A WOMAN was being held by police yesterday after stamping on her baby after being accused of stealing a mobile phone.

A YOUNG Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) student who invented a potentially life-saving medical device has won a top European innovation award.

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven-year sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven years sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow-nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

Jimmy White's disappointing season went from bad to worse today when he was beaten 5-0 by Chinese teenager Xiao Guodong in the second qualifying round of the Northern Ireland Trophy at Prestatyn.

A welder in western China was killed when a mobile phone battery exploded in his breast pocket, state media said today.

China will begin holding jury trials next year as part of court reforms that will also increase the number of judges, it was reported today.

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said today it was giving up a Chinese patent for a component of its popular diabetes drug Avandia following a challenge by three Chinese competitors.