Special Report: Fight against Global Warming BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore here on Thursday joined the voices asking America to do more on climate change, say...
Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Iran have reached an agreement on the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran. “We have resolved all the problems with the Ir...
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A weakening housing market and rising home-loan defaults have the chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac warning their hard-hit mortgage-finance companies will ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- THe state-owned National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) announced on Tuesday it has granted loans that totaled 66.7 billion reais (38.1 billion U.S...
By Huang Xingwei WELLINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Amid tight security, lawmakers in the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands on Thursday ousted Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare through a no-confiden...
LIMA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The second trial against Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori has been suspended until Friday due to the death of Supreme Judge Jose Pelaez's father-in-law. The Supreme C...
Special Report: Fight against Global WarmingBEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The international community in 2007 mobilized to fight the daunting challenge of global climate change, and has moved forward f...
HELSINKI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Tarja Halonen announced a cabinet reshuffle Friday, the Finnish government said in a statement. The Ministry of Employment and the Economy Ministry will...
SHANGHAI -- With the amount of land available for cemeteries in rapid decline, local people are having to travel further afield to pay their respects to their ancestors on the second of the city's two...
Friday's interest rate hike will likely curb investment-oriented house buying but will not deliver a major blow to the property market, experts say.The People's Bank of China raised the one-year depos...