Milllions of people across the United States have celebrated Independence Day by watching fireworks displays. Hundreds of thousands braved record heat in Washington for the annual July 4th concert and fireworks. Fireworks lit the skies over hallowed...
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen-time Olympic winner Michael Phelps will give up 200m freestyle in London Olympic Games. Phelps qualified in five individual events for London and is expected to swim all three relays. But his coach Bob Bowman a...
BERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- German Bundesliga side Schalke secured Swiss international midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta on a free transfer until 2015, the club released on its website on Tuesday. The 27-year-old Swiss transfers from league rivals Bayer...
LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The volunteers' queue for uniform collection is a long one, winding all the way round the industrial warehouse in Canning Town, an area in which 68% of locals are of a non-white ethnic background. Numbered tickets are issue...
HAVANA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Cuban men and women 4X400 meter relays will compete in the London Olympic Games, which will began on July 27, International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) said Tuesday. IAAF published in its website the list o...
MADRID, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Luis Milla, coach of the Spanish football team for the London Olympic Games, named his 22-man preliminary squad for the quadrennial games on Tuesday. The list includes Jordi Alba, Juan Mata and Javi Martinez who formed part...
JINAN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rain forecast for the coming two days is expected to alleviate the severe drought plaguing Shandong province, local meteorological authorities said Tuesday. Shandong has received little rainfall since May -- 72.5...
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The State Council on Tuesday announced a decision to markedly improve food safety, aiming to effectively solve prominent problems in three years. According to a State Council statement posted online, the government also ai...
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday pledged to help private companies invest abroad while guiding and regulating their investment activities. The country will strengthen macro guidance on private companies' overseas investment and help them...
SHANGHAI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges is expected to reach 200 to 250 billion yuan (39.3 billion U.S. dollars) this year, top auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers...
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the tepid U.S. economic recovery could be hurt by two problems: Europe's economic troubles and U.S. political gridlock. Lagarde said the first one is clearly an exposure to potentia...
Greece says its recession is deepening and will present alarming information about the state of the country's economy this week to international auditors in a new effort to ease the terms of the government's latest bailout. Government spokesman Simos...
From the far reaches of Alaska to the Gulf coast, Americans on Wednesday will celebrate Independence Day - the 236th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from British rule. Tens of millions of small-town Americans and city dwellers alike wi...
TAIPEI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A Taipei court Monday approved prosecutors' request to detain Lin Yi-shih, former secretary general of Taiwan's Executive Yuan, or the executive authority, who is being probed for graft, hours after he admitted wrongdoing d...
SHIJIAZHUANG, July 1(Xinhua) -- China on Sunday launched a campaign aiming to provide pension insurance to all rural residents and unemployed citizens in order to help the country cope with its aging population. We must ensure that the new pension in...
