By Yu Zhixiao, Zabi Tamanna GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of 12 South Korean hostages were released by Taliban militants in Afghanistan on Wednesday after a six-week ordeal, with se...
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhuanet)-- Every 10 U.S. citizens own nine guns, making the country the most heavily armed in the world.U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, acc...
The quarantine administration said yesterday that its Shenzhen bureau has this year detected harmful pine wood nematodes (microscopic worms) in 13 batches of wooden packaging containing imported goods...
China's top legislature amended a real estate management law Thursday, allowing the government to expropriate institutional and private houses on state-owned land for public interests.The Standing Com...
The United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will have working group talks in Geneva to try to forge an agreement for the DPRK to declare and disable its nuclear weapons prog...
U.S. President George W. Bush makes a statement on the Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29...
China's four biggest banks have lost market share among more affluent customers who are more willing to shop around for the best service, a study by consulting company McKinsey & Co shows.The big-four...
Shares in Shanghai recovered yesterday, led by banks after the yuan finished at a new high on Wednesday.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks both yuan-denominated A shares and hard cur...
A NASA safety review released Wednesday found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced here at a new...
U.S. real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley gave her favorite dog Trouble 12 million dollars in her will but nothing for two of her grandchildren, media reported on Thursday.Helmsley, the “Queen of ...