WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator John Kerry to be his next secretary of state as he is trying to usher in a new cabinet for his second term starting in January. Obama made the announcement at the...
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama has told U.S. congressional leaders to work out a stopgap deal that would prevent the U.S. economy from falling off the fiscal cliff of expiring tax cuts and mandatory government spending cuts. Obama's appearance be...
ROME, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned on Friday after parliament gave final approval to the 2013 budget law. The 69-year-old economist handed in his formal resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, who is expected t...
592910978TAIPEI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian on Thursday was sentenced to 10 years in prison in another graft case. He will face a combined sentence of 20 years in prison. Taiwan's supreme court on Thursday published its v...
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China will increase its control over high earnings in monopolized sectors next year amid efforts to address income disparities, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren said Thursday. The government will improve its control policies...
WHITE HOUSE A gun violence task force, created by President Barack Obama and headed by Vice President Joe Biden, held its first meeting Thursday to begin to seek solutions to gun violence in the wake of the massacre of children and adults at an eleme...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- White House spokesman Jay Carney on Thursday said the Plan B pursued by the Republicans is a multi-day exercise of futility which holds back the fiscal talks. It's an exercise in Republican vote counting that will not...
MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held his eighth press conference on major domestic issues and foreign relations in 12 years and the first of its kind since his return to the Kremlin this May. Putin, in front o...
PANAMA CITY, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Panama's Olympic Committee (COP) is in such disarray over its leadership that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to withdraw its recognition of the organization, media sources said Tuesday. In th...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- UEFA President Michel Platini remains staunch in his rejection of the newly launched goal line technology, insisting it is unnecessary and will waste millions of Euros. Platini, on a visit to the AFC house in Kuala L...
BOGOTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Colombia on Tuesday honored its top athletes, including Olympic gold medal winner Mariana Pajon and soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia. Pajon, winner of the BMX cycling competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, received...
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Argentine football giants Boca Juniors are seeking a new coach after parting with Julio Cesar Falcioni on Monday. Former boss Carlos Bianchi, who led the club to three Copa Libertadores triumphs in four years in the...
TOKYO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians are prepared to play dirty to win the FIFA Club World Cup, the Brazilian club's coach Tite warned on Monday. The Copa Libertadores champions will meet Egypt's Al-Ahly in Wednesday's first quarter-final following...
NANJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China is encouraging trial reform efforts for the country's population and family planning policy, according to an official meeting held Wednesday. Greater courage is needed to deepen and advance comprehensive reforms in...
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China will nearly double its pension insurance coverage by the end of 2015 to address the problem of a rapidly aging population, a senior social security official said Wednesday. As many as 348 million more people will be...
