Archeologists have unearthed two mausoleums dating as far back as the Hellenistic-era at the ancient city of Antandros in Turkey's Aegean province of Balikesir, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday.

Shanghai will tighten control over medicine prices in community clinics and health service centers, ensuring that prices grow by no more than 15 percent per year, said Municipal Health Bureau director Chen Zhirong here on Thursday.

Seven Chinese mainland tourists injured in a bus accident in Taiwan returned to the mainland Thursday after weeks of treatment in the island province, said Taiwan sources.

A cold front accompanied by a strong northerly wind will sweep through north and northeast China Friday and Saturday, said the Chinese Central Meteorological Station on Thursday.

China's surname Hong dates back to the surname Gonggong in remote past.

Colombian pop diva Shakira's biggest ever concert is to be moved from its original university venue to a military airport in Venezuela following complaints from residents, organizers said on Wednesday.

Up to 130 suspected foreign drug dealers from 38 countries have been arrested so far this year in Brazil's most populous Sao Paulo state, an increase of 116 percent on a year ago, the state's drug investigation authorities said on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court of the eastern U.S. state of New Jersey ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, news reports said.

More than 300 Chinese have undergone genetic testing to determine their odds of developing cancers and other diseases.

The second phase of clinical tests of China's hepatitis B vaccine are being carried out on 46 chronic hepatitis B patients to test the vaccine's effectiveness, according to expert Wu Yuzhang.