Disney theme parks to get major upgrade...
Tai chi may help slow down the symptoms of Parkinson's disease for several years, a Chinese study suggests. Those who practised the martial art twice a week had fewer complications and better quality of life than those who didn't, the res...
The camera never lies. Except, of course, it does - and seemingly more often with each passing day. In the age of the smartphone, digital edits on the fly to improve photos have become commonplace, from boosting colours to tweaking light...
A submersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean, sparking a search and rescue mission. The Boston Coastguard told the BBC an operation to find the submersible was under way on Mo...
Credit Suisse has said it will borrow up to 50bn Swiss francs (£44.5bn) from the country's central bank to shore up its finances. The troubled banking giant said it is taking "decisive action" to strengthen and s...
US police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Robert E Crimo III, 22, was detained after a brief chase, police said. The gunman climbed o...
Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Initially, there had been separate measures for the eastern and western sides, but the whole city...
Global oil prices have fallen as China starts to implement a city-wide lockdown in Shanghai, an important financial and manufacturing hub. Brent crude lost more than $4.50 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand...
The variant was first identified in Botswana and has now been detected in more than 12 countries. It hasn't been found in the U.S. yet, but officials are making changes to prepare....
Surge in COVID-19 cases sparks debate on growing risk for children...
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Shopping malls in Shanghai are gearing up for China's biggest annual shopping event on November 11, dubbed "Double Eleven", with huge discounts to attract crowds before the big day....
The suspension of a US university professor has ignited a debate over the use of a seemingly innocuous Chinese word. Professor Greg Patton at the University of Southern California (USC) was telling students in a communications lecture last m...
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A woman has said she was left alone on an Air Canada plane after falling asleep during a flight. Tiffani Adams said she fell asleep while flying from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June. When she woke up, she was freezing cold and still buckled into her sea...
Check out this exciting new video of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening summer 2019 at Disneyland Resort and fall 2019 at Walt Disney World Resort. Get ready to take control of the fastest ship in the galaxy on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. O...
Polar bears enjoy Lantern Festival treat at Shanghai zoo...
Amid reports thatnational parks are being damagedduring thegovernment shutdown, the nonprofit National Park Foundation is launching a dedicated fund to raise money tohelp those parksrecover. During the partial g...
The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is ...
An explosion at an industrial park in China's Sichuan province has left 19 people dead and 12 others injured, according to state news agency Xinhua. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the authorities in Jiang'an county said the blast happened at a ch...