Topic: China's Xinhua

For the first time in recorded history, hazy smoke from raging wildfires in the Arctic has reached the North Pole, and NASA satellites have the images to prove it.

Days of heavy rain that led to flooding on Wednesday in central China have killed at least 13 people and forced more than a 100,000 to evacuate, according to local media.

Kim Jong Un said North Korea needs to turn its focus toward repairing the damage from typhoons that have battered the country in recent weeks, state media reported Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran will face consequences after protesters attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Riot police and demonstrators clashed again Tuesday inside Hong Kong International Airport, just hours after the disruption grounded all outbound flights for the second half of the day.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday negotiations between the United States and North Korea for a third summit have been ongoing behind the scenes.

North Korean media is promoting the upcoming demolition of Punggye-ri nuclear site ahead of the event.

The annual U.S.-South Korea joint military exercise kicked off earlier this month after having been delayed to avoid complicating the Winter Olympics.

Officials said a powerful earthquake rocked China's mountainous Jiuzhaigou area late Tuesday, killing more than a dozen people.

At some point the Houston Rockets will be under new ownership but former center Yao Ming will not be involved.