BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China will set up funds to subsidize emergency medical fees incurred by the poor and patients whose identities are unclear, the State Council said in a guideline issued Friday. The move came amid the government's efforts...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians have appealed a decision by South American football's governing body Conmebol forcing the club to play its Copa Libertadores matches behind closed doors. In a statement released on Friday night, Corinth...
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Stunning sides Freiburg and Frankfurt shared points at the opener of the 23rd round following a goalless draw on Friday. Frankfurt staged a better first half whereas Freiburg almost broke the deadlock at the second half ow...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Bubba Watson came out the only survivor as other top 10 seeds all fell at Friday's second round of the Match Play Championship, following world No. 1 Rory McIlroy and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods' exit on Thursda...
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's rising hurdler Xie Wenjun, who shares the same coach with the country's star hurdler Liu Xiang, clocked 7.68 seconds to finish second in the men's 60-meter hurdles at the XL Galan, an IAAF Permit Indoor Meeting,...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, Jacob Lew was sworn into office as the 76th U.S. Treasury Secretary, the Treasury Department said. The oath of office was administered by V...
VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h...
TAIPEI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Peiyan, chairman of the mainland-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges, and Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang, expressed expectations Thursday for deepened cross-strait economic cooperat...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell for a second month to 50.1 percent in February from 50.4 percent in January, according to data released Friday. The China Federation of Logistics...
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The government has no plan to start approving IPOs again, sources from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said Thursday. A CSRC official who declined to be named made the remarks at a news briefing, dismiss...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- San Antonio Spurs' French star Tony Parker scored 31 points in 28 minutes with seven assists and zero turnover, lifting the team to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-90 for their fifth straight victory on Thursday. Th...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Neymar is free to play in Santos' March 3 clash against rivals Corinthians after a hearing into a misconduct charge against the striker was postponed by a Brazilian sports tribunal. The charge relates to the 21-yea...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt will next month compete in a 150m race on Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beach, according to a statement on the six-time Olympic champion's website. The 26-year-old will compete against four other el...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and 14-time major champion Tiger Woods have been ousted of the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship in the first round on Thursday. McIlroy from Northern Ireland lost to Ireland's S...
CAPITOL HILL The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Barack Obamas pick for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, after a bruising nomination battle that saw widespread Republican opposition to the former Republican senator by a vote of 58 to 41. Hagel wil...
