WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana Purdue University scientist Gebisa Ejeta is known in agriculture for enhancing sorghum crops in Africa. The 2009 World Food Prize Laureate is on a quest to help the world better understand the causes of global food insecurity...
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Obama's probable Republican opponent in November's presidential election, are campaigning on economic issues. The president campaigned Tuesday in the Midwestern state o...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Coca-Cola has canceled a sponsorship deal worth 750,000 US dollars a year with Brazilian star Ronaldinho. The beverage giant released a statement on Monday confirming its partnership with the 32-year-old, which bega...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf says his signing with Rio de Janeiro club Botafogo could pave the way for other established European stars to play in Brazil. The 36-year-old gave his first pre...
CHANGCHUN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Changchun Yatai was defeated by Dalian shide 0-1 in the 13th round of China Super League on Monday. The match started in a sultry weather. Although Yatai dominated the first half, its players wasted lots of opportunities...
MADRID, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Athletic Club Bilbao defender, Mikel San Jose has been forced to withdraw from the Spanish football squad for the 2012 Olympic Games because of an attack of chicken pox. The central defender has to leave the Spain training...
ROSKILDE, Denmark, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2012 edition of Denmark's Roskilde Festival, one of the biggest in Europe, closed Sunday with music critics and reviewers here saying the event delivered a host of sterling performances and a crop of upcoming...
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union pledged to strengthen defense and security cooperation on Monday. The pledge came during Defense Minister Liang Guanglie's meeting with Catherine Margaret Ashton, EU high representative for for...
SINGAPORE, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The huge market of China can be both a blessing and a curse for local information technology firms, said Lee Kai-Fu, founder of Innovation Works and former president of Google China. Speaking at the FutureChina Global Fo...
HANGZHOU, July 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 Chinese geneticists from home and abroad have gathered in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, over the past three days to discuss genetics studies. At the first Global Conference of Chinese...
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a national high-tech industrial park program concluded on Monday, attracting more than 20,000 visitors. Among the visitors were several senior officials, i...
BRUSSELS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone finance ministers agreed to bail out Spain by giving a first payment of 30 billion euros (37 billion U.S. dollars) to its reeling banks by the end of July, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said here early...
Mascots help to get crowds excited at every level of sports competitions - from high schools to professional teams. Companies and organizations also use the costumed characters to present a friendly corporate image. Summer mascot camp is underway nea...
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama on Monday called on Congress to approve a one year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 per year, a proposal that has been rejected by congressional Republicans and likely Republican P...
BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Four years after a lackluster performance with only two bronzes earned in Beijing Games, the Chinese track and field team, spearheaded by star hurdler Liu Xiang, is pinning medal hopes on eight events in London Olympics. U...
