HAVANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuba launched its first batch of private nonagricultural cooperatives Monday, as part of reforms pushed by Cuban leader Raul Castro. There are 124 such cooperatives in the sectors of construction, transportation, waste coll...
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday stressed the importance of completing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The two leaders discussed the TPP and bilateral ties...
BUENOS AIRES, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Argentina has ratified its commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. Argentina has a strong commitment to the implementation of the actions needed to avoid havi...
秘鲁销毁三个可卡因实验室 LIMA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian authorities have destroyed three cocaine-processing laboratories in the town of Sandia, in Peru's southern Puno province, the National Police reported Monday. The labs were discov...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff met on Friday with representatives of 24 students associations and social movements as part of her strategy to answer to demands at the nationwide protests over the past two weeks....
奥巴马参观罗本岛向曼德拉致敬 CAPE TOWN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U. S. President Barack Obama on Sunday visited Robben Island off Cape Town to pay tribute to his personal hero -- ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela....
克里姆林宫决定斯诺登的未来 MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- As Edward Snowden has been perching at an international airport of Moscow for a week, Kremlin said Sunday the former CIA contractor's future was not yet on its agenda. The President...
法国敦促美国解释间谍报告 PARIS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday called on Washighton to explain spying allegations on European Union (EU) offices in Washington, Brussels and at the United Natio...
欧盟要求美国澄清监测报告 BRUSSELS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU) Catherine Ashton said on Sunday that the EU has requested the United States to clarify the surveillance reports. The European Union...
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman slammed an overview of Japan's Defense Ministry's white paper for 2013, urging the country to conduct some introspection and do more to facilitate regional peace and stability. China...
ATHENS, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Greece's two partite coalition government leaders proceeded with a cabinet reshuffle, a government spokesman announced on Monday after a meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and socialist PASOK party head Evangel...
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The sales volume of new single-family houses in the United States rose in May to the highest level in about five years, evidence of the recovering property market, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Sales o...
JOHANNESBURG, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. As he remains in a critical condition in hospital, we must keep him and the family i...
CANBERRA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Thursday following his victory in a ruling Labor party caucus ballot the evening before. Governor-General Quentin Bryce, acting on the advice from the solici...
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate passed a landmark comprehensive immigration bill on Thursday that would offer an earned citizenship for about 11 million undocumented immigrants and tighten security on the Mexican border. The bill, app...
