TAIYUAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- More than 326,000 people have been affected after heavy rain battered a county in Lvliang city, in north China's Shanxi province, local authorities said Wednesday. Torrential rains lashed 512 villages of Linxian county las...
DALIAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- A fire that ripped through a Wal-Mart outlet in Dalian was put out Wednesday morning, local authorities said. No casualties were reported in the fire that broke out at 9 a.m. on the fifth floor of the outlet in the port cit...
JINAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.9 million people in east China's Shandong province have been affected by heavy rains since July 29, local authorities said Wednesday. Downpours have battered the eastern province since last Sunday, killing two peopl...
BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has pledged to encourage the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) to boost its transparency in a guideline issued Tuesday. The RCSC and its branches should, as required, disclose inform...
ATHENS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Greek three-party coalition government leaders reached on Wednesday an agreement on the framework of a series of fresh austerity measures worth 11.5 billion euros (13.8 billion U.S. dollars) to secure further tranches o...
ISLAMABAD, August 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people were injured when two blasts hit a fruit market in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday night, reported local media. Local Urdu TV channel Geo quoted police as saying that the blasts took p...
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space agency NASA on Tuesday confirmed its most advanced planetary rover, Curiosity will land on the Martian surface at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) on Aug. 6 and the landing process will be broadcast live from Times...
U.S. central bank officials are meeting in Washington, to consider whether new measures are needed to boost economic growth and cut the stubbornly high jobless rate. Federal Reserve policy makers are discussing options Tuesday and Wednesday before an...
LONDON At this year's Olympic Games in London, sporting fans are finding a way around one of the biggest expenses: the hotel. In a pricey capital city like London, camping is just about the cheapest way to see the Olympic Games. Ten campsites have be...
The controversy emerging during the match between the Chinese pair Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang and the Korean pair of Ha Jung Eun/ Kim Min Jung. With both sides already qualified for the knock out stages, suspicions grew when the longest rally lasted only 4...
LONDON, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Guard Ma Zengyu was perfect to score 14 out of 16 points in the first half to lead China to a 66-57 victory over the Czech Republic in the opener of the women's basketball competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games here...
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China's railway courts are now being integrated into civilian courts as part of reforms that are intended to help build a unified judicial system. Railway courts handle criminal and civil cases concerning railway transpor...
BEIJING, July?30 (Xinhuanet) -- At 6:00 a.m. today, typhoon Saola was centered about 410 km southeast of Hualian, Taiwan province with maximum wind force up to scale 12 near its center. Saola is forecasted to move north by west at speed of 5-10 km pe...
LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenage divers won the men's 10m platform synchro final on Monday, carrying on China's gold streak in diving competitions at the London Olympics. Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan, 16 and 17 respectively, resisted pressur...
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government initiated a level four emergency plan on Monday in response to torrential rains and flooding in northern China's Shanxi province. The National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of C...
