Global leaders at the recent annual gathering of the World Health Assembly in Geneva expressed worry and optimism in almost equal measure. Delegates at the assembly - the decision-making body of the World Health Organization - likened the scope of the world's health crisis to that of the threat posed by climate change. They also agreed, however, that digital technology and data will play a crucial role in accelerating efforts to achieve health for all.
That Beijing has vowed to sanction US enterprises that have agreed to sell $2.2 billion of arms to Taiwan must have made island leader Tsai Ing-wen, who landed in the US on Friday on her way to four Caribbean states, and her American hosts uneasy.
With Mario Draghi set to retire as president of European Central Bank on Oct 30, people are wondering whether his legacy would influence his successor, and whether the ECB and the eurozone would continue to perform well.
Stronger protection of toddlers and improved governance of child care services are contained in draft rules for the sector released recently by the top health regulator.
Qingdao city government will launch a safety and quality inspection campaign of all its subway construction projects after two metro lines were hit recently by accidents and claims of substandard work.
China will build a green and efficient shipping system to achieve high quality development of the maritime sector, a senior official said on Thursday.
Shanghai maintained its fourth position among international shipping centers, following Singapore, Hong Kong and London, according to the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index published on Thursday.
China is expected to establish a convenient, efficient and equitable modern public legal service system that covers both urban and rural areas by 2022, according to a newly issued document.
Calling themselves the "Airmen", a group of young volunteers vows to bring back the blue skies by ferociously battling air pollution as grassroots inspectors.
Early one morning in May 2011 at Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Zhang Yu turned his camera away from a flock of birds and watched as a hedgehog approached. It was the first time he had seen a hedgehog in the city.
The most impressive animal Xu Shuqun has seen during his 18 years at the Beijing Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is a black stork that arrived last year.
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