The Ministry of Environmental Protection launched a special campaign to crack down on pollution in imported waste processing this month.
The Japanese government has completed the 16 billion yen (6 million) purchase of an uninhabited island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima to be used by US military aircraft to practice carrier takeoffs and landings.
The Kincade Fire that started on Wednesday night has been scorching over 25,455 acres (10,300 hectares) by Saturday evening with only 10 percent containment. At least 77 structures were destroyed and 14 structures were damaged by the blaze.
The Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee published a statement online promising a thorough investigation of the cause of the crash. Authorities have not yet suggested what could have caused it.
The Magnolia Award was first launched in 1989 and has become one of the top awards for foreigners in the city. To date, 1,109 foreigners have received a Magnolia Award.
The Intermediate People's Court in Yueyang City handed down the verdict Friday to Gong Weiguo, former mayor of Linxiang City, after convicting him of taking bribes and abuse of power.
徐州预约 四维彩超
The IS emerged in Syria after the Syrian crisis began in 2011, after it was formed first in Iraq amid the US-led invasion of the country.
The Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court sentenced Yao Yuzhong to death with a two-year reprieve. Yao was convicted for a series of tomb thefts, robberies and reselling cultural relics.
The LERS was established in 1983. The introduction of the three refinements to the operation of the LERS in 2005, which included the shifting of the existing weak-side Convertibility Undertaking by the HKMA to sell US dollars to licensed banks from 7.80 to 7.85; since then, the Convertibility Zone lies between 7.75 and 7.85.
The Labor Day holiday this year has been extended from one to four days, according to the State Council's response to an appeal from the public in March.