Chinese share prices went up marginally Friday with heavyweights leading the way. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index finished up 31.92 points, or 0.94 percent, to 3,433.35. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 12,048.2 ...
Yang Bozun, a blind Paralympic swimmer from east China's Tianjin, sold out his record-breaking gold medal and donated a total of 30,000 yuan (4,318 U.S. dollars) to the earthquake-hit areas of China's Sichuan province. "I have been ...
People across the country and all over the world have offered help after the recent earthquake disaster. At the same time, a nationwide conservation activity also began in China. Central government organs began to reduce public spending in ...
The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) sent a letter on May 29 to the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and invited chairman Chiang Pin-kun and Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Kao Koong-lian to lead a SEF delega ...
A conference with earthquake relief troops in Chengdu was organized by the Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region Earthquake Relief Headquarters on May 29. At the conference, Lieutenant General Lu Dengming, deputy chief command ...
Beijing's consumer price index rose 6.5% in April, according to the latest statistics from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics and the National Bureau of Statistics Beijing Survey Organization. Food prices rose 21.6%; while non-food ...
President Thabo Mbeki called on G8 countries on Friday to follow through on promises of support for Africa's socio-economic rescue plan Nepad. "The other G8 members have got to respond in the manner that Japan has," Mbeki said at the
One of the trio of cases against former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown was postponed in his absence on Friday because he was reportedly not feeling well. Cape Town Regional Court magistrate Wilma van der Merwe postponed the hearing to
President Thabo Mbeki must release the letter he allegedly wrote to George Bush asking the American president to "butt out" of Zimbabwe, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. Mbeki's four-page letter to Bush apparently criticised the United States for taking
MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's sexual minorities plan to hold an unauthorized gay parade in the center of Moscow on June 1, the parade organizer said on Friday. Nikolai Alekseev said that around 100 people are expected to
NEW YORK, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - Forbes magazine has released a list of the world's 20 Hottest Young Royals, with British royalty taking the top places and Prince William winning the number one spot. The magazine said it used
South African society has yet to rid itself of the anguish, pain and degradation of the past, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan said on Friday. Speaking at the launch of a "social cohesion" campaign, Jordan said the recent xenophobia
RUSSIA * Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to Germany on June 5, the Kremlin said * The Russian Navy commander said the Black Sea Fleet could increase the number of warships at its base in Sevastopol,
A Virginia Beach judge will decide in a month whether a confession by an ex-Navy SEAL trainee to killing a Georgia college student by himself is credible.
The Brangelina brood has just increased by two, according to an entertainment news television programme, which reported today that Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in France. No other details were immediately available, including the babies sex or when
The United Nations refugee agency donated 2,000 tents to help South Africa shelter foreigners displaced by violent attacks, as critics accused the government of bungling its response. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees also said it would help authorities find
