Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is heading for big victory in the Washington state Republican caucuses. With about 60 percent of the vote counted, Romney had about 37 percent support in the straw poll. Texas Representative Ron Paul and form...
British Petroleum has announced it has reached a multi-billion-dollar agreement with fishermen and other plaintiffs who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill off the U.S. coast. BP says the $7.8 billion deal represents a partial settlement in t...
MADRID, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid retain their 10 point lead at the top of the BBVA Primera Liga after the 25th round of matches thanks to a comfortable 5-0 win at home to Espanyol on Sunday. Espanyol have traditionally been easy victims for Ma...
ROME, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Lazio beat 10-man Roma 2-1 in the Rome derby on Sunday to move up to the third spot in the Italian Serie A table. Roma were reduced to ten men in the 10th minute after goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg was sent off for bringin...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China aims to rein this year's consumer price growth at around 4 percent, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual parliamentary session on Monday. In projecting a CPI increase o...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China sets its GDP growth target at 7.5 percent this year, down from 8 percent in 2011, according to a government work report to be delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the parliament's annual session Monday. This is the fi...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The 11th National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, opened its fifth annual session Monday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a report on the work of the government...
BRAZZAVILLE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese were killed and one was missing after Sunday's ammunition depot explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to the Chinese embassy here on Sunday night. The victims belonged...
Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russias presidential election, putting him on track to rule Russia through 2018. With only one third of the votes counted in Russia's Presidential election, Vladimir Putin bounded up the steps of a stage in front...
BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China has released standard names and descriptions of the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated isles, according to sources with the State Oceanic Administration. The Diaoyu Island is named as Diaoyu Island, with its Chinese p...
SANTO ANTONIO, Portugal, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Nine-player China lost to Geramny 1-0 in the second round group game of the Algarve Cup women's tournament on Friday. German skipper Melanie Behringer scored on a penalty after China's central defender Wen...
LONDON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The rating agency Moody's on Friday cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece to the lowest level, saying the country's default risk was high. Moody's downgraded Greece long term sovereign credit rating from Ca to...
In U.S. presidential politics, the four remaining Republican contenders are headed for a major showdown Tuesday when 10 states hold primary or caucus votes on the same day, with as many as 437 delegates at stake to the Republican nominating conventio...
European Union leaders granted Serbia candidate status at a two-day summit that ends Friday focusing on jobs and the economy in the region. The Brussels summit has been a relatively low-key event compared to last year's crisis meetings aimed at stemm...
HAIKOU, China, March 1 (Xinhua) --- Chinese Jin Long lost to Robert Henry Milkins 5-2 on Thursday as the English player made it to the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Haikou Open. Jin Long made a break of 48 points to win the first frame 68-21 be...
