Chinese stocks closed higher Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.61 percent to 3,000.95 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 4.44 percent higher at 8,916.65 points.

The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two in…

Japan launched an H2A rocket carrying an information-gathering satellite on Thursday after two postponements due to bad weather.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said the rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefec…

Chinese scientists have realized the clinical cure of a type 1 diabetes patient by transplanting islet cells derived from chemically induced pluripotent stem cells (CiPSC-islets), according to clinical research published on Wednesday in the journal C…

The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has inked four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with leading aid agencies to assist thousands of displaced and returnees in Afghanistan, the ministry said in a statement on We…

Both China and the European Union (EU) have clearly expressed political willingness to address disputes through consultations, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

The remarks came from ministry spokesperson He Yongqian in response to a media…