Chinese relatives of passengers aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing six months ago marked the date by praying at a Beijing temple, after police broke up a gathering they held outside.

Chinese relatives of passengers from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 prayed at a Beijing temple to mark six months since the plane went missing despite attempts from police to persuade them to leave.

My Tent Or Yours was not required to break sweat to win a jumpers’ bumper at Kempton yesterday in what Nicky Henderson described as a “perfect” experience ahead of his challenge for the Stan James Champion Hurdle.

A medicine mogul spent six years building his own private mountain peak and luxury villa atop a high-rise apartment block in China’s capital, earning the unofficial title of “most outrageous illegal structure”. Now, authorities are giving him 15 days to tear it down.

A Chinese man abducted more than two decades ago has found his way home thanks to Google Maps, according to a local newspaper.

Campaign groups want Western leaders to consider human rights when trading with China, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Activists have called for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to challenge the Chinese government over human rights abuses during his visit to the country next week.

Activists have called for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to challenge the Chinese government over human rights abuses during his visit to the country next week.

IT WAS a week when you could only marvel once more at the remarkable hold David Beckham has over the English media. His plans, his dreams, his family; it’s as if these are now the plans and dreams and family of a nation.

CARDIFF BLUES have placed Gareth Baber and Justin Burnell in joint charge with their interim appointments being reassessed after the World Cup.

Cardiff Blues have placed Gareth Baber and Justin Burnell in joint charge with their interim appointments being reassessed after the World Cup.

A Chinese farmer is appealing against the death sentence he was given for raping 116 women, a state-run newspaper said today.

Ryan Jones has urged Wales to be “bold, brave and clinical” in their make-or-break RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland tomorrow.

The sound of new artillery fire from North Korea just hours after the US and South Korea launched a round of war games in Korean waters sent residents and journalists on a front-line island scrambling for cover today.

The US and South Korea prepared for war games tomorrow as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals.

Only one of about 140 Chinese activists invited by the wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has confirmed he will attend the prize ceremony in Oslo, according to an organiser of the guest list.

The remains of 40 communist soldiers killed during a battle in the Vietnam War were reburied in a military cemetery after being unearthed during a search.

CHINA yesterday disputed that it had surpassed the United States last year to become the world’s largest energy user, and defended its efforts in boosting cleaner energy sources.

Catherine Zeta Jones said she is “thrilled” to be made a CBE, and her parents seem pretty chuffed too.

POLICE in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said yesterday.

Catherine Zeta-Jones joined mourners at the funeral of her namesake grandmother today.

A court in Vietnam sentenced two human rights lawyers to up to five years in prison today, bringing to five the number of activists convicted this week in the country’s latest crackdown on dissent.

India and China ended another round of talks today with no indication of progress made in resolving their decades-old border dispute that already has caused a war between the Asian giants.

CROWDS angered by alleged police mishandling of a school teacher’s death have reportedly attacked government offices in a southern Chinese city, sparking arrests and beatings by riot troops.

The head of a Chinese chemical company blamed for a toxic spill that poisoned a major river and strained relations with Russia has been removed from his post, the company said today.

China today urged all countries involved in six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear programme to work harder and to use the talks as an opportunity to end the “cold war state” on the Korean peninsula.

Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta Jones is still waiting for work on her €2.9m Welsh mansion to be completed - more than three years after builders began construction.

The parents of Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta Jones have cancelled plans to sell the family home in Swansea, it emerged today.

Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta Jones today lost the final round in a fight to stop a businessman running his firm from a base close to her new luxury home.

A businessman who became embroiled in a planning row with Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta Jones looks set to win his fight to run his firm from home.

The parents of Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta Jones have put their south Wales home on the market, it emerged today.

Hollywood glamour couple Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have left for Bermuda after spending a weekend break with family and friends in Wales, it emerged today.

NORTH KOREA has told the US administration it has produced enough plutonium to make six nuclear bombs, it was reported yesterday.

THE last bastion of domestic drudgery is about to fall thanks to the development of the world’s first automatic ironing machine.

A robot “maid” that does the ironing without complaining, getting bored, or burning a hole through your favourite shirt could be part of every household in a few years, thanks to British researchers.

It is hard to determine whether Crucible Theatre rookie Shaun Murphy possesses more talent than confidence.

Hollywood star Catherine Zeta Jones is in her hometown today to celebrate son Dylan’s first birthday.