RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said on Wednesday that U.S. State Secretary John Kerry's explanations on the surveillance programs carried out by intelligence agencies in Brazil are insufficient. We...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Wednesday for illegal spending of campaign funds. Jackson, a former Democratic Congressman from Illinois and son of U.S. civil rights le...
LIMA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Air traffic controllers in Peru started Wednesday a 72-hour strike demanding wage increase, better working conditions and a reduction of work hours. The strike in air traffic control and related services is partially affecti...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua)-- U.S. middle-income families with a child born in 2012 can expect to spend about 241,080 U.S. dollars on average over the next 17 years, increasing 2.6 percent from a year ago, according to an annual report released on W...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday denounced the latest violence and bloodshed in Egypt, calling it a serious blow to the reconciliation efforts in the country. It's a serious blow to reconciliation and th...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will set up a certification center to strengthen data security and prevent surveillance in online communications, the army's Science and Technology Department announced on Monday. Brazil's certification cent...
HAVANA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is mobilizing international help to urge the return of four Cubans who were arrested in the U.S. 15 years ago. For that purpose, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) said Wednesday it will hold a foru...
MOSCOW, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Situation around U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden did not affect Russia-U.S. talks over anti-missile defense, a senior Russian military official said Wednesday. I did not feel the problem of Snowden affected...
LONDON The eurozone has finally emerged from 18 months of recession - posting positive growth after unexpectedly strong consumer spending in the currency blocs core economies. Analysts are warning, however, that this is not the end of the euro crisis...
CAIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 235 people were killed and over 2,000 injured in clashes across Egypt after the police started at dawn to disperse supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi at two major sit-in sites, a Health Ministry official...
WARSAW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Poland received on Monday the first of twenty Pendolino high-speed trains commisioned by the Polish State Railways. Local media reported that the new train, which has been delivered to Wroclaw in south-western Poland, will...
PRAGUE, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Czech cabinet led by Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok on Tuesday submitted its resignation to President Milos Zeman after it failed to win a vote of confidence in parliament last Wednesday. Zeman accepted the resignation and...
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel resumed her election campaign from her summer break in the Alps by filling in as a school history teacher on Tuesday, which marked the 52nd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. It...
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel resumed her election campaign from her summer break in the Alps by filling in as a school history teacher on Tuesday, which marked the 52nd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. It...
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel resumed her election campaign from her summer break in the Alps by filling in as a school history teacher on Tuesday, which marked the 52nd anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. It...
