COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- German supermarket chain Lidl in Denmark has found traces of horse meat in a pasta dish, the supermarket annouced late on Monday. A pasta dish called Combino Penne Bolognese from the manufacturer Copack has been found...
KAILI, Guizhou, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have reached the scene of a landslide that buried five people on Monday in southwest China's Guizhou Province, but rescue work was hampered by debris falling from the mountain. More than 400 rescuers have...
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Flight, the latest feature film by acclaimed American director Robert Zemeckis, is a film that is ripe with moral ambiguity surrounding a troubled pilot hailed as a hero, the filmmaker said Monday. The film is ripe with mor...
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The iconic British brand Burberry released its 2013 autumn and winter collection at the Kensington Gardens in royal park Monday afternoon. Although the palette remained oxblood, camel, black and white, the tradition check...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Actor-director Ben Affleck won yet another victory Sunday night when his film Argo was named best adapted screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. The triumph came hot on the heels of the movie's win at the America...
HOUSTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Troubled U.S. country singer Mindy McCready was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday afternoon at her Arkansas home, authorities said. Police officers were dispatched to McCready's home in Heber S...
DOHA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Maria Sharapova easily reached the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, beating French qualifier Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2. The third-ranked Russian, who won the tournament in her two previous appearances, broke Garcia t...
SAO PAULO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal has revealed the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has provided him with motivation to continue his career beyond the age of 30. The 11-time grand slam winner is competing in both the singles and do...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- South American football's governing body Conmebol has ordered Brazilian club Gremio to temporarily close a section of its stadium following last month's crush that left five people in hospital. Conmebol officials a...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Napoli is reportedly preparing a bid to sign Brazil international striker Leandro Damiao in the European summer transfer window. The Italian Serie A club is looking for a possible replacement for Uruguayan forward...
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China's e-commerce giant Jingdong Mall announced Saturday that it has secured 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest fundraising effort. Canada's Ontario Teacher Pension Fund and Kingdom Holding Co, the international i...
CANBERRA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Australian Labor Party's primary vote stands at just 30 percent, down 5 points since December, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers showed on Monday. This is the first time that Tony Abbott is t...
MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Most buildings damaged by Friday's meteorite fall in Russia's central Urals Region have been restored, and educational institutions will operate as usual on Monday. Xinhua reporters saw in the hardest-struck Chelyabinsk Re...
BEIJING, Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Fresh smog shrouded Beijing and some other provinces in China early on Sunday, disrupting highway traffic and flights. Readings for PM2.5, hazardous particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or less, exceeded 200 microgr...
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's culture and Internet authorities have decided to develop China-specific criteria for diagnosing minors' addiction to online gaming. If cases are assessed based on imported criteria developed for groups with differ...
