TAIYUAN -- An outbreak of blue-ear pig disease outbreak has been confirmed in north China's Shanxi province, but the local government said it has been contained. The outbreak in a pig farm in Liulin c...
DALLAS - Life for the Washington family has changed. Instead of fast food for dinner, they have grilled chicken and vegetables. Sugary drinks have been replaced with diet soda. Frisbee games in their ...
Emergency underground shelters have been set up in the city's Minhang District to hold up to 100,000 residents in case of chemical leaks, typhoons or gas explosions, civil defense officials announced ...
Photo Gallery>>>BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China will raise the reserve requirement ratio by half a percentage point to 12 percent for commercial banks from Aug. 15, the People's Bank of Ch...
UNITED NATIONS, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a resolution authorizing a 26,000-strong joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur,...
·The company's total revenue rose 109.4 percent over the corresponding period in 2006..·The company's share price rose sharply on Friday to 216.8 U.S. dollars per share.·Chairman and CEO of Baidu a...
BEIJING, July 28 -- Two of China's State-owned carmakers - Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) and Nanjing Automobile Corp (NAC) - signed a letter of intent on Friday for a much-heralded associat...
KATHMANDU, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Central Nepal district Dolakha's government issued curfew order on Sunday following clashes between the police and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)-aligned Young Co...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets South Korean Presidential Envoy Baek Jong-Chun at the presidential palace in Kabul July 29, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)KABUL, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Presid...
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- China should increase resources tax to encourage energy saving and curb environmental degradation, a renowned economist said here Sunday. “The resources tax should be ra...