MELBOURNE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic won his third Australian Open title after beating 10-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal of Spain 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 7-5 in a historic final here Sunday evening....
BEIJING - Urban residents in Beijing left 183.7 tonnes of paper scraps from firecrackers set off during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, according to the capital's environmental sanitation group. The figure was 3.09 tonnes less than that of the...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report published Wednesday in the online journal...
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe called on African governments to take a greater share of AIDS investments here on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 18th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) . Sidibe said...
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday as U.S. economic growth in the last quarter last year missed the expectation, while the near-conclusion Greek debt talks inject optimism. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 74.17...
The U.S. economy, the world's largest, grew at its fastest pace in a year-and-a-half in late 2011, but questions remain whether the advance will continue in coming months. The U.S. government said Friday the country's national economic output increas...
Sudan and South Sudan have failed to resolve a dispute over oil revenues, less than 24 hours before the south is due to halt crude production and close its pipeline to the sea. Failure to settle the dispute could have grave implications for the econo...
British Prime Minister David Cameron told reporters Saturday he has no plans to pull his country's combat troops from Afghanistan before the current deadline expires. He also said Britain will continue to have a strong relationship with Kabul going f...
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on members of Congress to end gridlock and pass rules that would stem the influence of money in politics. In his weekly Saturday address, Obama said he has been the target of obstructionism by members of Congres...
CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polling stations of Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) elections closed Sunday on the first day of the two-day vote with a low turnout rate of voters. In the first stage of the upper house elections, vote...
Police in Oakland, California, arrested some 200 anti-Wall Street protesters who attempted to occupy a vacant building. The clashes began Saturday when activists torched an American flag in front of City Hall before breaking into the historic buildin...
The embattled president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is outlining new economic proposals during a broadcast Sunday that observers say is aimed at boosting his poor standing with voters ahead of April's general election. Though Sarkozy has yet to annou...
SANTIAGO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chile's defender Marcos Gonzalez on Thursday travelled to Brazil to join the Rio de Janeiro based Flamengo on a transfer which will last four years. Gonzalez, one of the stars of Universidad de Chile's team that has been...
LONDON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Supported by the 1,200 faithful fans at Alexandra Palace on Thursday, the former World No. 1 and snooker's icon Ronnie O'Sullivan still found no way to repeat his four-time Masters triumph after a quick and bitter 6-2 quar...
INNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- An unexpected aerial bomb from World War II was found at the city center site Thursday, leading to the postponement of the daily medals ceremony at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The aerial bom...
