BAKU, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese star boxer Shiming Zou won the gold medal in the men's 49kg division at the AIBA world championship here on Saturday. Zou defeated South Korean Jong Shin 20-11 in the final to claim the crown for the third straight ti...
Busan, South Korea, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Veteran director Tsui Hark of China's Hong Kong said Saturday that 3-D films will be the mainstream of the film industry in the future if they are supported by market demand and research and development. There i...
BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The rise of China is the definitive economic and political story of the time, yet the 1911 Revolution should not be overlooked, as it was the catalyst that enabled the nation to terminate more than 2,000 years of imperial...
U.S. President Barack Obama is stepping up his appeal to Senators to pass his jobs bill in Tuesday's expected vote. During his weekly address Saturday, Obama said the $447 billion American Jobs Act would put thousands of teachers, police and construc...
As economic crises intensify in Europe, governments are cutting budgets and ordinary people are tightening their belts. Even richer countries, like the Netherlands, are bracing for hard times to come. Amsterdam's residents took full advantage of the...
Europe's financial crisis has deepened this week as worries rose about the health of another bank - the Franco-Belgian-owned Dexia. Dexia's board meets Saturday to discuss the bank's future. Dexia's woes underscore growing criticism about the region'...
ROME, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Inter have been hit with suspensions and fines following their protests in Saturday's controversial loss to Napoli. The Nerazzurri suffered a 3-0 defeat at the Stadio Meazza in a game where the decisions of referee Gianluca R...
THE HAGUE, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Maarten Stekelenburg has withdrawn from the Dutch squad for their forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers against Moldova and Sweden. Medical research on Monday in Amsterdam revealed that the AS Roma goalie has not recovered en...
BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- World number five Li Na became the biggest seed casualty in the opening round of the China Open on Sunday, slumping to a 6-4, 6-0 defeat to the unknown Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu. Li, who broke up with her Danish...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- After Flamengo's 2-1 win on the road against Sao Paulo on Sunday, the team's head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo expressed his delight and optimism for a run at this year's Brazilian Championship title. According to Lux...
ROME, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri conceded that Juventus were the better team after they beat his side 2-0 on Sunday. The Rossoneri were beaten in Turin with two late goals from Claudio Marchisio, though there had been...
BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) --- The European Commission on Friday gave the green light to Microsoft's acquisition of voice and video communication provider Skype, thus removing the last hurdle in the process. According to a statement released by the Co...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The funeral for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56, is taking place on Friday, U.S. media reported. The funeral is termed as a small private gathering, The Wall Street Journal quoted a p...
The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, but the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent for the third straight month. Although September's job growth was stronger than most economists were expecting, it is still not growing fa...
Researchers in Sydney are leading a new international effort to make desalination more environmentally friendly. Current techniques tend to use excessive amounts of energy or are heavily reliant on chemicals. The University of Technology in Sydney is...
