RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA has announced that goal-line technology will be used during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. System providers have been asked to submit bids by April with the technology set to be...
NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former world marathon record holder, Paul Tergat, claimed on Monday that doping among Kenyan runners is isolated as opposed to being the widespread problem as alleged. He subsequently called for accusations levelled again...
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Nike and Oakley, two corporate sponsors of Olympic blade runner Oscar Pistorius, have moved away from the South African sports star, who is charged with murdering his model girl friend on Valentine's Day. KeJuan Wilkin...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer at age 80 on Monday. The NBA has lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come, NBA commissioner David Ste...
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday that the Islamic republic insists on its full nuclear rights within the framework of Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Making the remarks at an annual confe...
ROME, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone leaders and financial markets may hold their breath on Sunday and Monday when austerity-hit Italians flock to the polls for an election whose outcome could trigger a resurgence of the eurozone debt crisis. Final opi...
ROME, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone leaders and financial markets may hold their breath on Sunday and Monday when austerity-hit Italians flock to the polls for an election whose outcome could trigger a resurgence of the eurozone debt crisis. Final opi...
PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday reiterated his promise to reach zero deficit by 2017 via public spending cuts and growth stimulus. The path is that of achieving a balanced public finances at the end of the ma...
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Four migrant workers were invited to a high profile gala on Saturday evening, which was once mainly reserved for distinguished intellectuals. Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunsh...
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will experience higher temperatures across the country over the next few days, the Central Meteorological Center said Saturday. Temperatures will be 1 to 3 degrees Celsius higher than last year in most regions excep...
WUHAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Mayors of four provincial capital cities in central China on Saturday signed a strategic partnership agreement vowing a coordinated effort in building the Central China Economic Belt. According to the Wuhan Consensus, the c...
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top two liquor makers Kweichew Moutai and Wu Liangye were fined a total of 449 million yuan (71.41 million U.S dollars) for price fixing, according to local price regulators. The Guizhou-based Moutai and Sichuan-b...
DUBAI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's biggest lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said here Saturday that its Middle Eastearn branch achieved in 2012 a pre-tax profit of 54 million U.S. dollars, up 69 percent year on year, while its to...
HONG KONG, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two new measures to cool the property market will be introduced to reduce immediate demand, John Tsang, Financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Friday. The ad valo...
BELGRADE, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood star Michael Madsen opened the 41st annual international film festival FEST in Belgrade on Friday. FEST, which is the biggest film festival in the region, will run until March 3 and will show 75 films in eight...
