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City to ease residency permits for outsiders

2013-6-20

AUTHORITIES in Shanghai announced yesterday that they will ease controls over residency permit applications for non-locals starting next month. Th...

Reservoir declared sewage cesspool

DANJIANGKOU Reservoir, a key player in China's huge water diversion project to quench the thirst of Beijing and about 20 other northern cities, has be...

Uproar over dog meat festival

Sex-tape official denies bribery charges in court

Islamist militants attack UN base in Somalia, 22 dead

Rain will ease heat today but muggy feeling stays

THE heat is expected to ease today and tomorrow as drizzly rain and clouds help drop highs below 30 degrees Celsius, forecasters said. High humidi...

More expats getting plastic surgery locally

FOREIGNERS account for a large and increasing portion of patients at some of the city's local plastic surgery centers, which offer much lower prices t...

Live poultry marts reopen as H7N9 bird flu ban lifted

LIVE poultry will be allowed for sale in local markets starting today, almost 10 weeks after the city imposed a ban to prevent the spread of H7N9 bird...

Netizens to help guide domestic film industry

Metro to refund fares past 15-minute delay

China issues ban on private adoption of abandoned infants

CHINA has announced a ban on individuals and groups privately adopting abandoned infants in a country where tens of thousands are abandoned each year ...

Former official executed after he raped 11 girls

A FORMER official in Henan Province was executed on Tuesday for raping 11 girls, sources with the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court confirmed yes...

2 Russians arrested for smuggling bear paws

A LARGE number of smuggled bear paws seized by authorities recently has underscored the need for renewed efforts to fight illegal trading of animal pa...

Sex-tape official denies bribery charges in court

Bakery linked to expired items

TODAY IN HISTORY

Construction of Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai was finished on this day in 1991. The 154-meter-high and 86...

JUNE

Abe faces tough task as Japan's trade deficit up 10% to US$10.5b

JAPAN'S trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (US$10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces...

Wanda invests US$1.6b in 2 UK projects

CHINESE commercial real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group will invest 1.02 billion pounds (US$1.6 billion) in a British luxury yacht maker, whose ve...

SOE profits rise at faster speed in first 5 months

PROFITS at China's state-owned enterprises rose 6.5 percent to 884.1 billion yuan (US$144.2 billion) in the first five months of this year, faster tha...

Firm bets on power of wind for No. 1

Chinese producers aim to please Western palates with their wine

Repayment risk for banks

Fund crisis pulls repo rate to 2-year high

Harsher penalties for banker misconduct

Dish's exit clears SoftBank to buy Sprint

Projectors roll as film festival opens

2013-6-16

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Becks in Shanghai

Moyes gets tough start at United

CHAMPION Manchester United will travel to Swansea City for its first English Premier League match under new manager David Moyes, while Manuel Pellegri...

Wimbledon nightmare for rivals as Nadal seeded 5th

RAFAEL Nadal could face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, defending champion Roger Federer or home favorite Andy Murray as early as the Wimbledon quarterfin...

Solid team support for Contador in Tour bid

Heat rally from brink to force Spurs finale

Flood toll rises to at least 138

MILITARY helicopters dropped emergency supplies yesterday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and t...

Obama calls for a reduction in nuclear weapons

US President Barack Obama renewed his call yesterday to reduce US and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "t...

Mauled girl will fly to US for surgery

A four-YEAR-OLD Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to...

Duchess of Cambridge will give birth at London hospital

Toxic substance found at nuclear plant in Japan

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Happy childhoods elude both rich and poor

WEI Yufan stays busy during the week and spends her weekends and holidays at cramming schools, taking math, English, piano and taekwondo classes. ...

Baroque music the way it sounded to Vivaldi

THE Academy of Ancient Music, which uses period instruments and authentic reproductions, will stage a concert of Baroque music by the masters next Thu...