ROME, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Italian first division soccer league new season may face a strike if players and clubs do not reach a compromise over a new collective labour agreement. If we do not sign the new labour agreement, the first round of fixt...
LONDON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- English Premier League side Arsenal said Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with rivals Manchester City to sell French midfielder Samir Nasri. Arsenal can confirm that they have agreed terms for Samir Nasri to mov...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt withdrew from the US Open on Tuesday due to a foot injury. The 30-year-old, winner of the US Open in 2001, was bothered by the foot problem the whole summer. Hewitt underwent sur...
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet)-- A new study shows that a diet rich in cholesterol-friendly foods, such as soy products and tree nuts, can decrease LDL (bad) cholesterol significantly, according to media reports on Tuesday. The study, published in the...
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Facebook said it is overhauling its privacy settings to give members easier, more precise control over who sees posts, photos and other content over the vast social network. Starting Thursday, Facebook is rolling out n...
A New York judge has dismissed sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one day after prosecutors moved to have the case dropped. After the dismissal Tuesday, an appeals court rejected his accuse...
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked much of the U.S. east coast, shaking buildings and sending panicked office workers into the streets in places like Washington. The earthquake shook the region Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey says th...
Rebel fighters have seized Moammar Gadhafi's compound in the capital, Tripoli, and are celebrating what they consider a major victory over the Libyan leader and his loyalist troops. The rebel fighters fought their way into Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya co...
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- British singer George Michael has admitted his split from long time partner Kenny Goss at his concert at the Prague State Opera House Monday. Kenny and I haven't been together for two and a half years, the 48-year-old...
At first glance, the grass playing field at Mountain View Alternative High School in Centreville, Virginia, looks like any playing field at any high school in the country. But for a Sunday in August when most schools are usually still, there was a lo...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard's tablet TouchPad has become the hottest consumer electronics device on Monday after HP launched a fire sale for the discontinued product line over the weekend. It was like a stampede and they went q...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Monday unveiled a new business desktop computer, days after the world's largest personal computer (PC) maker announced its plan to sell its PC business. The company said the new model, HP Com...
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- More than 90 percent of U.S. heart attack patients who need the lifesaving procedure receive it within just 90 minutes of being admitted to the hospital, according to a study released Monday in the journal Circulation....
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange surged to record level on Monday, the sixth straight rise in a row, amid increasing safe- haven demands as investors feared global economy would furth...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama still opposes sending U.S. ground troops to Libya, Deputy White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. Earnest said the president's position on the matter has not changed. He made the sta...
