AMMAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States will send 200 soldiers to Jordan to enhance the capabilities of the Jordanian army, the state-run Petra news agency reported Wednesday. The move is part of the continuing cooperation between the Jordanian...
ANKARA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The decision of Turkey's central bank to shave the main interest rate off by 50 basis points was seen by analysts as a bid to stimulate growth. Domestic demand was weak and the bank wanted to provide stimulus to the econo...
SINGAPORE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Happy Rogers, the 9-year-old daughter of legend international investor Jim Rogers, showed off her nearly perfect mandarin Chinese at an event in Singapore on Wednesday. The student of Nanyang Primary School recited a n...
CANBERRA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Australian government has announced 777 million Australian dollars (805 million U.S. dollars) to extend the funding for improving the health of indigenous people for three years, the Prime Minister's office said on Thur...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will resume production of insulin on a large scale after 14 years of depending on imports, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Tuesday. Today is a historical day. We are showing how important it is fo...
CARACAS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday condemned the violence that occurred in the last hours in the country, which so far has left seven people dead and 61 others injured. Announcing the decision, the Assembly's secon...
CARACAS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan president-elect Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that his government has defeated an alleged coup staged by the right wing by creating violence, while opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused the government of p...
RABAT, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan King Mohamed VI sent a message of condolence to the U.S. President Barack Obama for the victims of the Boston Marathon blast, Moroccan radio reported Wednesday. In the message, King Mohamed VI expressed condolence...
委内瑞拉反对党示威活动导致7人死亡61人受伤 CARACAS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The violent protests following Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela have so far left seven people dead and 61 others injured, Venezuelan General Attorne...
ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told Xinhua on Wednesday....
PARIS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- French Interior Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday ordered to strengthen security measures and urged high vigilance to secure French interests and citizens from potential terrorists' threats after Boston explosions. Intervie...
ATHENS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sent condolences to U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday over the Boston Marathon blast and expressed Greek peoples' condemnation of the attack. We strongly condemn such horrific act...
NICOSIA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A committee of the Cypriot parliament voted on Tuesday to subpoena Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades to answer questions as to whether he had misled the parliament in relation to the mandate for a probe into the...
WARSAW, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The value of the Polish construction market will shrink over 2 percent in 2013, the PMR research firm said on Tuesday. According to local media reports, the researcher predicts that 2013 will be marked by further depressi...
NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- India on Tuesday condemned the twin bomb blasts at the annual marathon event in the U.S. city of Boston in which at least three people were killed and over 140 others injured. I am deeply shocked and saddened by the ou...
