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While the decrease reversed an 11.5 percent increase in March, some analysts see improvement in the quarters ahead.

Atopodentatus unicus, which existed nearly 242 million years ago, was perhaps the first marine vegetarian reptile that evolved on Earth.

The latest batch of trade data will do little to ease concerns of investors already worried about the stability of the world’s second-largest economy.

The incident, triggered by heavy rains, occurred at the construction site of a hydropower project in the country’s Fujian province.

The poll date was announced Sunday by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after the governor-general approved a rare “double dissoultion” of parliament.

The boat was carrying 19 people — two of whom were rescued — China’s coast guard fleet told local media.

The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $7.09 billion over the previous month to $3.22 trillion in April.

The media criticized North Korea’s nuclear program, but suggested Pyongyang was willing to emerge from isolation and reform its economy, adding that China will never “curse the country.”

Nearly 34 million years ago, our anthropoid ancestors in Asia were almost completely wiped out by a "global cooling" event. A new discovery has shed light on the key event in human evolution.

Expansion plans for the mine have been delayed over environmental concerns and differences regarding revenue sharing.

The highest risk is associated with non-military vessels, said Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, director for operations of the U.S. Pacific Command.

The comments come ahead of a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague on a case the Philippines has brought against Beijing.

Several domestic cloud services have been shut down, or have announced closure, in China for allegedly allowing storage of pornographic and pirated content.

Australia’s government has opted against further funding to help locate a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that vanished in March 2014.

First-of-its-kind virtual reality technology will guide visitors through an exhibit on China’s Dunhuang Caves, opening Saturday at L.A.’s Getty Center.

Deporting everybody living illegally in the United States and preventing every future unlawful entry would cost more than some have let on.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee wants Japan to shoulder the cost of America’s military presence on its territory.

The introduction of the bond notes does not signal the return of the defunct Zimbabwean dollar, which the country ditched in 2009.

The move comes amid mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula where the U.S. and South Korea are deliberating deployment of a missile system.

The investment will be used to improve infrastructure, particularly through construction of new airports, in the world’s most populous country.

With technology borrowed from its parent company Oppo, the OnePlus 3 is set to offer customers the ability to charge their phones within 15 minutes.