The yuan is likely to rise this week as the US dollar continues to weaken on worries of a possible US slump.The yuan ended at 7.2485 on the China Foreign Exchange Trade system in Shanghai from 7.2620
Turkish F-16 jets prepare to take off from military airbase, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir in this Nov. 7, 2007 file picture. he Turkish troops which purportedly ent
MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Projects to build an oil pipeline across the Balkans and a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea will increase Europe's energy security, the Russian president Vladimir P
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq Turkish F-16 jets prepare to take off from military airbase, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir in this Nov. 7, 20
Special report: Pakistani SituationISLAMABAD, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A party alliance opposing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Tuesday they would go ahead with their elections boycott plan
Overseas banks saw their business steadily expanding in China since last December when the country fully opened its banking sector to foreign competitors, a senior official with the China Banking Regu
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa praised Tuesday the establishment of the Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, which he said would provide more job opportunities and help improve the livi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 250 former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison have filed a suit against a private U.S. military contractor that they say participated in a conspiracy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The White House said on Tuesday that democracy would “soon“ come to Cuba, one day after ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced that he would not cling to office
The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday as traders covered short positions and took profits ahead of year-end.The U.S. currency edged lower against the euro as a Commerce Department report showed t