LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Britain's cycling Olympic champion Nicole Cooke has announced her retirement from the sport. Cooke, 29, announded her decision on Monday, saying that she was very happy with her career. I have won every race and more that...
WARSAW, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- President Bronislaw Komorowski said the organization of Winter Olympics in 2022 in Poland's Krakow and Zakopane is possible only in cooperation with Slovakia in Bialka Tatrzanska, southern Poland, on Monday. According to l...
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama takes the oath of office for his second four-year term in a private White House ceremony. On Monday, Obama will be sworn in again, in public. The U.S. Constitution mandates that presidential terms expire at noon on...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay 249 million U.S. dollars to borrowers in a settlement with U.S. federal regulators for its foreclosure abuse practices, U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday. The sums paid by HS...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack in Algeria leading to the deaths of 23 hostages, calling it another reminder of the threat posed by al-Qaeda and other violent extremist groups in...
BEIJING, Jan.19 (Xinhua) -- Snow and rain is expected to fall in central and eastern China sweeping away lingering smog, weather authorities said on Saturday. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said from Saturday sleet and snow will fall i...
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of vehicles on Beijing's roads could be cut on days when the city suffers from heavy air pollution, according to a new regulation released for comments on Saturday. According to the Beijing Municipal Air Pollut...
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, or the country's elite think-tank duo, unveiled on Saturday top 10 news events of domestic science and technology progress for the year 2012. Selected via a...
TORONTO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Toronto Raptors' bench scored a season-low seven points in a 107-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in NBA action on Sunday afternoon. Coming into the game, the Toronto reserves were ranked eighth in the league, averaging...
BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Gilbert Arenas made his brightest performance in China by scoring a season-high 37 points to lead Shanghai Sharks beat Xinjiang Guanghui 107-104 in Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) League on Sunday. Arenas, who just r...
MADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona's incredible start to the season as the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga season reached its halfway point. Goals from Leo Messi, Cesc Fabrigas and Thiago Alcantara set Barca on their way to a comfortable and convinci...
ROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Juventus head coach Antonio Conte said he was responsible for Parma' s equaliser at their 1-1 draw with the Serie A leaders at home on Sunday. The Bianconeri were held to a 1-1 draw after Mirko Vucinic' s dummy was intercept...
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, will debut in China on Monday, centering on a plot involving Bond, intelligence chief M and former MI6 operative Raoul Silva, the antagonist. The lengthiest 007 film, it tells of Bond's...
MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder said on Saturday that he will make up his decision wheter or not accept Galatasaray's offer by Monday. I'm fine. It is a big decision I have to take, so I don't think it will be made b...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- As the hot favorite for the women's title of 2013 Australian, Serena Williams is simply enjoying being in the moment. I get asked that all the time, but I feel like I'm just in the moment right now, Williams said. For t...
