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Lukas Verzbicas kept his promise.
China has sentenced four Uighur (WEE'-gur) men to death for their roles in three separate alleged terror attacks in the far western Xinjiang region in July.
When Ying Dingfa isn't working odd jobs as a plumber or repairman, he's making sure his 10-year-old grandson gets to school on time since both of the boy's parents work around the clock to earn a living.
On his first attempt, Nicholas Brownlee manages to spit out the sound "shee." His teacher patiently shakes her head.
On the surface, Liu Hao with his songbird voice seemed like the ideal candidate as a romantic partner on one of China's popular dating shows.
Fed up with the endless payoffs and bribes endemic in China, public relations consultant Chen Hong ripped off an idea from India: set up a website to let people post anonymous tips on official bribery. It proved wildly popular — and short-lived.
Tour guide David Lund on Friday denied accusations by Israeli authorities that he was trying to smuggle antiquities from that country.
When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.
It was supposed to be Kenneth Schneider's goodbye to the world, the last solo road trip the 78-year-old would take, from Washington state back to his native Utah.
A part-time hair braider sued Utah on Tuesday, claiming the state's requirements to obtain a cosmetology license are irrelevant to her job and an unconstitutional infringement on her right to earn a living.
Two hikers found unhurt in Zion National Park after three days walked out of a popular slot canyon with rescuers, officials said.
In an April 10 story about efforts to mine tar sands in Utah for petroleum, The Associated Press reported that a hearing on a challenge to the project mounted by the Moab, Utah-based environmental group Living Rivers was set for May 25. The story should have made clear that the hearing will be before the state Division of Oil, Gas & Mining over an appeal of the agency's approval of the project filed by Living Rivers, not the group's separate challenge of the project's approval by Utah Division of Water Quality.
China on Tuesday promised tougher enforcement against rampant illegal copying of movies, music and other goods that has added to tensions with Washington and hurt fledgling Chinese producers.
Ding Can is obsessed with bargains. Her purse is crammed with more than 30 shopper discount cards and dozens of coupons. Her apartment is packed with freebies, from cosmetic samples to key chains. She often lines up before dawn for tickets to discounted movies.
China will boost further its already expanding economic ties with Africa, which reached a record two-way volume of more than $100 billion this year, the government said Thursday.
American Alissa Czisny protected her overnight lead to take gold Saturday after the women's free skate program at the Grand Prix final.
Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was "crazy bad."
Former world champion Miki Ando dominated the free skate despite a watered-down routine to win the Cup of China on Saturday.
China's Red Cross asked citizens around the country Friday to urgently donate blood because of an acute shortage that has prompted delays in some surgeries.
A display at the World Expo in Shanghai highlighting the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners has raised public questions about China's own mining industry, the world's deadliest.
It's Nobel season, and China is engaged in an annual bout of hand-wringing: Why can't the country that invented the compass and gunpowder — and that recently rocketed from poverty to global power — win one of the venerated prizes?
Japan said Tuesday that China has postponed a senior official's visit to Tokyo in an escalating diplomatic battle over the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain after a ship collision near islands claimed by both countries.
Thousands of coal trucks and other vehicles were backed up for miles on a highway in northern China on Friday, the latest in a series of monster traffic jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.
Basketball star Yao Ming, movie director John Woo and piano prodigy Lang Lang are among dozens of celebrities who will appear in television commercials later this year in a bid by China to boost its image abroad.
Intense flooding has swept thick layers of garbage down the Yangtze River that are threatening to block the gates of the Three Gorges Dam, state media reported Monday.
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