US military helicopter crash kills 2 in S. Korea

2015-11-23 18:55:28

A US military helicopter crashed in the east region of South Korea Monday, killing two pilots aboard, Yonhap news agency reported citing the police.

Canada's Niagara Falls finds 'Paradise' with Chinese

2015-11-23 13:02:38

Jim Diodati, mayor of the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, is fresh off a week-long visit to China where he met with investors.

Chongqing calling all tourists

2015-11-23 12:08:37

There are other places to go in China besides Beijing and Shanghai, and Chongqing is one of them.

Kerry to visit Mideast to discuss Syria, Israeli-Palestinian violence

2015-11-22 07:19:30

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to pay a visit to the Middle East for discussions on Syria and the escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence starting from Sunday, the State Department said Saturday.

US House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees despite Obama veto threat

2015-11-20 11:39:24

The US House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passed Republican-backed legislation on Thursday to suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year and then intensify the process of screening them.

Brain research gets big boost

2015-11-19 14:36:24

Toronto's Chinese Canadian community has contributed $400,000 to help fund a new building for brain sciences at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Chinese bearing maker prepares Michigan facility

2015-11-18 14:11:49

CW Bearing USA, a Chinese bearing manufacturer, has broken ground in Michigan on a new North American headquarters for design, sales and advanced manufacturing.

Honoring 'benefactors and builders'

2015-11-18 14:10:23

Paying tribute to "benefactors and builders", the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) held its annual Legacy Awards Gala on Tuesday evening at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan.

China calls for coordinated international counter-terrorism efforts

2015-11-18 11:36:13

The UN Security Council should make effort to coordinate international counter-terrorism efforts, promote anti-terror cooperation among concerned parties and help form a unified front in this aspect.

Chinese foam-products company settles in Tennessee

2015-11-18 10:12:10

A Chinese manufacturer of foam products will create 350 new jobs in the Nashville, Tennessee, area with a $28 million investment for its first plant in the US.

US firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant

2015-11-18 10:19:22

A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday.

New MIT-Hong Kong node makes for an inventor's paradise

2015-11-18 10:08:35

An hour's commute from the financial center of Hong Kong is Shenzhen, home of scientists, engineers and the capital of super-fast, low volume manufacturing.