NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Narendra Modi was Monday sworn in as India's new Prime Minister in a grand ceremony attended by over 4,000 invitees, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan and heads of state of seven other neighboring nations. Th...
New digital ID cards for people who commute back-and-forth from the mainland and Macau and Hong Kong are being handed out starting Tuesday. The new cards are going to eventually replace the paper permits currently in use. Guangdong, which is adjacent...
Credit Suisse has pleaded guilty to helping wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes through secret offshore accounts. The Swiss banker has agreed to pay 2.6-billion US dollars in penalties, the largest-ever penalties imposed by the US Justice Department...
BEIRUT, May 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday expressed hopes that the vacuum in Lebanon's presidency would not be long and a new president could be elected as soon as possible, according to the press office of former Lebanese...
KIEV, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Chocolate King Petro Poroshenko has won Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday with an absolute majority, exit polls showed. Poroshenko won 55.9 percent of the vote, ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko 12.9 percent of the v...
BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Belgian Procuratorate confirmed Saturday evening, a few hours after the shooting in Brussels, to the press that a suspect has been arrested and another one fled. According to the Procuratorate, it's good that the deta...
While an international agreement on climate change remains elusive, African nations are moving closer to a unified strategy. Africa has experienced more extreme weather events in recent years as global temperatures rise. Dr. Joseph Mukabana said the...
怀孕前饮食差可能引起早产 WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Women who eat too much fat and sugar foods and takeaway before they become pregnant are more likely to have a preterm birth, a new study said Friday. The study, published in the U.S....
LOS ANGELES According to the United Nations, the worlds population will increase by 34 percent by the middle of the century. Global food production needs to meet this increase. A recent study of soybeans, one of the major food crops and sources of pr...
KYIV A new survey indicates that Russia's takeover of Crimea and its support of rebels in eastern Ukraine have turned much of the Ukrainian population against it. The moves could also impact Russia in other ways. For many years after the fall of the...
BANGKOK A day after Thailand's army chief declared martial law, he gathered top politicians and protest leaders for talks in Bangkok. The talks are intended to try to break the six-month political deadlock that continues to damage the countrys econom...
BERLIN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The German cabinet has adopted a new Africa strategy, showing willingness for a greater German involvement in Africa, German media N-TV reported on Wednesday. In the new Africa policy, Germany's ruling coalition government...
MOSCOW, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian parliament on Wednesday called for immediate release of two Russian reporters detained by Kiev on charges of aiding terrorism, saying they have fallen victims to provocation by Ukraine's security forces. Members of...
KIEV, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Kiev on Wednesday ruled out the possibility to hold bilateral talks with Russia over crisis in eastern Ukraine.P In today's environment, I believe that bilateral negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are not on the agenda,...
PARIS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande and visiting Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila Kabange expressed willingness to further diversify economic links and improve cooperation in social issues, a statement released by the pres...
