BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Superstar Li Na will be leading the Chinese charge at the All England Club in Wimbledon for the 2012 London Olympic tennis event which features the strongest ever field in history. Led by the two world No.1s, Beijing Olymp...
GUANGZHOU, July 8 (Xinhua) -- After two big wins over Tunisia and Australia, the Chinese basketball team proves its best form again by beating Russia 73-67 in the third game and got a berth in the final at the Stankovic Cup here on Sunday. China was...
CHENGDU, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have retrieved 14 bodies from a rain-triggered mudslide in southwest China's Sichuan province on June 28 while 26 others remain missing, sources with the rescue commanding center said Monday. As of 6 p.m. Sunday,...
NANNING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Police in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region said Saturday they had seized more than 3,600 smuggled crocodiles, saving them from being served as exotic dishes. Veterinarians are providing medical treatment to the endangered...
BERLIN, July 8 (Xinhua) -- German President Joachim Gauck on Saturday asked Chancellor Angela Merkel to explain in detail why the eurozone's largest economy needs to save its troubling partners. In an interview with German television ZDF, Gauck said...
CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ordered the dissolved parliament to resume work, state media reported. According to the presidential decree, new parliamentary elections will be held within 60 days after the countr...
ATHENS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Greece's coalition government easily won a parliamentary confidence vote on early Monday, which clears the way for talks with international creditors for a review of bailout agreements to overcome the country's debt crisis....
VIENNA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian Olympic Committee (OOC) has nominated 69 athletes to take part in the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games, the APA reported on Friday. This will make it the smallest team since the 1976 Montreal Games where 64 Aus...
HOUSTON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Houston Rocket agreed to terms with New York Knicks restricted free agent guard Jeremy Lin on Thursday, according to a local newspaper. Lin will sign an offer sheet with the Rockets on July 11, The Houston Chronicle qu...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian club Corinthians has fueled rumors that legendary striker Ronaldo could make a comeback at the FIFA Club World Cup in December. Corinthians qualified for the tournament in Japan after completing a 3-1 aggr...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian club Internacional has announced the signing of Uruguay striker Diego Forlan on a three-year contract. The 33-year-old was confirmed as Brazilian football's latest big-name recruit in a statement on Intern...
THE HAGUE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Louis van Gaal will be the new coach of the Dutch national team, the Dutch football association KNVB announced on Friday. Van Gaal succeeds Bert van Marwijk, who quit after a disappointing early exit at Euro 2012. He sig...
BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Police have pledged to boost efforts to fight child trafficking after an operation that rescued 181 children and arrested 802 suspects. Chen Shiqu, director of the Ministry of Public Security's anti-human trafficking offic...
NANJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan on Friday said China is ready to work with Singapore to strengthen cooperation in the financial, technology and science fields. Wang made the remarks as he co-chaired the ninth Joint Counci...
BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Medium- and small-sized enterprises in Wenzhou are finding bank loans increasingly hard to obtain as the city's banks face a rising non-performing loan (NPL) ratio. The NPL ratio of the banking industry in the east China c...
