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Marcel Woo | Dec 29, 2014 07:46 PM EST
Nearly 1.1 billion Chinese people are either smoking or are exposed to secondhand smoke, prompting the government to consider a ban on all forms of tobacco advertising in the country, the Tobacco Control Office of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. read more
Lui Francisco | Dec 30, 2014 08:38 PM EST
It was fall of last year when Ashley Gardner learned that she is pregnant with not just 1 but 2 sets of identical twins and her husband capturing her expression on a photo after hearing the news went viral. read more
Lui Francisco | Dec 30, 2014 09:35 PM EST
Police officers in Los Angeles ceased the intense eight-hour search for two suspects on Monday morning that started after two police officers got ambushed during an unprovoked attack in the area of Vermont-Slauson South of LA the night before that. read more
Cory Doyle | Dec 29, 2014 04:27 PM EST
Beijing will be infusing the 2022 Winter Olympics as the theme for the capital of China's New Year Countdown celebrations. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 29, 2014 03:09 PM EST
The Chinese government has dealt with more than 6,800 cases of illegal fetus gender testes and in abortions in little more than one year, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) revealed on Monday. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 29, 2014 02:30 PM EST
Beijing commuters started their week with a bout of sticker shock as they found that the capital's public transportation costs suddenly doubled in price. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 29, 2014 01:45 PM EST
Police in China have busted the "Wet Nurse Forum," an online fetish forum that provided breastfeeding among adults, as well as prostitution and pornographic movies. read more
Raymond Legaspi | Dec 29, 2014 11:21 AM EST
An unidentified man at least 50 years old, who was paddling off on a surfboard in the California coast, has lived to tell of an attack by a young great white shark. read more
Raymond Legaspi | Dec 29, 2014 11:28 AM EST
Hundreds of sympathizers showed up for a candlelight vigil on Sunday for a police officer in Flagstaff, Arizona who was shot dead in a city residential neighborhood. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 29, 2014 08:19 AM EST
An early morning three-alarm fire burned an 11-story building for seniors in San Antonio, Castle Hills, Texas, on Sunday, killing five people and injuring 11 more. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 29, 2014 05:33 AM EST
Triangle Cab driver and dispatcher Timothy Pool's US$2.2 million payout is being pursued by two of his alleged sex victims who were aged 9 and 5 when Pool molested them. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 29, 2014 02:03 AM EST
A couple from China, whose cracked and chipped vase turned out to be a relic from the 19th century that Emperor Qianlong used to keep artificial flowers in, sold the artifact for nearly $1 million. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 29, 2014 01:47 AM EST
A police spokesman got suspended without pay after he confessed that he referred to a Ferguson shooting memorial as a "pile of trash," authorities announced over the weekend. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
