COLOMBO, May 5 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka in November, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry announced on Sunda...
BUDAPEST, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The World Jewish Congress (WJC) got underway in Budapest on Sunday evening with a gala dinner addressed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and WJC President Ronald Lauder. The meeting was opened by Lauder, who thanke...
CARACAS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The 7th Summit of the Petrocaribe oil alliance opened here on Sunday, with the aim of creating a special economic zone for member states. The meeting has attracted leaders, officials and representatives from the 18 Petrocar...
CARACAS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government announced Sunday that it will fight crime in Caracas with the help of the armed forces, the Venezuelan News Agency reported. The Defense Ministry, the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) and th...
BOGOTA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed and another one was captured in the southwestern department of Narino, the military announced Sunday. Leonardo Barrera, chief of t...
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will keep the short-term interest rate near zero and continue its assets purchase program to bolster economic growth and job creation. U.S. economic activity has be...
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Scientists from IBM on Wednesday unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named A Boy and His Atom, the movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create n...
LA PAZ, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday said he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for meddling in internal political affairs. Speaking at a public rally commemorating Labor Day at La Paz's...
美国对委内瑞拉议会发生斗殴表示忧虑 WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday condemned Tuesday's physical clashes taking place in the parliament of Venezuela, describing the violent acts as particularly inappropr...
中国加大打击敲诈勒索犯罪力度 BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Friday unveiled a judicial explanation to clarify the seriousness of blackmail cases in order to crackdown on the crime. The nine-article explanation, iss...
四川为芦山地震遇难者哀悼 CHENGDU, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Public mourning was held on Saturday morning in southwest China's Sichuan Province for those who died in a 7.0-magnitude quake a week ago. The public mourning began with all transport...
伊拉克首都巴格达发生爆炸致6人死亡 BAGHDAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 61 others injured in four bombing attacks that hit the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday, police said. A bomb exploded at the entran...
奥巴马：世界不允许使用化学武器 WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama says the world cannot stand by and permit any use of chemical weapons, and says the United States will work with international partners to vigorously investigate evidenc...
The top South Korean official charged with handling North-South relations says the time has come for South Korean workers still at the shuttered Kaesong factory zone to return home. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said Friday that the government h...
British Prime Minister David Cameron says there is growing evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels, backing up a report by U.S. intelligence agencies. Prime Minister Cameron on Friday called the development very distur...
