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The number of overseas visitors to Ireland set a record high in the first half of this year, Tourism Ireland revealed on Tuesday.

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has said here that China will continue to open its doors to the global community.

The Austrian capital Vienna replaced Melbourne to become the most pleasant city in which to live, according to a report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Tuesday.

Lauren Hok straps on a backpack. It is attached to a small robotic head that looks over her right shoulder and two robotic arms, which pass a small ball from one hand to the other, and then to Hok's hands.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that his government's priority was to provide housing, power, water, connectivity, skill, toilets "for all countrymen."

Mongolia will spend 50 billion Mongolian tugriks (20.4 million U.S. dollars) on a five-year national program to provide children with dental check-ups and treatment, Health Minister Sarangerel Davaajantsan said at a press conference Wednesday.

The Indian High Commissioner to Fiji Vishvas Sapkal said Wednesday that the Indian government is holding talks with the Fiji Navy on possibility to provide boarder security support to Fiji.

Thailand is expected to earn more income from the sales of food to the world markets this year.

In today's modern world, it's nearly impossible to escape the constant barrage of airbrushed advertisements, photoshopped celebrities and filtered social media images.

The United Nations Security Council on Monday welcomed the recent steps taken by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) towards the successful holding of presidential and legislative elections scheduled at the end of the year.

Airbus announced the successful landing of its solar-powered aircraft Zephyr S after it flew for over 25 days, setting a new world record of flight endurance without refuelling.

Chinese electric automaker BYD has won the bids to supply vehicles to the U.S. state of Georgia and Atlanta city, the company said in a statement released on Monday.

The signing of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea will expand prospects for the development of transit cargo transportation, Azerbaijani expert told local media on Monday.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that Ukraine's new law on national security has won the support from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) will export a new type of potash fertilizer to China, the press service of the BPC said on Monday.

Around 39,616 drivers in Fiji have been booked for speeding since Jan. 1 this year and speeding continues to be the leading cause of road fatalities in the island nation, a statement issued by the Fijian police said on Tuesday.

Cambodia is going to conduct a population census in March next year, Minister of Planning Chhay Than said here on Tuesday.

The Nepali government on Monday said that Nepal's foreign relation has entered a new era in the past five months after the formation of new government under the leadership of K.P. Sharma Oli in February.

The Bangladeshi government Monday signed a 510 million U.S. dollars financing agreement with the World Bank to enhance the quality and effectiveness of secondary education system in the country.

A senior official from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has assured that Indonesia's Palembang is 100 percent ready to host the 18th Asian Games slated to commence in the next four days, after inspecting all aspects related to the sports event.