Tourists walk on the Qianmen Street in Beijing, capital of China, on Jan 23, 2012, the first day of lunar Year of Dragon.

A Ghanaian student plays the bridegroom in a Chinese wedding ceremony simulation held in Zibo, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New [...]

Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

BEIJING – With a length of 10.4 meters and maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, China’s first space lab module is hardly the size of any palace.
But its name Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace-1,” speaks for a dream home the Chinese have long envisioned in the sky. In Chinese folklore, a heavenly palace often refers to the [...]

Flowers are laid outside Jack Layton’s Toronto constituency office on Broadview Ave. on Monday. Said one flower bearer, William Todd, of the growing display of tributes: “They’ll have to close the street down.”
August 20, 2011
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Friends,
Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me [...]

Jack Layton has lost his battle with cancer, dying Monday morning at his home, surrounded by those closest to him.
The charismatic, 61-year-old politician had recently stepped down as federal NDP leader, but had expressed hope that he would return when Parliament resumed next month.
“I was deeply saddened to learn this morning of [...]

Today marks the one hundredth anniversary of the University of Hong Kong. On behalf of the central government, Vice Premier Li Keqiang has extended warm congratulations and addressed the celebration ceremony.

A university student who allegedly stabbed to death a young mother he had injured in a car accident has sparked a new public furor over moral standards among the children of China’s privileged classes.

Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, knocked down cyclist Zhang Miao while driving his Chevrolet Cruze at around 11 pm on October 20.

OTTAWA – Canada is poised to send in fighter jets to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, defence sources told The Canadian Press.
Six CF-18 fighter-bombers are being readied at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, Que. and are expected to deploy overseas once the Harper government gives the official green light.
Their mission will be to enforce [...]

21:00 JST March 15: Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km [...]

TOKYO —Fuel rods at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant’s No. 2 reactor were fully exposed at one point after its cooling functions failed, the plant operator said Monday, indicating the critical situation of the reactor’s core beginning to melt due to overheating.