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Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has won two more US states - Alaska and Washington, as he tries to close the gap on Hillary Clinton.Sanders was aiming for a sweep of three Western states -Washington, Ala

Elite universities are to be established by the Ministryof Education in 14 central and western provinces thathave never had a university directly under the ministrybefore, as part of the central government's pledge t

At the beginning of the year western commodity traders knew China, theworlds biggest consumer of raw materials, would play a decisive role in thedirection of markets. What they did not know was that it would be Chinesein

TAIPEI - At least two people had been confirmed dead and three others missing after heavy rain hit large parts of Taiwan with the arrival of a strong southwesterly airstream Friday.The heavy rain caused widespread disrup

KHARTOUM -- Two copters of the China's first peacekeeping helicopter unit air transport advance team arrived safely at the EI Fasher Airport of the Darfur area in western Sudan.The helicopters, carrying 15 soldiers a

It's been 4 hours since what's being called a cessation of hostilities came into effect under a US-Russian plan. Fighting appears to stop across most areas of western Syria.The UN Security Council unanimously pas

New Orleans Pelicans is trying to move into playoff contention, who could grab 11th place in the Western Conference -- three spots below the cutoff -- by beating Oklahoma City.But to truly become contenders, the Pellies

In Yongren County, in southwestern Chinas Yunnan province, the Yi people of every age adorn themselves with splendid attire at Lantern Festival for a joyous costume contest.Yi people hold annual costume contestWith singi

South Korea says an artillery fire from the DPRK was heard Saturday morning...near the western maritime border.South Korea's Yonhap News Agency quoted the country's military official as saying that the artillery

FRANKFURT - German rock music festival Rock am Ring in the western German city of Nuerburg was interrupted Friday evening due to concrete evidence of terrorist threat, with thousands of rock fans being evacuated from Nue

A Syrian monitor group reports that the death toll from an air strike in a rebel-held town has climbed to 57.The warplane targeted the prison compound and courthouse with four rockets in Syria's northwestern province

A Level-1 artefact has been unearthed in Sichuan Province, in southwestern China. That's big news in the field of Archaeology! Among the treasures is a gold plate weighing almost a kilo that can be attributed to a re

CHONGQING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed coordinated urban-rural development in southwestern Chongqing Municipality during his first inspection trip of 2016 from Monday to Wednesday.Xi said Cho

导读:中国古都学研究高峰论坛上，来自全国各地的专家学者经过探讨，于10月25日正式将成都列为中国大古都。Chengdu, capital city of southwestern Chinas Sichuan province, was named one of the top 10 ancient capitals in China at a

Security was tight in a popular Beijing diplomatic and entertainment district on Friday. This came after some Western countries issued a Christmas security warning for their citizens living in China on the previous day.B