French and German leaders demanded that Greece stick to the conditions for a bailout fund and said a Greek referendum on them should take place by early December. Their call comes following a crisis meeting ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Cannes....
The weak economy in the United States has made it tough for many people to find work. The Starbucks coffee company, based in Seattle, Washington, is trying to promote job growth through its new Create Jobs for USA program. This month, the company beg...
MINSK, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited BATE Borisov in Champions League Group H on Tuesday in Minsk. Milan's striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the visitors ahead in the 22nd minute. BATE was enjoying several promising c...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to further strengthen its leading role in enhancing global nuclear safety and promoting relevant international cooperation. Wang Min, Chinese depu...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo, which has been rumored to sell all or part of its business, announced on Tuesday that it is buying data-driven advertising network Interclick for around 270 million U.S. dollars. Interclick is a technology com...
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street closed lower on Friday but still kept a robust October, with the Dow hitting best month since 2002, the SP hitting best month since 1987. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 276.10 points, or 2.26 percen...
The United States on Monday cut off funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, after the body voted to accept a bid for full membership by the Palestinians. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland ca...
ISTANBUL, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Petra Kvitova won her first season ending championship Sunday as the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships concluded in Turkey's largest city Istanbul. Kvitova, unbeaten throughout the tournament, overcome Victoria Azarenka...
BERLIN, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hamburg shared points after a hectic match against Kaiserslautern while Cologne stopped a two-loss trend with a deserved 3-0 win over first division newcomers Augsburg in the 11th round of German Bundesliga on Sunday. Hamb...
BERLIN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich defended top position with a 4-0 win over Nuremberg at the southern derby, Schalke earned a 3-1 victory over Hoffenheim owing a brace by striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar while Hannover lost to Mon...
ROME, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Zltan Ibrahimovic scored a brace as AC Milan beat hosts Roma 3-2 for their consecutive fourth wins in the Serie A on Saturday. Ibrahimovic put Milan in front after 17 minutes by beating his former Ajax teammate Maarten Steke...
ROME, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Juventus stayed atop of the Serie A table after they beat arch-rivals Inter 2-1 at San Siro in the Derby d'Italia on Saturday. All the three goals were scored before break as Mirko Vucinic netted the opener before Maicon equ...
YICHANG, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Three Gorges Dam on Sunday reached its designed highest mark, the second time for the world's largest water control and hydropower project to run at full capacity. The water level hit 175 meters at 5 p.m. after st...
SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australia's airline Qantas planes will be back in the air some time on Monday afternoon after Fair Work Australia (FWA) ruled to terminate Qantas industrial action, local media reported on Monday. Tens of thousands of pass...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- About 3 million people are without power on Sunday after the U.S. Northeast was struck by an unusually early snow which began to fall a day before, and at least three people have died of reasons related to the snow. El...
