Wengfu may lift 5,000 out of poverty

Wengfu (Group) Co Ltd, one of the largest State-owned phosphorus and chemical manufacturers, pledged to spend at least 10 million yuan ($1.4 million) this year to support needy households and local industries, as part of its long-term commitment to poverty alleviation.

Stella Artois and Matt Damon pool resources

Stella Artois, the premium brand of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev, launched the Buy a Lady a Drink campaign for the first time in China to bring clean water to women in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture of Southwest China's Yunnan province.

Dairy producer shows the milk of human kindness

China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, one of China's leading dairy producers, has upped its corporate social responsibility game by providing free training to ranchers who supply raw milk to the company.

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UK follows US with laptop flight ban

WASHINGTON - The United Kingdom has followed the United States by banning larger electronic devices from the passenger cabin on flights from some airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.

33 killed in strike on shelter for displaced families

DAMASCUS - At least 33 people have been killed in a United States-led airstrike on a school in northern Syria, said a monitor group on Wednesday.

Park subjected to 14-hour interrogation

SEOUL - Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career.

One year after attacks, Belgium remembers

In the morning rush hour of March 22 last year, 29-year-old Charles Chauvaux was riding the metro to work. When the train arrived at Maelbeek station, a suicide bomb exploded in the carriage next to his.

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China invests in Afghan development

KABUL - Afghan authorities expect work on the first phase of a multimillion-dollar housing project financed by China to begin within months, as Beijing continues to raise its development profile in the region.

Street art reunites Spanish village

FANZARA, SPAIN - Fanzara is a small Spanish country village whose handful of mostly elderly residents were once so bitterly divided that their allegiance to one camp or the other determined which bar they frequented.

Trump to reaffirm 'commitment' to NATO at May summit in Brussels

WASHINGTON - The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will join fellow NATO leaders for a key May summit in Brussels, as the US administration seeks to quash questions about Trump's support for the alliance.