BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- The Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and singer Eduardo Cruz have ended their romance of over a year, according to media reports on Friday. The former couple called it quits within the past few days, and Cruz has...
VIENTIANE, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government provided two million renminbi (about 320,000 U.S. dollars) worth of disaster relief materials to assist Lao victims of last year's flooding at a handover ceremony here on Friday. I, on behalf of t...
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo reaffirmed on Friday that China would unwaveringly keep on the socialist path of political development with Chinese characteristics. We need to thoroughly understand the intrinsic nature...
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 227,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent. Some industry experts say Friday's employment data is the latest in a series of generally upbeat economic reports showing the economy...
Last year's accident at Japan's Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant has intensified divisions in Europe over the safety and future of nuclear energy. Perhaps nowhere are the differences more apparent than between the region's biggest powers - France...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian tennis legend Gustavo Guga Kuerten received his official induction into the Hall of Fame of tennis on Thursday. The athlete received the prestigious honor in Sao Paulo by the current directors of the Hall...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Singer, actress, and fashion designer Jessica Simpson has confirmed she is having a baby girl when she posed nude for the cover of Elle's April issue out in news stands Wednesday. Simpson also told Elle that she and fi...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The legendary singer Whitney Houston left everything in her possession to her 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, not a penny to ex-husband Bobby Brown, according to media reports Thursday. According to a 19-page will...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China has promulgated a regulation aimed at better protecting maritime observation resources for collecting continuous and accurate data so as to enhance maritime disaster prevention. The regulation, published on Wednesda...
Francoise Roels is the only woman among 12 board members at Cofinimmo. But that's about to change. The top brass of the leading listed real-estate investor in Belgium will soon have a completely different set-up. Last year Belgium introduced gender q...
Greece is nearing its goal of getting the country's private lenders to eliminate $142 billion of the country's debt to help it avoid a default on its financial obligations later this month. A government official told news agencies Thursday in Athens...
U.S. Senator John Kerry and Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations are reported to have been mentioned as possible candidates to head the World Bank. Indra Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of soft drink maker PepsiCo, is...
BUDAPEST, March 7 (Xinhua) -- British actress Helen Mirren said in Budapest on Wednesday that her role in The Door, the latest film from Academy Award-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, was one of the most challenging I've ever played. The film...
VANCOUVER, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Film and TV production spending in Canada's British Columbia, which won the reputation of Hollywood North for its place in North America's film and TV industry, rose by 16 percent during 2011, according to data released...
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Mother Monster Lady Gaga became the first person to attract more than 20 million followers on Twitter, after joining the social networking site for only four years, according to media reports. Gaga takes a comfortable...
