HAVANA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's National Ballet (BNC), directed by the legendary dancer and choreographer Alicia Alonso, will perform in three Chinese cities in late April and early May, Cuban official media reported Thursday. From April 28 to Ma...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Meng Jianzhu said Thursday that China and Uzbekistan should cooperate to safeguard the security and stability of the two countries as well as that of the region. Meng, who is also the minister of public s...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdog said on Thursday that it will work to promote the prompt disclosure of air quality reports and monitoring results for other types of pollution. The disclosure of information on major pollut...
Top U.S. lawmakers are calling for more firings at the Secret Service, after a prostitution scandal diminished the reputation of the agents who protect the president. Three people have left the service as a result of the scandal. It is uncertain whet...
The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, criticized Argentina's plans to nationalize its largest oil company. Addressing a news conference in Washington on Thursday, Zoellick cautioned policymakers against moves based on populism and protect...
French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday (4/22/12) in the first round of a presidential election that should ultimately see France's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades. The campaign enters it's final phase as Conservative President N...
THE HAGUE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Netherlands and PSV defender Erik Pieters will miss the remainder of this season and is in danger of missing out on Euro 2012, an examination of his ankle injury showed on Monday. The 23-year-old left back injured hims...
NAIROBI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Olympic bronze medallist Micah Kogo will not be part of the Kenya team to the London Games in July. This follows failure by the 10,000m bronze medallist to secure A Standard qualifying mark of 27:45.00 which ultimately l...
LONDON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's top snooker player Ding Junhui will take on Ryan Day in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield next week. Ding, who entered the semifinals last year but was knocko...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Wong Kar Wai's martial arts biopic The Grandmasters is set for release on December 18, Sina Entertainment reports. The movie is based on the life story of Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, the legendary martial arts mast...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Gangster movie An Inaccurate Memoir (Pi Fu) premiered in Beijing on Tuesday. Director Yang Shupeng, lead actors Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Xinyi, and Tino Bo attended the ceremony, mtime.com reports. The movie is set for p...
BRUSSELS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union (EU) launched the first-ever high-level people-to-people dialogue here on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation in fields of education, youth, research and multilingualism amid increasingly cl...
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on Wednesday announced a set of policies to encourage more college graduates to serve in the military. A circular posted on the official website of the Ministry of Education states that college gra...
HAIKOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five Chinese fishermen who have been held in Palau since March 31 arrived in south China's Hainan Province via a chartered Hainan Airlines plane on Wednesday. The fishermen, all from the island province of Hainan,...
THE HAGUE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Ajax enlarged the margin with the other title contenders in the Dutch Eredivisie to six points by beating De Graafschap 3-1 on Sunday in Amsterdam. Derk Boerrigter scored two goals, Christian Eriksen added one and Mich...
