THE HAGUE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Enrico Gasparotto secured the biggest victory of his cycling career by claiming the first place in the Amstel Gold Race in the Dutch province of Limburg on Sunday. The 30-year-old Italian took the win by beating his ri...
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday that it will upgrade a service network for the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases in line with a newly-amended law. China's top legislature adopted an amendment...
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- New home prices declined in most of 70 major Chinese cities in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. In March, 46 cities out of the statistical pool of 70 major cities saw drops in new home price...
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian gunman who admits he killed 77 people last July, says he would do it again. Anders Behring Breivik called the massacre the most spectacular political attack in Europe since World War II. In a court statement he r...
Indias Central Bank has cut interest rates for the first time in three years to give fresh momentum to a slowing economy. The government hopes it will revive confidence in an economy that many fear is losing its sheen. The Central Bank announced Tues...
President Barack Obama proposed tougher measures Tuesday to fight the illegal manipulation of oil markets, saying his plan would protect American consumers against artificially inflated gasoline prices. The country cannot have some speculators reap m...
MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China asserted its dominance in diving pool after winning six gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the 2012 FINA Diving World Series Moscow stop which concluded on Saturday. Chinese Olympic champion Lin Yue made a te...
MADRID, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid had to work a lot harder than expected before defeating Sporting Gijon 3-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday night. It was not until the 75th minute of the game that a Cristiano Ronaldo header, his...
BERLIN, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Borussia Dortmund captain Sebastian Kehl scored to help his team beat Schalke 2-1 in the 140th Ruhr derby and continue its march to the Bundesliga title on Saturday. With the victory Dortmund set a new Bundesliga record o...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Former Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas has returned to competitive soccer after being shot in the head more than two years ago. Cabanas, 31, played 41 minutes for his original club 12 de Octubre in their 2-0 vic...
COPENHAGEN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki saw her winning streak at the Danish Open snapped as Angelique Kerber of Germany downed the former world No. 1 6-4, 6-4 to clinch title here on Sunday. Wozniacki had previously won the 220...
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday confirmed the safety of Chinese citizens during attacks in Afghanistan on Sunday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin made the remarks at a regular press briefing. According to media reports, Taliban su...
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis. The study was the cover story this week in the jour...
BEIJING, Apr. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Educational authorities in Yunnan have launched a widespread investigation into a subsidized school meals project, following a series of suspected food poisoning cases affecting hundreds of students in the province. Th...
U.S. retail spending increased at a solid pace in March, an indication that consumer confidence is growing even as gasoline prices remain high. Consumer spending drives about 70 percent of the U.S. economy, the world's largest. The government said Mo...
