South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States ...

Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names Friday--Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions ...

BERLIN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Zoo Berlin announced the names of its baby panda twins on Friday: Meng Hao, meaning "beautiful dreams," and Meng Tian, "sweet dreams." Following a Chinese tradition ...