Authorities in China’s commercial hub of Shanghai will prosecute 24 people for bribery and other crimes related to an apartment building fire that killed 58 people, state media reported today.

Unlicensed welders were detained by police in China today after a blaze engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in Shanghai, killing 53 people and injuring more than 70 others.

CORK Opera House has appointed a new chief executive to spearhead its revival.

TACKLING cigarette smuggling was one topic high on the agenda of the international conference recently held at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in China.

A STRONG delegation from Cork will take over the Ireland pavilionat the World Expo in China tomorrow to promote the city on the world stage.

SHANGHAI to Sherkin, a contrast that would make one’s head spin.

TWO teenage boffins have been invited to a global gathering of some of the world’s best young scientists and inventors.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has criticised the Irish pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai for failing to promote his city – the only Irish city twinned with the massive Chinese metropolis.

A man armed with a meat cleaver killed seven children and two adults at a Chinese nursery today, the latest in a series of savage assaults on the country's schools.

Armed police will patrol schools in China’s capital after a farmer attacked schoolchildren with a hammer, then burned himself to death in the third classroom assault in as many days.

NEW YORK has beaten Chicago as the world’s best city to live in 2010 if you’re a man, coming up trumps in both professional and personal fields, according to a survey.

IN his letter headlined ‘Chinese visitors run into Irish wall’ (March 6), Gerry Mullins appears to have a complete misunderstanding of Cork Marketing Partnership (CMP) and World Expo 2010.

Ten giant panda cubs born after the 2008 deadly earthquake in China’s Sichuan province were on their way today to Shanghai to go on display during this year’s World Expo.

Advertising giant WPP today reported a 47% drop in profits and predicted 2010’s big events such as the FIFA World Cup and US Congressional elections will fail to lift performance.

CORK is planning to host a major European Expo, focusing on urban living, in its docklands region in 2010.