International standardization essential to TCM progress

Though traditional Chinese medicine has been practiced in China for thousands of years, it has largely been a supplementary part of medical care overseas, when compared with modern medicine.

Riding the green wave

In light of Shanghai's new regulations on waste management, which will go into effect on July 1, innovations related to recycling and garbage sorting took center stage at the recent IE Expo China held between April 15 and 17 in the city.

6 ways Japan has changed under Akihito

Naruhito will inherit a different nation from that at the start of his father's reign

Floods in Indonesia kill dozens

Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 31 people in Indonesia and more than a dozen are still missing, officials said on Monday, marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation, Xinhua News Agency reported.

160,000 at risk after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks

A second disaster unfolded on Sunday in northern Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as raging floodwaters killed one person and began to cut off the region's main city from the outside world. Nearly 160,000 people were at risk, with more torrential rain forecast for the days ahead, The Associated Press reported.

Afghan peace deal hinges on Taliban

KABUL - Any peace agreement with the Afghan Taliban depends on the declaration of a permanent cease-fire and a commitment to end the country's long war, Zalmay Khalilzad the US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, said on Sunday.

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Spanish PM's Socialists win snap election

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist Workers' Party won the country's general election on Sunday, but will have to figure out how to form a coalition after it failed to secure enough votes for a majority in the parliament.

Crashes fuel fear-of-flying cure

Flying terrified Jim Reyer. He conjured images of a flaming crash and a TV reporter on site intoning: "No survivors."

8 shot, 1 fatally, in latest Baltimore shooting

A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd that had gathered for Sunday afternoon cookouts along a west Baltimore street, killing a man and wounding seven other people, authorities and reports said, according to The Associated Press.

Scottish teens warned over 'money mule' traps

Police in Scotland are writing to secondary schools to highlight the growing problem of youngsters being targeted as "money mules" by criminals that use children's bank accounts to move money.

Putin says US jailing of Maria Butina 'outrage'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday made his first comments on a US court sentencing admitted Russian foreign agent Maria Butina to 18 months in prison, calling her treatment a travesty of justice, Reuters reported.