It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn country.
Apple Inc, the US tech giant, unveiled plenty of new hardware on Wednesday, including iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, new Apple TV, and iPad Pro.
Investigators say they've found no indication of arson or other foul play in the fire that damaged buildings at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.
The Fourth US-China Training Program for Afghan diplomats started in Washington on Wednesday.
A Chinese man and his daughter were arrested Wednesday morning in Los Angeles County in connection with an immigration fraud scheme in which Chinese nationals paid tens of thousands of dollars to be "married" to US citizens.
The United States plans to raise the number of refugees it takes in by 5,000 next year to 75,000, including an unspecified number from Syria, senior US officials said on Wednesday, and congressional aides said the total may go significantly higher.
Have you noticed how people tell you they're not superstitious as they check their daily horoscope?
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To Dirk Tuerenhout, curator of anthropology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, his favorite piece at the exhibition China's Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui is the impressive 8-foot-5-inch standing figure.
The international community needs to know more about China's contributions and sacrifices in the war against fascism, said China's consul general in New York.
The coming state visit of President Xi Jinping to the US and his meeting with his US counterpart President Barack Obama will be a milestone and mutual trust will be the biggest issue and may be the largest contribution Xi's visit can make, said Ezra Vogel, a professor emeritus of the Asia Center at Harvard University.
The coming state visit of President Xi Jinping to the US and his meeting with his US counterpart President Barack Obama will be a milestone and mutual trust will be the biggest issue and may be the largest contribution Xi's visit can make, said Ezra Vogel, a professor emeritus of the Asia Center at Harvard University.