ATHENS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A new deal reached early Thursday at the European Union summit in Brussels to tackle the Greek debt crisis and avert contagion across the eurozone was met with mixed reactions in Greece. Opposition political parties, media...
ROME, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said he was not satisfied with his side's performance following their 4-1 win over Parma on Wednesday. We had a decent game, but could have done better in certain moments, moaned the...
ROME, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Antonio Nocerino turned out to be the unexpected hat-trick hero as AC Milan beat Parma at home on Wednesday to notch up their third consecutive Serie A victory. Nocerino broke the deadlock at San Siro in the 30th minute. Zlt...
BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has decided to create a food allowance for about 26 million needy students nationwide, according to a statement issued on Wednesday. Each student will receive an average of three yua...
JIUQUAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China will launch the spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in early November at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest deseart area. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to perform China's first space docking with Tiangong-1, o...
BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The question, why the first documented supernova was super-sized and grew so fast, has puzzled astronomers for centuries. Now it is solved by US researchers. The supernova, an exploded star, was observed in 185 A.D. an...
ROME, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Juventus beat Fiorentina 2-1 despite wasteful finishing at home on Tuesday. Simone Pepe tested Artur Boruc after three minutes, then the Polish goalkeeper palmed a Claudio Marchisio snapshot over the bar. Some horrible defen...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A wizard boy is receding from the Realm of Wizardry at last as the Warner Bros. announced on Monday that it will put an end to the circulation of blockbuster franchise Harry Potter at the end of the year. The distribu...
BEIJING, Otc. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The more coffee people consume, the less likely they develop the most common form of skin cancer, a new study suggests, according to media reports Tuesday. Our study indicates that coffee consumption may be an importan...
HANOI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) and dengue were on the rise across Vietnam, reported the Vietnam Preventive Medicine Administration (PMA) on Tuesday. As of Oct. 23, the country had more than 76,120 HFMD patients and 135...
With 24 hours to go before another summit, European leaders were scrambling Tuesday to complete a plan to resolve the continent's governmental debt contagion. The outline of a package of reforms is emerging, but details have yet to be set. The plan c...
Time is running out for people believed to be still trapped in collapsed buildings after Sunday's deadly earthquake in southeastern Turkey. The number of dead is more than 400, but that is expected to rise after a second night of freezing temperature...
Libya's ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from t...
MADRID, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Both Athletic Club Bilbao and Valencia have suffered serious injury blows as a result of their 1-1 draw in Valencia' s Mestalla Stadium on Sunday night. Valencia have confirmed that Spain Under-21 international midfielder...
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Although it's still one month away, Ernie Els says he is already turning his thoughts towards a possible sixth South African Open Championship when he returns to defend his title at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Es...
