NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The dollar rose against the euro and pound on Wednesday amid signs that financial market turmoil was starting to threaten economic growth of Europe. A latest report showe...
NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- An email received in the name of terror outfit Al Qaeda has threatened to blow up the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court and some judges, according to Indo-Asian News S...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that will provide 70 billion U.S. dollars to support war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure cle...
MANILA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua)-- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Uzbekistan with a 75.3-million-U.S. dollar loan to upgrade a key highway that is an integral part of a regional transport corri...
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China said Wednesday its first national oil reserve base has been filled with crude oil, one day after it announced the setting up of a national oil reserve center. Locate...
Opposition Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-Bak gestures to supporters.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)The presidential elections was kicked off in South Korea nationwide at 6 a.m. Wednes...
The presidential elections kicked off in South Korea nationwide at 6 a.m. Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday).A total of 13,178 polling stations nationwide will be opened to 37.65 million eligible voters fro...
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China Investment Corp. (CIC), the nation's state-owned forex investment firm, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to invest 5 billion U.S. dollars in the No. 2 U.S. inv...
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices closed sharply higher Wednesday with bargain hunting, ending two consecutive days of decline. Analysts said the rebound also came after a report that ...
A new report released here Tuesday by the Pentagon touted “across-the-board“ progress in Iraq, including “significant improvement“ in the security, economy, government services and political r...