WASHINGTON Hes been called polarizing, efficient and autocratic - often in the same sentence. No Indian politician has generated so much attention and focus in recent years as India's next prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose Bharatiya Janata Party s...
HANGZHOU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The world's leading e-commerce company Alibaba will promote French brands to Chinese consumers through its online platforms, under a new deal with the French government signed Friday. Alibaba will help French businesses e...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops he said were staging military drills in areas near Ukraine to return to their home bases. The Kremlin made the announcement Monday, just days before a crucial presidential election in Ukraine. Weste...
OBRENOVAC, Serbia, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Serbia needs help to repair the consequences of the catastrophic floods, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after touring town of Obrenovac with ambassadors of several dozen countries. After water started...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key next month at the White House over bilateral and regional issues, the White House said Monday. The meeting on June 20 will highlight our inc...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday authorized up to 50 million dollars in fresh humanitarian aid to the conflict-ridden South Sudan. In a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry, the president said it is important to t...
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Twitch, the popular video live streaming website, is to be acquired by YouTube, according to media reports Monday. The deal, for 1 billion dollars in cash, is said to be YouTubes largest acquisition since its acquisitio...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. troops will take part in a multinational military exercise in Jordan next week in a bid to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to security and stability in the region, the Pentagon said Monday. About 6,000 U.S. troops,...
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A third case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus infection has been found in the United States, the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Saturday. The patient is an Ill...
LONDON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will hit Russia with far tougher economic sanctions if it tries to disrupt next week's presidential election in Ukraine. Ke...
Health workers are frequently becoming targets in countries undergoing conflict or civil unrest. A new report says since 2012, hundreds have been attacked in dozens of countries.Human Rights Watch and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition joi...
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's foreign policy has come under criticism, not just from Republican lawmakers and conservative pundits, but also from centrists who accuse the president of taking an approach they describe as unclear, weak, and isol...
聚美优品美国挂牌上市 NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Jumei International Holding Limited, China's leading online retailer of beauty products, saw its shares surged after its first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday. Ju...
MARIUPOL, UKRAINE Smoke billows from Azovstal steel works here, one of the many gargantuan industrial assets in this southeastern port city owned by Ukraines richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Akhmetov employs more than 300,000 people across the region. Th...
WASHINGTON Supporters of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were offended this week when a prominent Republican strategist questioned her health amid mounting speculation that Clinton will run for president in 2016. This could be an early...
