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In wake of the looming U.S. debt ceiling crisis, which threatens to stir up a global economic disaster, China is calling for the creation of a new international reserve currency to replace the present reliance on U.S. dollars as well for as steps to create a "de-Americanized world."
China and Indonesia will meet for the first time in nine years when they battle in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on Tuesday.
President Obama has canceled trips to Malaysia and the Philippines due to the government shutdown. He and first lady Michelle Obama have also announced that they will not attend the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's gala.
China is going to allow video game consoles into the country for the first time in 13 years. The move is part of its plans to open a new Free Trade Zone in Shanghai, in order to boost its economy, but Microsoft and Sony - makers of the upcoming Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - must be expecting a boost as well.
Small nuclear reactor, dormant for six years, could produce enough for up to two nukes
Honduras has seen a 150 percent increase in public debt since 2009.
PBS will air Charlie Rose's exclusive interview with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. In the interview, Assad denies his involvement in the deadly chemical weapons attack that left more than one thousand Syrians dead.
Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin has been a subject of trade rumors ever since his lackluster showing in the postseason. Despite the pressure from the media, Linsanity managed to stay away from the issue until now.
Scientists in China have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of the oldest ancestor of the long-lived mammal lineage. The fossil belongs to a 160 million-year-old creature known as the "Jurassic rat," one of evolution's most successful mammals.
Disappointed customers at a Chinese zoo are complaining that they were cheated out of an authentic experience with the wildlife.
The FIBA Asia Championship 2013 has now entered the do-or-die stage after six tough days of preliminary round basketball.
First iPhone electrocutions and now Samsung's Galaxy S4 bursts into flames; charging your smartphone in China can be very dangerous, at least according to the news coverage.
China has steadily turned into an 'incubator of golf prodigies' geared towards becoming the next golfing superstar and perhaps the heir apparent to 14-time Grand Slam winner Tiger Woods.
Fun and games are typically not things you associate with the military, especially when it's China we're talking about. Surprisingly though, one branch of China's military has made video gaming a part of its daily schedule.
In a rare move for a rare animal, a giant panda in southwest China has given birth to the first set of panda twins this year.
