MOSCOW, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Media representatives from both China and Russia on Monday successfully completed their 28-day driving tour from Beijing to Moscow. The motorcade departed from Beijing, capital city of China, on June 5 and had driven some 1...
SHIJIAZHUANG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Coal inventories in Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huanghua, China's major coal ports, have reached record highs in recent days, sparking safety concerns for the Chinese energy market. According to the latest figures, coal...
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday urged the Philippines to stop making provocative comments over the Huangyan Island dispute and do more to calm the situation. We hope the Philippine side will stop making provocative comments time and again...
KIEV, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot as the 2012 European championship top scorer on Sunday. The Chelsea striker, who registered a goal and an assist in Spain's 4-0 crushing of Italy in the final, finished with three goals and...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's UFC world middleweight champion Anderson Silva has travelled to Las Vegas with a team of 20 assistants for next Saturday's title showdown with American Chael Sonnen. Silva departed Rio de Janeiro's Galeao i...
MADRID, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The players of the Spain football team have celebrated their historic success in the 2012 European Championship with their followers in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in Sunday's final played i...
LONDON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- British sport sensation David Beckham was not given the chance to play for his home team in the upcoming London Olympic Games because of low form. British Olympic football coach Stuart Pearce Monday told reporters at a news...
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- China Mobile, the nation's largest mobile telecommunications company, announced on Thursday it would cut its roaming service charges in Britain for the next two months, during which the Olympic Games will be held. Subscri...
WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Michael Phelps booked the men's 200-meter butterfly Olympic berth on Thursday as the 14-time Olympic champion cruised to victory at the US trials. Phelps, who holds the world record in the 200m fly, will have a chance...
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's new chief executive Leung Chun-ying Sunday said the new government will lead the city to develop the economy, improve people's livelihood, promote democracy and build a more prosperous, progressive and righte...
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Leung Chun-ying went to the podium to take his oath solemnly Sunday morning as the Chief Executive of the fourth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition C...
A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work that they say is inten...
MENDOZA, Argentina, June 29 (Xinhua) -- China and South American trading bloc Mercosur pledged here Friday to further promote economic cooperation and trade and to lift bilateral trade to 200 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. The target was announced in...
MENDOZA, Argentina, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) announced Friday that each member country is allowed to decide whether to hike import tariffs unilaterally to protect the region's industries. At a Mercosur...
NINGBO, Zhejiang Province, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Olympic Champions Brazil upset China 3-1 on Thursday for their second straight win at the 2012 women's volleyball Grand Prix finals in Ningbo city, east China. Brazil had 17 successful blocks while China...
