Efforts to slash national debts are at the heart of fierce debates in United States and protests in other nations. In some cases, these government debts are bigger than the entire economic output of the nation for a year. Debt problems can slow econo...
White House Chief of Staff William Daley says he is confident the United States will not default on its debt. Daley told CNBC television Tuesday that there are a lot of debt reduction plans on the table and everyone is stressed as the August 2 deadli...
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The initial autopsy of deceased British singer Amy Winehouse found no conclusive cause of death, police announced Monday. The additional toxicology tests will be conducted, and that could take two to four weeks to comp...
BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhuanet) -- More than one in three births in the U.S. are delivered by C-section, which is an all time high and an increase of 25 percent over seven years, according to news reports Monday quoting a new study. Based on data from 1...
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Hong Kong scientists announced that they had determined the idea of time travel is impossible by proving nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. The finding is contained in a study done by a research team fr...
HOUSTON, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A shelter-in-place was ordered after a battery caught fire during a testing at NASA's Johnson Space Center Monday morning. A battery was being tested inside a containment system when it got overheated and caught fire at a...
BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Apple is planning a third, even larger Shanghai store, as well as dozens of other stores throughout China, to cope with huge crowds at its flagship store and a branch, according to media reports Monday. Apple says its...
As U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama haggle over plans to cut Washington's massive debt, the International Monetary Fund says the United States must take urgent and effective action on the issue. Monday, the newest IMF report on the U.S. econ...
LONDON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her flat in London on Saturday. The police said the reason for the 27-year-old singer's death is still unexplained and are now treating her flat as a crime scene. Sky News quo...
The suspect charged in Norway for a twin attack that killed at least 93 people and wounded a further 86 has told police he acted alone. But Norwegian counter-terrorism police say they carried out a raid in eastern Oslo connected to Friday's shootings...
JOHANNESBURG, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The South African Football Association's request for a postponement of Banyana Banyana's second leg 2012 London Olympic qualifying match against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on September 11 has been rejected by their oppo...
JOHANNESBURG, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Bafana Bafana and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Steven Pienaar will start for the first time in the Vodacom Challenge against Orlando Pirates in the tournament final at Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon. This w...
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Regulation is needed to govern rapidly expanding research in animals containing human tissue or genes, according to the Britain's Academy of Medical Sciences. Using animals with limited humanized traits is not new. Gen...
The Democratic Party-controlled U.S. Senate has blocked a plan passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to cut the country's budget and raise its debt ceiling. The vote Friday puts the emphasis on talks between the White House and...
The normally peaceful Nordic nation of Norway was rocked Friday by twin attacks that left a number of people dead. A mid-afternoon bombing that targeted the country's government headquarters in Oslo, Norway's capital, killed seven people. Hours later...
