NURSING HOME FIRE

Ten people were killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Heilongjiang province early Friday morning, local authorities said. The fire occurred about 1:15 am at Lianhe Senior Nursing Home in Hailun City. (www.xinhuanet.com)

WINNING RELATIONSHIP

Two high school students in a relationship became Internet sensations following news that they took the top two spots at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad. Sun Weiwei shared her joy on Sina Weibo, becoming the hottest topic on the site, with over 220,000 related posts.

WRONG ZODIAC

Zodiac signs can be another obstacle for job hunters as more employers rely on Zodiac sign-based personality analysis. Virgo and Scorpio people, widely regarded as picky, were cited as the most affected, in posts on Tencent's micro-blog site.

BRIBERY TRAINING

More details emerged in the corruption scandal at GlaxoSmithKline as former sales representatives in Zhengzhou, Henan province, disclosed that the company trained them to be more skilled at bribing doctors and covered the money doctors spent on prostitutes. (www.sina.com)

BLOODY ROBBERY

A 23-year-old woman was resuscitated on Thursday after being hit by a car and robbed on July 1. The suspect, a man surnamed Chen, has been arrested. Chen was driving a car with a fake military plate. (www.chinanews.com)

TAXI HIJACKING

A 44-year-old man suspected of hijacking a taxi on Friday morning was held in Beijing. The taxi driver called the police after the suspect, surnamed Bai, forced him to head to the airport using scissors and knives. The suspect had received treatment for mental disorder, the city's police authorities said on Sina Weibo.

FINANCE BATTLE ONLINE

China's IT industry giants shifted their battlefield to online financing as 250 companies, including industry leaders Tencent, Baidu, NetEase and Sina, received approval to build third-party online payment systems, in a move to grab some market share from the dominant Alipay. (www.people.com.cn)