousands of Chinese roses are blooming at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, in breathtaking shades of yellow and white. And there are more than 200 varieties of roses, most of them from abroad.