JINDO, South Korea, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Death toll of a sunken South Korean ferry continued to rise Sunday as divers has kept entering the hull of the submerged vessel, the South Korean Coast Guard said. Koh Myung-seok, director general of the coast...
BERLIN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- German Federal Health Minister Hermann Groehe stressed Thursday the importance of further expanding vaccination of the population on the occasion of this year's European Immunization Week, which starts on April 22, 2014....
GENEVA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Four-way talks in Geneva over the Ukraine crisis concluded on Thursday with a document on de-escalation of tension in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the talks. The high-level meeting brought to...
LONDON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Subway workers in London are planning to stage five days of strike in late April and early May against ticket office closures and job losses, Britain's National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announce...
WARSAW, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Polish energy giant Tauron on Thursday signed a contract with a consortium consisting of engineering firm Rafako and construction firm Mostostal Warszawa for the construction of a 910 megawatt power unit in Tauron's Jawor...
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates declined for a second consecutive week as housing construction data fell short of market expectation, a survey showed on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) slid to 4.27 percent i...
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday mourned the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia's Nobel- winning writer famed for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. With the passing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the world has lo...
美欧承诺支持乌克兰 PENTAGON The intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine -- and fears of increased Russian involvement -- have gripped the attention of both the United States and Europe. Officials are now intensely working on a response to c...
WASHINGTON Tensions are rising in Ukraine even as assurances of international aid to stabilize the countrys battered economy have started pouring in. Despite the promise of financial help, the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has only deep...
LONDON, April 16(Xinhua) -- Coffeehouse company Starbucks Corporation announced Wednesday to move its European headquarters from Amsterdam to London by the end of the year. According to a statement from the company, some senior executives based in Am...
乌克兰宣布克里米亚为暂时被占领领土 KIEV, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill declaring southern Crimea peninsula as a territory temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, the parliament's press...
墨西哥举办全球发展论坛 MEXICO CITY, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto Tuesday opened the first High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, attended by some 1,500 internationa...
中国对中小型企业提供更好的资金支持 BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China will provide better support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by simplifying how funds are allocated, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Monday. Th...
美欧警惕俄罗斯行动 承诺支持乌克兰 PENTAGON The intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine -- and fears of increased Russian involvement -- have gripped the attention of both the United States and Europe. Officials are now intensely work...
谷歌收购无人机公司 In its latest purchase of high-tech companies, Google has acquired a manufacturer of solar-powered drones that can stay in the air almost indefinitely, relaying broadband Internet connection to remote areas. It is seen as...
