Two days after the alleged chemical attack, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase to neutralize its chemical weapon arsenal.
Two employees sort crawfish at a market in Qianjiang, Hubei province. [Photo/Xinhua]
UBS became the first global bank to submit an application to acquire a majority stake in its Chinese joint venture in May. Japanese brokerage and investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc applied to set up a securities joint venture with a majority stake in China in the same month.
UNITED NATIONS - A Chinese envoy on Monday called for the joint advancement of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for sustainable development.
Typhoon Haishen came ashore in South Korea on Monday after slamming through southern Japan, where it left four missing and more than 50 injured.
Turuwenjan, a sociologist with Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, said state-owned companies should hire more local residents and train unskilled ethnic minority groups, rather than bring in migrant workers from other regions.
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Two delivery drivers, aged 29 and 20, died on the job in two separate road accidents on Oct 10 and 13 in Taiwan, triggering a government inspection into the work environment in the food delivery sector, according to local media reports.
Two leaders of a primary school in Northwest China's Gansu province were removed from their posts after a female student was assaulted and injured by two classmates, attracting national attention online, according to a statement issued by the local education authority on Tuesday.
UBS Securities was one of the first foreign investment banks to enter the Chinese market and was registered as the first fully-licensed securities joint venture in 2006. In December last year, it became China's first foreign-controlled securities firm after the parent company UBS AG increased its stake to 51 percent.
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday urged the international community to promote gender equality and the rights of women and girls as a crucial contribution to meeting ocean challenges.