VIENNA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A new round of talks on the future status of Kosovo will be held in Vienna on Monday, which observers believe will not result in any progress due to disagreement between Ser
DAMASCUS, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday met two envoys of French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the political crisis in neighboring Lebanon, the official SANA news agen
RAMALLAH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday described the talks with Israel ahead of a U.S.-hosted peace conference as “hard and difficult.“ However, the moderate Pa
GAZA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya, who is also a Hamas leader in Gaza, denied on Sunday that his movement had planned to seize the Gaza Strip by force.“We did
Air New Zealand has added flights between Shanghai and Auckland following strong demand from travellers for more services between China and New Zealand.From November, Air New Zealand has started to op
More than 8,000 villages on the Chinese mainland have each generated wealth of 100 million yuan ($13.3 million) or more since the first of its kind emerged in 1987, according to a latest survey.The vi
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Citigroup, the largest banking company in the United States, named former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin as its new chairman Sunday, replacing Charles Prince who res
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended a session of volatile trading lower on Monday after Citigroup stoked credit fears with the announcement of more mortgage-related losses. Charles Prince r
GAZA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sacked Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haneya, who is also a Hamas leader in Gaza, Sunday slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for standing with Israel and the United
BRASILIA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people died on Sunday after a small Learjet airplane crashed in northern Brazil's Sao Paulo city in a residential neighborhood, Brazil's Military Police sai