Milan draw 2-2 with Palermo ROME, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan fought back from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Palermo in a Serie A match on Tuesday. Fabrizio Miccoli converted a penalty to cap a strong first half for the home team before Franco B...
Wozniacki win first match at Tournament of Champions SOFIA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, Roberta Vinci of Italy and Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria won the first matches of the women's tennis Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions...
Afghan boxer inspires youths in Kabul's first professional match KABUL, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Boxing Union (WBU) champion, Hamidullah Rahimi encouraged the war-tired youths in Afghanistan on Tuesday by grabbing the golden belt in the first pr...
Kenya's Kiplagat focus on New York title and marathon majors NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's hopes and prayers will be with world champion Edna Kiplagat on Sunday when she lines up among elites eyeing to clinch her second New York Marathon title...
Anderson Silva in Hollywood film role RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Ultimate Fighting middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to star alongside Steven Seagal in a new Hollywood film. Silva will fly to Los Angeles this week to begin...
Party congress responds positively to age of Internet BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Internet has been unprecedentedly embedded into the ongoing National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Not only can contents on the Internet be found...
China's fixed-asset investment picks up pace BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's fixed asset investment rose 20.7 percent year-on-year to 29.25 trillion yuan (4.64 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first ten months of 2012, the National Bureau of Statist...
China's industrial output growth accelerates in October BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Industrial production growth continued to accelerate in October, presenting evidence that China's economy is picking up steam after seeing its lowest growth rate in m...
Chinese minister warns of grim trade situation BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming on Saturday warned of lingering pressure on the country's foreign trade from weak global demand, rising domestic costs and growing tr...
Property policy leads to divorce boom in SW China GUIYANG, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A property policy issued by a district government in southwest China's Guizhou Province has led to a divorce boom among local villagers. The number of couples filing for di...
China Exclusive: Life under cold snap BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- As rain fell on Beijing, a cold front began to sweep most part of northern China on Saturday, the third day of the ongoing 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)...
Obama, Congress Face 'Fiscal Cliff' Newly re-elected U.S. President Barack Obama and his political opponents in Congress are facing an end-of-the-year deadline to reach a deal on taxes and spending cuts that has proved both contentious and elusive fo...
Obama calls for debt reduction in balanced manner WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States should cut its mounting public debt in a balanced manner with a plan including both government spending cuts and revenue increases, U.S. President Bara...
U.S. House Speaker urges Obama to lead on debt talks WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama should play a leading role in resolving the imminent fiscal cliff through bipartisan negotiations, John Boehner, Speaker of the U. S. Hous...
U.S. Treasury Secretary to stay through debt talks: White House WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner intended to stay until early next year to help U.S. President Barack Obama ink a deal with Republicans during the...
