ROME, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri saw a blessing in disguise after his side lost to Lazio 2- 0 on Wednesday, saying a terrible game, but the defeat to Lazio can do us good. The Rossoneri could've gone top after Juve's...
ROME, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Inter head coach Claudio Ranieri praised his side's 4-4 draw with Palermo on Wednesday as a great advert for football. Diego Milito scored four goals and Fabrizio Miccoli responded with a hat-trick in the thriller under the s...
China's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a preliminary readout of the country's manufacturing activity, rose to 50.5 percent in January of 2012, the highest level since October, indicating that a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy may be...
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday called for more efforts to support the sound development of small and micro-sized enterprises. Small and micro-sized firms serve as a significant channel for creating job...
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The source of cadmium contamination in the Liujiang River had been blocked and tap water in Liuzhou is safe to drink, said environmental officials of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Wednesday. Tap water from Liu...
Weather forecasters say there is no immediate relief in sight to the eastern European cold snap that has killed at least 36 people since Saturday. Forecasters expect temperatures, which have been as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius in some places, to...
Unemployment in the eurozone has reached its highest level since the introduction of the European single currency 14 years ago. Twenty percent of Greeks and 23 percent of Spaniards are out of work. A day after the summit of European heads of state en...
U.S. consumer confidence dropped in January. A private research group, the Conference Board, says its monthly survey of consumer sentiment showed people increasingly think jobs are more difficult to find. The group's closely watched index fell from 6...
U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic...
European Union regulators have blocked the planned merger of the New York and Frankfurt stock exchanges, a $10 billion deal that would have created the world's largest financial market operator. The EU's Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, sai...
President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to boost the economy by helping some homeowners refinance their mortgages. The initiative, announced Wednesday, would build on an earlier White House program. Declining housing prices and widespread foreclos...
MELBOURNE - On one side is the 'haaah', and on the other is the 'aaagh', and in between, a bit of tennis. Welcome to the scream queen final, where every shot will be heard around the world. In a match-up dreaded by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA...
MELBOURNE -- Saturday's Lod Laver Arena saw a new World No 1 and Australian Open champion. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus outclassed Maria Sharapova from Russia in her first Australian Open singles final to lift her maiden Grand Slam title and become t...
MADRID, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid opened up a seven point lead at the top of the BBVA Primera Liga this weekend thanks to a comfortable 3-1 win at home to Zaragoza, coupled with FC Barcelona's failure to win away at Villarreal on Saturday night...
ROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan's seven-game winning streak was snapped as they were beaten 1-0 at relegation-threatened Lecce on Sunday. Inter's cross-city rivals AC Milan kept up their pursuit of Juventus at the top of Serie A with a comforta...
