MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and 80 others were wounded in an explosion inside the headquarters of the Mexican oil giant Pemex, the company said on Thursday. The explosion forced the evacuation of the tower of Petro...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. secretary of defense, faced his Congressional critics on Thursday at the Senate confirmation hearing, trying to gain their support. We will not hesitate to use the...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate on Thursday approved the postponement of the federal government's debt ceiling until May to keep the federal government in operation and give lawmakers more time to mull over how to rein in the government's...
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Smog blanketing large swaths of China was thinning out on Thursday, with air pollution in some cities easing, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said. According to monitoring by 10 a.m., smog-hit regions had s...
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China reported a dramatic decline of traffic violations and road accidents in January, with deaths from running traffic lights and overspeeding falling. The death toll from running traffic lights and overspeeding fell 13....
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ensuring grain security and the supply of major farm products will always be a top priority in China's development of modern agriculture, Chinese authorities said on Thursday in its first policy document for 2013. China s...
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai said his movie The Grand Masters was filmed to capture the beauty of Chinese people in a period of disorder and confusion. In an interview with Xinhua, Wong said the movie showed how the m...
MADRID, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid President Florentino Perez this Thursday called a press conference to deny stories written about the club in the Spanish press. Perez reacted to a front page headline story printed in Spanish sports paper, 'Mar...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian club Palmeiras has ruled out signing Juan Roman Riquelme, less than a week after agreeing financial terms with the former Argentina international midfielder. The decision follows a meeting between the Alv...
MADRID, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid set up a possible Copa del Rey semi-final tie against bitter rivals, FC Barcelona as they drew 1-1 on Wednesday night to defeat Valencia 3-1 on aggregate in their quarter-final. Madrid travelled to Valencia wit...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Davis Cup captain Joao Zwetsch has welcomed the challenge of facing a United States team buoyed by the inclusion of world No. 13 John Isner. Isner had been doubtful for next month's World Group first-round...
GENEVA The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports it is struggling to provide assistance to increasing numbers of new poor in Europe. The latest statistics by the European Union show more than 26 million peopl...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Overall bank lending conditions for emerging markets have improved for the first time since the second quarter of 2011, said a global financial industry report on Wednesday. The emerging market bank lending index rose...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will host his Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano, whose term ends in May, at his Oval Office next month, the White House said on Wednesday. The president looks forward to welcoming Presi...
HARBIN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Carbon monoxide has been blamed for the Tuesday deaths of 12 workers in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a local official said Thursday. Three workers entered the Yongsheng mine in Dongning County to...
