Chilean hunger strike activist Patricia Troncoso is at serious risk of death after 100 days without food, a doctor monitoring Troncoso said Sunday.“She is in a very, very serious condition,“ Berna
The National Meteorological Center Sunday issued an orange alert - the second-highest on a scale of five - for heavy snow today in central and eastern parts of the country.Heavy snow carpets a street
US college students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.Chemistry professor Robert Parson i
Guangxi is set to become an engine of growth for Southwest China with the central government's endorsement of an economic zone last week, but the region will develop at a “moderate“ pace this year
American fast-food chain KFC on Monday began serving youtiao, a quintessential Chinese food for breakfast, in all of its restaurants in China, making another step on its road of localizing it menu.KFC
The organizers of the United Kingdom's largest celebration of Chinese culture on Thursday unveiled plans for the event in Beijing.Speaking at a press conference, the chief executive of China Now, Simo
Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations GAZA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hamas on Sunday said it had fired over 200 homemade missile weapons, including 160 Qassam rockets, into southern Israel in six days
·Nikolic won 38.26 percent of the votes, followed by Tadic with 35.15 percent.·Nikolic will face Tadic in a presidential run-off, first preliminary results showed on Sunday.·Nikolic's and Tadic's c
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The expected operation of four refineries each with a processing capacity of 10 million tons or more will greatly boost the growth of China National Petroleum Corporation
NANJING, Jan.19 (Xinhua) -- East China's Jiangsu Province plans to open more than 40 air routes and carry 13 million passengers in 2008, according to provincial transport bureau sources. Pan Yonghe, t