The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...
Shen Hao, former president of 21st Century Media Co. Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for blackmailing companies by threatening negative coverage. Shen was convicted of extortion and forced transactions, among other ...
Corrugated packaging company Pratt Industries has recently commissioned a new $260m containerboard production line at its greenfield paper mill in Valparaiso, in the US state of Indiana. The OptiConcept M board making line was supplied by ...
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The Chinese government is taking absolutely adequate measures to handle slowing economic growth and an increase of certain imbalances, a leading Russian expert has said, commenting on China's key economic meeting held last weekend. "What ...
China's Silk Road Fund, a medium- to long-term investment fund, will buy 9.9 percent of a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The Silk Road Fund said Friday that it entered into a set of binding agreements with Russia-based ...
From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French ...
China called for implementation on Saturday after a historic deal was sealed in Paris on global efforts to combat climate change. The Paris agreement on climate change was adopted with no objection by the 196 Parties of the United Nations ...
A Chinese man has donated hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia. Lu, 22, from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, signed up to be a stem cell donor with the China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China and France should work with all parties to effectively carry out the historic climate accord reached in Paris. During a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Francois ...
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China and Azerbaijan on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt. "The signing of the MOU shows that the substantial cooperation between the two countries has entered into a new ...
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A visitor takes in an artwork on display at the 1st Asia Biennial. [Photo/Xinhua] The 1st Asia Biennial & the 5th Guangzhou Triennial is underway at the Guangdong Museum of Art in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. It runs through April 10. ...
World leaders gathered in Paris last week for the 21st UN climate conference, known as COP21. At the meeting, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz highlighted several solutions to reduce carbon emissions, including launching a Climate ...
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Snow, the 21st solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 7 and ends on Dec 22. During Major Snow, the snow becomes heavy and begins to accumulate on ...
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The UN global climate negotiations in Paris starting Monday are likely to drive further investment in renewable energy, prompt a switch to electrification in heating and transport and further curb coal-fired power, Swiss bank UBS said in a ...
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The Japanese government intends to phase out the country’s incandescent light bulbs and fluorescent tubes by 2020, and convert all lights to LEDs, reported Asahi Shinbun. The policy was formulated ahead of the 21st Conference of the ...
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