Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.

The owner of a gypsum mine in China's eastern Shandong province kills himself, as rescuers try to reach 17 miners who have been trapped for two days.

Hazardous smog blanketing China's north-east sparks more red alerts, with authorities advising residents in 10 cities to stay indoors.

A preventive team with help of airport customs detains two Chinese citizens with 6kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

A man buried in rubble for almost three days after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China is pulled out alive, state media says.

Rescuers scrabble through the aftermath of a huge three-day-old landslide discover two people alive in the mud as China's cabinet announced a probe into the country's latest industrial accident.

Rescuers have pulled out the first body from the Shenzhen landslide in China, as signs emerge that several survivors are trapped alive in the rubble.

Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Spain's Mireia Lalaguna Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya, an event dogged by controversy over China's refusal to allow Canada's entrant to attend.

China accuses the US of "serious provocation" after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Cars have been forced off the road and factories are closed in Beijing on Saturday after the city was once again blanketed by hazardous smog.

Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.

Lionel Messi will miss Barcelona's Club World Cup semifinal with Guangzhou Evergrande due to renal colic, the club has announced.

China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan.

Every nation should have independent authority over its own Internet, Chinese President Xi Jinping says, telling a government-organised conference that "freedom and order" are both necessary in cyberspace.

A restaurant in eastern China has been caught charging customers an "air cleaning fee" on top of their food bills.

Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored actors".

James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist, considered the father of global awareness of climate change, says the Paris climate talks is 'a fraud'.

One of China's richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police.

A UN watchdog has urged China to end the rampant use of torture in its prisons and close all secret jails.