BRASILIA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazilians frustrated with poor public services took to the streets Thursday across the country, claiming their taxes are spent on preparations to host the upcoming 2014 World Cup. The so-called Day of Struggle against th...
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities continued to rise in March, indicating strong international demand for American government debt, the Department of Treasury said Thursday. The rise has been on for eigh...
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up modestly in April, led by rising energy and food costs, the Labor Department reported Thursday. As a main gauge of inflation, the CPI increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjuste...
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. builder confidence for newly- built, single-family homes fell to the lowest level in a year in May as the recovery of housing market is cooling, a leading industry report said Thursday. The builder sentiment index...
MEXICO CITY, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Treasury has frozen the assets of an alleged member of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City announced Thursday. The American embassy said in a statement the embargo targe...
BAGHDAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 31 people were killed and 22 others injured in separate bombings and shootings across Iraq, police and medical sources said on Wednesday. In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, gunmen attacked an outpost for a po...
BEIRUT, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanon Internal Security Forces (ISF) discovered Wednesday a weapon stockpile in Abi Samra neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli, the ISF said in a communique. Tripoli's Abi Samra Gendarmes Station raided an apa...
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Wednesday offered its condolences over a deadly coal mine explosion in Turkey, saying the United States was ready to help. Spokesman Jay Carney offered his heartfelt condolences to the families of the...
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday announced that he accepted the request of Lakhdar Brahimi to step down as the UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, adding that the resignation will be effective on May...
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that he was hoping for a visit to Cyprus in the next weeks to help to promote the restarted peace talks on the Mediterranean island. Prior to his meeting with visiting...
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. retail and food services sales edged up 0.1 percent in April, slowing sharply after strong gains in the prior two months, official data showed on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday that the combi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Bus drivers in Rio de Janeiro, one of 12 cities hosting the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, on Tuesday started a 48-hour strike, demanding higher pay and thrusting the country's second-largest city into chaos as com...
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced a new initiative to boost exports on Tuesday, as the government seeks to spur growth and ensure job security through trade. The new mission, named NEI/NEXT, is a data-...
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with the leader of Syria's main rebel group on Tuesday, in a display of U.S. support to the moderate opposition in the war-torn country. On Tuesday afternoon, Obama joined National Securi...
紧张的社会关系增加过早死亡的风险 LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Stressful social relations, shown as frequent arguments and conflicts with others or constant worries about families, could increase early death risk for middle-aged people, a...
