MADRID, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two former senior officials of Spain's ruling People's Party denied on Tuesday any wrong-doing in their testimony to a court concerning the accusations levelled against them in the ongoing corruption scandal. Former PP Tre...
THE HAGUE, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of registered verbal or physical violence in the Dutch amateur soccer has dropped by 15 percent during the last season, Dutch football association KNVB announced on Tuesday. KNVB registered 412 excesses in 27...
LA PAZ, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian drivers paralyzed capital La Paz on Tuesday with marches and blockades to demand higher public transportation fares. Members of various transit workers' unions gathered early in the day at several points around th...
HAVANA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cuba was celebrating former leader Fidel Castro's 87th birthday, which falls on Tuesday, with concerts, book presentations and other cultural events. Celebrations were kicked off on Monday by a grand concert in the eastern...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. special envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea human rights issues will visit China, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan this month to discuss a range of issues, the State Department said on Tuesd...
Iran's new president now says his country is ready for serious talks with world powers over the nation's controversial nuclear program. Two days into his job, Hasan Rouhani said his government hoped that talks with the West could begin without wastin...
LONDON - British retail giant Tesco announced Friday that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the China Resources enterprises (CRE) to create a leading multi-format retailer in China, indicating a further expansion in China market....
LJUBLJANA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia is working out a cyber security strategy to upgrade its capability against cyber-attacks, the Slovenian Press Agency reported on Saturday. A national cyber security authority will be set up within the framework...
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The oldest and most traditional dragon boat festival in America, the Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY), kicked off Saturday, with a record number of teams competing from across the United State...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden's father Lon has secured documents to visit Snowden in Russia, Lon Snowden and his lawyer Bruce Fein said Saturday. They made the revelation during an intervi...
BAMAKO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The second round vote of Mali's presidential election ended at 18:00 local time on Sunday with positive evaluation in general though technical faults are noted by observers and small incidents are reported in Bamako, the c...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged continued support for economic reform in debt-ridden Greece. The United States wants to continue to be helpful and supportive in what will be a challenging process, said O...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced to hold a news conference at the White House Friday afternoon. Obama made the announcement after he met with visiting Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the Oval O...
BRASILIA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Brazil on Aug. 13 to meet his counterpart Antonio Patriota, the Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday. The officials (Kerry and Patriota) will examine the main issues of the...
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela is now breathing normally, his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said on Thursday. Winnie denied reports that Mandela was in a permanent vegetative state, saying there...
