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Self-proclaimed Dr Frankenstein boasts that he can do first human head transplant in under AN HOUR and admits his final goal is immortality

Surgeon Sergio Canavero sees ‘no problem’ with wealthy tycoons using the procedure to get a young body in their quest for eternal life Hopes his first patient will be Russian with genetic muscle wasting disease Valery Spiridonov, 30, has volunteered to be a guinea pig, despite the risks Dr Canavero has been called ‘nuts’ by […]

UNESCO names 24 new world heritage sites

BERLIN, July 9 (NsNewsWire) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has concluded its annual meeting in Bonn, Germany after inscribing 24 new sites into the World Heritage List, reports Xinhua. In the past 10 days, over 2,000 delegates from around 160 countries gathered at the western German city […]

Chinese firms hold charity banquets for Egyptian Muslims in Ramadan

by Mahmoud Fouly, Zheng Yihan CAIRO, July 1 (NsNewsWire) — “We really appreciate the Chinese companies for this kind gesture. I tell all the Chinese people thank you and happy Ramadan for you and for the whole world,” said Mohamed, an Egyptian man in his early 40’s after having a fast-breaking meal (iftar) among hundreds […]

Zombie chicken feet strike fear into Chinese snackers

CHANGSHA, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese people generally love munching on chicken feet — fengzhao, as they are known — but Beijing-based editor Han Jing recently found the delicacy a little bit nauseating. Han had been a huge fan of the tasty snack until chicken feet became the center of a food scare. In China’s […]

Chinese biologists find duckweed to tackle water pollution

CHENGDU, June 25 (NsNewsWire) — Biologists have found a strain of duckweed that can effectively purify polluted water and transform nitric oxide into biological fertilizer, a researcher told Xinhua on Wednesday. A research team lead by Zhao Hai, with the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified the duckweed species from […]

Beijing seeks public views on development plan

BEIJING, June 24 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing is encouraging the public to express their views or proposals on the city’s development plan for 2016-2020 to make it more practical and scientific, said city planning officials. More than 17,000 people have participated in symposiums and 4,000 proposals have been received, according to the Beijing Municipal Development and […]

Pakistanis beat heat in canal

Pakistanis cool off themselves in a canal during heat wave in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on June 21, 2015. Xinhua photo

UN celebrates first Int’l Day of Yoga

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (Xinhua) — More than one hundred people, including diplomats and UN staff, performed Yoga at UN headquarters on Sunday to celebrate the first ever International Day of Yoga. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo (Ban) Soon- taek joined the crowd, which was guided by Yoga guru Sri Sri Ravi […]

Xinhuanet launches German language version

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhuanet) — Xinhuanet, the online news provider of Xinhua News Agency, launches its German version on Thursday after in-depth research and detailed preparation, as part of efforts to enlarge the website’s overseas influence. Giving full account to German language netizens’ reading habits and interests, the Xinhuanet German version aims to build an […]