BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing government has finally decided to cut subway fares by about 30 percent amid efforts to boost public transport, ease road congestion and improve air quality ah
BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission on Monday launched an antitrust investigation into U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm for suspected exploitative practices of its patent rights. The European
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Blackwater, a U.S. private security company which was involved in a shooting incident last month leaving many Iraqis dead, defended its operation in Iraq on Tuesday. The
Senator and democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a fund raising event in Oakland, California, September 30, 2007. Clinton on Tuesday reported raising $27 million in campaign mon
New York Stock Exchange traders deal on the market floor in New York, Oct. 1,2007. Wall Street surged Monday with the Dow Jones average setting new intraday high above 14,000. (Xinhu
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's net overseas investment hit 21.16 billion U.S. dollars in 2006, with an annual average growth rate of 60 percent over the past five years, according to a newly issu
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The inquest into the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed began Tuesday at London's High Court. A jury of six women and five men has been selected by ballot from a shor
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked on Tuesday the first International Day of Nonviolence with a call for “true tolerance and nonviolence.“ “The United Nat
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The policy makers ofChina's central bank said at their third quarterly meeting that the countryshould carry out “moderately tightening“ monetary policies to further r
China Investment Corporate Ltd. (CIC), the country's long-awaited state forex investment company set up to make better use of its huge foreign exchange reserves, was inaugurated on Saturday.The CIC, w