BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, has approved a draft of regulations on school bus safety management, according to a statement issued Thursday. The statement, released after a State Council meeting presided over by Pr...
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- All China Women's Federation (ACWF) president Chen Zhili and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have lauded the progress in ties between the people of the two countries at a women's leadership forum here. The thi...
Spanish workers took to the streets Thursday to protest sweeping labor reforms, public spending cuts and widespread unemployment. The 24-hour general strike comes a day before government ministers are set to adopt a new austerity budget to meet stric...
Leaders from some of the world's largest developing economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the so-called BRICS -- called Thursday for a more representative international financial structure. Wrapping up a summit Thursday in New...
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama pressed the Congress on Thursday to end billions of dollars in subsides handed out to oil companies each year. Today, Members of Congress have a simple choice to make, said Obama. They can...
AC Milan survived a prolonged Barcelona onslaught to hold their illustrious visitors goalless, but wasted some chances at the beginning. A series of sublime Barca attacks produced no end product, while Milan managed to shut out Lionel Messi in red-ho...
DORTMUND, Germany, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Both of Chinese women's and men's teams secured places in the quarter-finals of the world team table tennis championships after respective victories in group stage on Wednesday. In Group A of men's actions, Chi...
The worlds food system is dangerously out of balance, according to a prominent group of agriculture researchers. And they say food security problems will only grow as the population increases and the climate changes. In a new report ahead of this sum...
France says it is ready to release some of its strategic oil reserves, possibly in a joint effort with the United States and Britain to curb the increase in crude oil prices and cut the cost of gasoline that motorists pay. French Energy Minister Eric...
The White House has expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform law as constitutional. After the Supreme Court heard the final legal argument on the health care law, a White House...
President Massimo Moratti and Internazionale wish to thank Claudio Ranieri and his staff for the professionalism and commitment they have shown through these past months, the statement said. The Nerazzurri were defeated 2-0 by Juventus on Sunday, to...
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry edged Martin Gould 5-4 to set up a second-round clash with the Melbourne Machine Neil Robertson in the 2012 World Snooker China Open here on Monday. In the last frame, there were...
BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A woman charged with trespassing on music supremo Simon Cowell's property appeared in a London court on Monday. Leanne Zaloumis, 29, breaking into Cowell's house wielding a broken brick and then hiding in his wardrobe...
SEOUL, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left Seoul Wednesday for New Delhi after attending the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. In New Delhi, Hu will participate in a meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, or BRICS, s...
SHANGHAI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Dongfeng Motor Group Co., China's second largest carmaker, said Tuesday its 2011 net profit fell 4.6 percent year on year to 10.48 billion yuan (1.7 billion U.S. dollars). Sales revenue rose 7.4 percent year on year to...
