2015's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine Tu Youyou is congratulated following the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, capital of Sweden.
The United States returned 22 Chinese artifacts and a dinosaur fossil to China on Thursday, highlighting the two world powers' cooperation to counter illicit trafficking of archeological objects.
Police force in Geneva said that they raised local security alert level on Thursday and started searching for the suspects related to the Paris attacks last month.
Argentina's new President Mauricio Macri (L) waves with his daughter Antonia (R) and his wife Juliana Awada from the balcony of Casa Rosada (Pink House) in Buenos Aires city, capital of Argentina, on Dec. 10, 2015.
Roman Begunov (C) of Dinamo Minsk competes during the UEFA Europa League group E match between Rapid Vienna and Dinamo Minsk in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 10, 2015. Rapid Vienna won 2-1.
Vehicles run on Oxford Street illuminated with Christmas lights in central London, Britain, Dec. 10, 2015.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday the fight against the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) is not a fight with Muslims or Islam.
The U.S. National Weather Service said there is a 70 to 80 percent chance the average temperature in December will be above normal for the Midwest due to a strong El Nino.
Xilingol League has witnessed six wide range snowfalls since November, with more than 90 percent of area being covered by snow.
The world economy is projected to grow by 2.9 percent in 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017, said a UN report Thursday, attributing the modest economic growth to a number of cyclical and structural headwinds.