U.S. President Barack Obama has said he does not consider the cyber attack on Sony to be an act of war. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Obama said his advisers are weighing how to respond in kind to the attack. No, I don't think it was an act of...
Reporter: The documents will see China invest in a pair of rail lines connecting northeast Thailand with Bangkok and the Thai port city of Rayong to the south of Bangkok. The two routes, which will total 870 kilometers, will later connect with the pl...
Commuters will now be able to travel back and forth between Macao and Zhuhai at any time of day. This comes as authorities announced the extension of opening hours at the Hengqin Port in Zhuhai, Guangdong. The port, less than 200 meters from Macao, w...
FREETOWN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon on Friday assured the government and people of Sierra Leone of the UN commitment in helping Sierra Leone's fight against the Ebola disease. Addressing a press conference during his a...
Well, President Obama recently gave a major foreign policy speech at the West Point Military Academy in which he outlined his plan to forge counterterrorism partnerships with US allies in different regions of the world. The White House is now seeking...
The global financial markets are not merely relaxed about the world's problems as they stand. They are positively becalmed. The global index of market volatility, the so-called Vix Index or fear gauge as some people call it, is registering a seven-ye...
The historical announcement was made simultaneously by both U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. We will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests and instead we will begin to normalize rela...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Recalling the world has just come through a year of discord, disease and disruption, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said the year 2015 must be a time for global action. Addressing the reporters in an...
A European Union court in Luxembourg has ordered the Palestinian group Hamas be removed from the EU terrorist list for procedural reasons. The court ruled the listing of Hamas as a terrorist organization was based on media reports, not analysis. But...
China's Ministry of Education is bringing in a number of changes to the high school academic proficiency test in an attempt to reform the college entrance exam, or gaokao. The new academic proficiency tests are going to cover 14 different subjects. O...
LONDON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Britain has pledged a 2.5 million pounds (3.93 million U.S. dollars) fund to help children affected by Ebola. The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom said the fund will go to the United Nations I...
As many predicted, the new TV version of The Return of the Condor Heroes, adapted by controversial domestic screenwriter Yu Zheng, has proven worries that the show would turn out to be a vulgar mess possessing little artistic value completely true. A...
Ah, to be young. And rich. 年轻并且富有，天呐！ Those are two qualities that not many people successfully piece together over the course of their lives, but there are those who are pulling it off. A new generation of entrepreneurs, tech inn...
Every year, we reflect on the moments that made us laugh, smile from ear to ear, or stay gripped to our screens in our annual Year in Search. In 2014, we were struck by the death of a beloved comedian, and watched news unfold about a horrific plane c...
BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Boeing was endeavoring to expand its investment and sales in China, a fast-growing market for the commercial jetliner manufacturer, with its delivery in China expected to set a record this year. Boeing's strategy in China...
