WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Hillary Clinton on Friday formally stepped down as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State, ending her four- year tenure as the country's chief diplomat. Thank you, Clinton said in her farewell remarks at the lobby of the Stat...
ROME, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen people were injured in an accident at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Saturday night when an ATR 72 aircraft went off the runway during landing. Two of the injured were in serious conditions, according to AGI news agency....
MADRID, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday denied that he and other members of his Popular Party (PP) had received illegal cash payments hidden from tax authorities. The accusations were false, Rajoy said at the PP he...
WASHINGTON The White House has released a recent photo of President Barack Obama shooting a shotgun, in response to a lawmaker who questioned whether he had ever been skeet shooting. The president's top communications adviser, Dan Pfeiffer, sent the...
ZHENGZHOU, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The partially collapsed viaduct in Henan Province was up to the standards and had passed latest quality test, an official with the provincial transportation authorities said on Saturday. A part of the expressway viaduct...
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, and Yao Ming, a former NBA star with the Houston Rockets, have been listed among China's national political advisors. The Standing Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Polit...
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched a team to probe a blast involving a truck carrying fireworks on an expressway in central China's Henan Province on Friday morning. Headed by Huang Ming, vice minister of publi...
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that China supports cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). China always sees dialogue and cooperation as the only correct...
BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Schalke shared points with Augsburg following a goalless draw and Leverkusen were also held to a draw at Freiburg while Frankfurt inflicted Hoffenheim their 12th loss of the season at the 19th round in the German Bundeslig...
MILAN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former French international Nicolas Anelka has arrived in Torino to sign a five-month contract with Juventus, the Italian Serie A champions club general manager Beppe Marotta confirmed on Saturday. Anelka? In July we made s...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated U.S. Open champion Andy Murray in four sets to win his fourth Australian Open title here on Sunday. With the victory Djokovic also became the first man in the Open era to wi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians coach Tite admitted Sunday he does not know when Brazil international striker Alexandre Pato will make his debut for the club. Pato joined the reigning FIFA Club World Cup champions last week after five...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil international goalkeeper Dida will miss Gremio's Copa Libertadores qualifying decider against Ecuador's Liga de Quito next Wednesday with a shoulder injury. Dida hurt his right shoulder during last We...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- London Olympics and U.S. Open champion Andy Murray reached his third Australian Open final here on Friday after beating 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-2 in four hours. Murray domin...
NAIROBI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Rotterdam marathon bronze medalist Moses Mosop will not attend this year's Dubai marathon because of family commitments. Mosop, the former Chicago marathon winner, has fully recovered from his muscle injury, but w...
