BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China's railway system is expecting heavy traffic during the travel rushes for the upcoming Qingming Festival and the May Day holiday, the Ministry of Railways (MOR) said Friday. According to the MOR's forecast, some 27....
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Friday started the Tourism Year of Russia, a move designated to foster exchanges and friendship between the two countries and their peoples. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and his Russian counterpar...
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday pledged to boost the long-term, healthy and stable development of China-Japan relations. Xi made the remark while meeting with a delegation of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) heade...
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Commerce announced Friday it will launch an anti-dumping probe into toluene diisocyanate (TDI 80/20) imported from the European Union. A brief statement on the MOC's website said it will begin investigati...
President Barack Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank. Making the announcement Friday in the White House Rose Garden, President Obama said the World Bank is much more than just a bank. He called the inst...
GENEVA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The reports of the Appellate Body and the Panel on the Boeing case launched by the European Union (EU) was adopted Friday at a regular meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Th...
KABUL,March 23 (Xinhua) -- Criminal charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) were formally preferred Friday against U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who killed 17 Afghan civilians earlier this month, said the U.S. forces in Afg...
MADRID, March 21 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona have suffered another injury setback with the news that left back Adriano will be out of action for at least 10 days. Adriano was forced out of action at halftime of his side's 5-3 home win over Granada on Tu...
GUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande suffered a 2-1 home loss against Thai League champions Buriram United in the AFC Champions League here Wednesday night, leaving the group qualifying favor out of thei...
LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office revealed Thursday that U.S. pop icon Whitney Houston died of drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use. The coroner's office determined that Houston...
BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Walt Disney Studios announced on Monday that the studio expects to take a write-down of about 200 million U.S. dollars as the result of the expensive adventure movie John Carter. The film has so far generated 184 mill...
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday called for the upcoming 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to make positive contributions to international peace and security. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press bri...
The United States is calling for the restoration of civilian authority in Mali, after soldiers on Thursday announced they have taken power in a coup d'tat. U.S. officials are reconsidering non-humanitarian assistance to Mali, following the takeover....
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier suspected of killing 17 Afghan civilians, is to be charged with 17 counts of murder, U.S. media reported Thursday. ABC news reported on its website that Bales will also be charged with s...
President Barack Obama has ordered steps to speed up the expansion of oil pipeline projects in the United States, including a portion of the planned Keystone pipeline. The president spoke as he concluded a two-day trip to Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and...
