Russia Embraces Asia at Vladivostok Meeting VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA Russias government has traveled seven times zones east of Moscow to court Asian investors at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Speaking to the regional gathering Frida...
Obama, Romney React to Latest US Jobs Figures WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail after accepting the Democratic Party nomination. Obama, and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, are focusing on battleground states like...
DreamWorks CEO among recipients of Governors Awards LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chief executive officer Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks Animation was picked on Wednesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive the Jean Her...
International music competition opens in Budapest BUDAPEST, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Budapest's 46th International Music Competition opened here Thursday, attracting musicians worldwide to perform on instruments selected in advance by organizers. The even...
China, Russia vow further inter-parliamentary, economic cooperation BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Thursday vowed to further promote cooperation between their two parliaments and intensify bilateral economic ties. In his talks with...
China approves 25 urban rail projects to boost economy BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planning agency has approved 25 urban rail projects that could be worth more than 800 billion yuan (126.98 billion U.S. dollars). The National De...
China to spend massively on farmland improvement BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The government will spend 37.36 billion yuan(about 5.93 billion U.S. dollars) to improve the quality of farmland this year, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The fund,...
Europe Moves to Bolster Economy; Stocks Soar A key U.S. stock index, the SP 500, soared to the highest level since the Great Recession began four years ago, after the European Central Bank moved to bolster the continent's troubled economies Thursday....
SEVILLE The European Central Bank has agreed to buy government bonds from debt-ridden Eurozone countries that request help, as part of an effort to relieve pressure from soaring borrowing costs. The much-awaited announcement in Frankfurt Thursday may...
Obama: Voters Face 'Clearest Choice in a Generation' Accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama told voters they face the clearest choice of any time in a generation when they go to the polls this N...
ROME, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan's new-look side failed to impress as they lost to Sampdoria 1-0 in their season-opener at home on Sunday. Andrea Costa scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute and Rossoneri were unlucky to hit the woodwo...
ROME, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan's new-look side failed to impress as they lost to Sampdoria 1-0 in their season-opener at home on Sunday. Andrea Costa scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute and Rossoneri were unlucky to hit the woodwo...
MADRID, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid this Monday announced the signing of Croatian midfielder Luka Modric on a five year contact. Modric joins for Tottenham Hotspurs on a deal thought to be in the region of 35 million Euros, ending a long running...
VANCOUVER, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lydia Ko continued her amazing run Sunday in winning the Canadian Women's Open in Vancouver, the second time the 15-year-old New Zealand amateur has won a professional event this year. The Auckland native, winner of the...
MADRID, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has broken his right cheek, the club confirmed on Monday. The 34-year-old has suffered the same injury on three previous occasions, but it looks as if it is unlikely to stop him from playi...
