MELBOURNE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Should Djokovic lift the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup in two weeks' time, not only will he remain No. 1, he will also become the first player in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian Open titles. From my pers...
YANGON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A 24-member Chinese expert group arrived here Saturday to provide a full range of equipment and technical support for opening and closing ceremonies of the Myanmar-host 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA) slated for Dec. 2013...
GUIDE, China, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 3rd International Extreme Race of Winter Swimming across Yellow River started here in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Saturday. Being hosted in Guide County at an altitude of 2,200 meters in Tibetan Plateau...
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's economic expansion slowed to 7.8 percent year on year in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. The growth rate, the weakest expansion in a decade,...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has insisted on his stance that Congress should increase the country's debt ceiling without delay, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday. The President has made clear he's not going...
BANGKOK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and Japan agreed here on Thursday to further strengthen economic and business ties, as the two sides both expressed intention to cooperate in Thailand's key infrastructure mega-projects. In a press briefing after...
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and another two were injured after a helicopter crashed into a construction crane near Wandsworth Road, south of River Thames in central London earlier on Wednesday. Two people confirmed dead at scen...
ATHENS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Greece gave a new boost to its stagnant privatization program on Wednesday with the launch of an international public tender for the development of two major projects. The tender involves the Astir Palace luxury resort com...
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The official establishment of the New Third Board, a national share transfer system for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), was announced Wednesday, after years of trials in several cities. The move marks another...
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Wednesday it will fiercely combat fraud in the election of academicians. The CAS, one of the country's top think tanks, said the election will focus on candidates' academic quali...
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role in the TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, died at the age of 89, his daughter said on Wednesday. His daughter, Jennifer Bain, said to PEOPLE that her father died on Monday of natura...
MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan head coach Andrea Stramaccioni said his side are rediscovering their balance following their 2-0 victory over Pescara in the Italian Serie A league at home on Saturday. It went well, because the most important t...
MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pescara head coach Cristiano Bergodi said his side displayed our worst performance in my time here following their 2-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Italian league on Saturday. The Delfini, who had won three of the previous fo...
MADRID, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona had few problems in booking their place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday night. Following a 2-0 first leg win away to Cordoba the reigning Cup holders were always favorites to progress to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian sensation Neymar said Thursday he could be convinced to remain at Santos beyond the 2014 World Cup. The 20-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Spanish giants Barcelona while Real Madrid, Chels...
