LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Country music superstar Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year at Sunday night's Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) in Vegas, repeating her victory of last year. Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clar...
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday stressed protection of the country's cultural relics ahead of the top legislature's nationwide inspection of the enforcement of Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Wu, c...
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China will negotiate directly with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on drafting a code of conduct concerning the South China Sea, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. The document is im...
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- China's ongoing severe drought has hit 13 Chinese provinces, having an adverse impact on agricultural production, the country's drought relief authorities said Thursday. As of Thursday, the dry spell has left 7.82 million...
A federal judge in New York Thursday sentenced Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison for conspiring to sell weapons to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist group based in Colombia. U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin could have...
The number of unemployed U.S. workers seeking new jobless benefits fell to a four-year low last week, as the labor market strengthens in the world's largest economy. The government's Labor Department said that 357,000 workers made first-time claims f...
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law, which would encourage startups and support the nation's small companies by loosening financial regulation against...
MADRID, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Real Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez will be out of action for the rest of the season after damaging his cruciate ligaments last weekend. Martinez was injured during his side' s 4-0 win at home to Rayo Vallecano on Sunday...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Fellipe Bastos scored two goals as Vasco de Gama defeated Alianza Lima 2-1 in their Copa Libertadores match at Lima's Alejandro Villanueva Stadium on Tuesday. The result lifts Vasco to the top of their group with 1...
NAIROBI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Only a wild card selection might save face for Kenya after its lifters succumbed to the pressure and incompetence during the Africa Olympic qualifying tournament that ended on Monday night. Nigeria and Cameroon ruled the...
LONDON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- London 2012 organisers have announced changes to the Olympic mountain bike course, after feedback from competitors in last year's test event, the BBC said here on Wednesday. Parts of the course, set in the grounds of Hadle...
MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona this Wednesday announced that the club has extended the contracts of B-team players Marc Muniesa and Ilie Sanchez. 20-year-old Muniesa has been a regular with the B-team for the past three years and has spent...
BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- China would relocate or renovate 300,000 scattered martyr tombs and 2,000 memorial facilities in 2012, according to a report from the China Central Television (CCTV) on Tuesday. The central government would subsidize 5,00...
SARAJEVO, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)'s Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda have discussed ways of furthering pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in various fiel...
TIANJIN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- People in a north China city have been offered a new way to go green -- put the ashes of their loved ones in dissolvable urns and bury them in the soil or in the pond. That is a far cry from the tradition land burial, whi...
