HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Cuban legislators met here Saturday to discuss vital economic and social issues at the first annual session of the new parliament, chaired by the country's president Raul Castro. During the two-day parliament sessions, the...
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal transportation authorities are still in the initial stages of their investigation into Saturday's deadly crash landing of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 commercial plane at San Francisco International Airpor...
TOKYO, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Japan on Thursday officially kicked off the election campaign for the House of Councillors, the upper house in the Diet, with ruling coalition's vow to retake the chamber. Half of the 242 seats in the upper house are up for...
CAIRO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi said he is still the legitimate president of Egypt in a prerecorded statement broadcast by pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel on Wednesday evening. There is no alternative for legitimacy,...
STRASBOURG, France, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Emily O'Reilly from Ireland was appointed the European Ombudsman in a secret plenary vote of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. O'Reilly beat her rival, Dutch MEP Ria Oomen-Ruijten, with 359 vot...
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States was very concerned about developments in Egypt's political turmoil, the State Department said on Wednesday, blaming the embattled President Mohamed Morsi for not doing enough to steer his country out o...
HAVANA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A new air route to connect Cienfuegos, a southern Cuban city, with Miami in the U.S. state of Florida, via Grand Cayman will be launched later this year, a local official said Wednesday. The move is intended to promote tour...
葡萄牙外长辞职 LISBON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday said he would quit the government, a day after the shock resignation of the country's Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar. Portas, who is also the leader o...
奥朗德访问突尼斯 PARIS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande will pay a state visit to Tunisia on Thursday to support the democratic process in the country and further strengthen economic links, the president's office said Tu...
白俄罗斯与中国在保护国家网络合作 MINSK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus is going to expand the scope of its cooperation with China significantly to improve the protection of its natio...
奥地利宣布斯诺登庇护申请无效 VIENNA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian interior ministry confirmed Tuesday that American whistleblower Edward Snowden had made an asylum application to Austria, but government leaders have declared it inval...
葡萄牙总理表示不会辞职 LISBON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said Tuesday that he will not resign following the departure of Foreign Minister Paulo Portas earlier in the day. In a nationwide address at th...
LA PAZ, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca Tuesday denied U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden was on the plane flying Bolivia's president out of Europe, after the plane was diverted on suspicions it was carrying both men. I...
古巴国会议员讨论经济，社会议程 HAVANA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuban legislators are set to meet Thursday and Friday to debate economic and social issues before parliament holds its first annual session Saturday, state daily Granma reported...
HAVANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is progressing and the results are noticeable, Cuban President Raul Castro was quoted as saying on Monday by local daily Granma. We continue advancing and the results are noticeable. We move at a faster pace than what...
