BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Standard and Poor's Ratings Services said on Monday that it had raised its long-term corporate credit rating on China Petroleum and Chemicals Corp. (Sinopec) to A- from BBB
BRUSSELS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Dutch oil giant Shell wants to participate in the exploitation of a large gas field on the Russian peninsula Jamal in northern Siberia, Dutch paper Financiele Dagblad repo
GUATEMALA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Guatemalan President Oscar Berger cast his ballot on Sunday at an electoral booth in southern Guatemala City in a second round to elect the country's next president while
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's urban fixed-asset investment rose 26.8 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2007, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The figure indicat
Beijing plans to build a community health service system in 2008 that will cover all its urban and rural residents. Beijing residents will soon be able to enjoy house call service from community docto
China's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Thursday announced that the government would send 12,000 Chinese students to study overseas in 2008, including 6,000 postgraduates. Most of the students receivin
TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon met with Iranian officials on Sunday and both sides vowed to broaden their cooperation and ties, the official IRNA news
JERUSALEM, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel allowed around 900 Gaza pilgrims to travel through Israeli territory to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local media reported Sunday.Israeli offici
BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced Friday that pension fund for retirees of enterprises will be increased starting Jan. 1 next year, reported the Beijing News.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The dollar rose against most major currencies on Friday after a report showing higher inflation trimmed expectations of aggressive rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The