HONG KONG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong fishing vessel Kai Fung No. 2 reached Hong Kong water on Tuesday evening. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Chief Executive CY Leung and HKSAR government ar...
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- An emergency response plan to cope with two approaching typhoons was launched by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) on Wednesday. The NCDR has urged civil affairs offices in coastal provinces and the th...
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged local political consultative organizations to promote their successful experiences and use them in their daily work. Wang Gang, vice chairman of the Nation...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. budget deficit would surpass the 1 trillion-U.S.-dollar mark and fiscal tightening next year would pose significant threat to the overall economy, according to a report released by the U.S. Congressional Budget Of...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve would lean more close toward new stimulus actions unless incoming information signifies a substantial strengthening in the economic recovery, the central bank's policy meeting minutes showed on...
BERLIN, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 35 people were injured in a highway accident in south Germany on Wednesday afternoon, including at least 30 kids, police source said. The accident happened near Freising, a Bavarian city in south Germany. The chi...
SYDNEY, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has greeted Australia's Olympians at Sydney airport, saying they should be proud of their performance at the London Games, local media reported Wednesday. About 500 people gathered a...
BUDAPEST, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Hungary and Israel played out a 1-1 tie in a World Cup warm-up friendly game in Budapest on Wednesday. After a goalless first half with few chances, Balazs Dzsudzsak opened the scoring for the home team 10 minutes into t...
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia came from a goal down at half time to beat Denmark 3-1 in a soccer friendly in Odense city, central Denmark, on Wednesday. Played at the TRE-FOR Park stadium on Wednesday night, the game was seen as a warm-up...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Prices of farm produce in China have inched up for the fifth straight week during the week ending August 19, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday. The wholesale cost of 18 types of vegetables monitored across 36 major ci...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that it has allocated an additional 200 million yuan (31.75 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies to assist in pest control efforts. The funds, together with 400 million yuan issued...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Production safety in China has seen continuous improvement over the past decade, with decreasing numbers of both workplace accidents and deaths, an official said Tuesday. Huang Yi, spokesman for the State Administration o...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sources of clean energy generated 106.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in July, up 31 percent from a year ago, according to figures released by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) Tuesday. During the...
MADRID, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire in the Central Spanish province of Leon has charred over 8,000 hectares of land, local media reported on Tuesday. The president of the Castilla and Leon regional government Juan Vicente Herrera said the fire tha...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Treasury on Tuesday temporarily allowed non-governmental organizations ( NGOs) to transfer donations to help quake relief and reconstruction efforts in Iran. According to a general license the Tr...
