BERLIN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended German intelligence services and intelligence cooperation with other countries, saying that the intelligence work is essential for the security of citizens. In an interview to b...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim admitted on Wednesday that the country is very vulnerable when it comes to cyber defense, making foreign espionage easier. The minister made the statement during a Senate hear...
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) drone on Wednesday completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia, the Navy announced. By evolving an...
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) drone on Wednesday completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia, the Navy announced. By evolving an...
BRASILIA, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced Monday a number of measures aimed at improving the healthcare sector. In her weekly radio show, Rousseff said her government will hire 10,000 doctors to provide basic medical c...
SOFIA, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov on Monday said his country had halted the acquisition of a multirole fighter due to the lack of money. We have not abolished the project of acquiring the new fighter, Naydenov said a...
MADRID, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish state-owned railway company Renfe Operadora presented on Monday a voluntary cost cutting program, aiming to cut 500 jobs from its workforce of 14,900. The unions and Renfe will start the negotiation of the docum...
BRUSSELS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's Erasmus mobility program has benefited 3 million students since its launch in 1987, the Commission said here Monday in a press release. Amid high youth unemployment rates in many EU member states, Era...
PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday condemned recent violence in Egypt, calling on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation of tension. France condemns the violence that broke out these past days, wherever it comes from, s...
PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday condemned recent violence in Egypt, calling on all parties to exercise restraint to avoid further escalation of tension. France condemns the violence that broke out these past days, wherever it comes from, s...
秘鲁检获近100公斤可卡因 LIMA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian authorities have seized 96.4 kg of cocaine in the central Andean town of Huancayo and arrested five suspects, the National Police said on Friday. The haul, composed of 93 sealed pack...
WASHINGTON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday announced that the nation's missile defense system failed in a latest test with a ground-based interceptor missile failing to hit an incoming ballistic missile over the Pacific....
OTTAWA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A large portion of a town in eastern Quebec province of Canada was destroyed after a train carrying crude oil derailed early Saturday, causing explosions and forcing the evacuation of about 1,000 people from their homes. A...
LIMA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Saturday his country will offer humanitarian asylum for U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden if asked, according to reports reaching here from La Paz. Morales, who was s...
HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban Parliament on Saturday approved the bill for a new Marine, Fluvial and Lacustrine Sailing Law, the State-run news agency Prensa Latina reported. Cuban Transport Minister Cesar Arocha said at a parliament session t...