BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA recently unveiled its new rocket design, named Space Launch System (SLS), according to media reports. The rocket will make its first unmanned flight in 2017, and the flight with astronauts aboard won't happen unti...
Greek unions have started a series of strikes and protests to show their resistance to the new and wide-reaching austerity measures up for a vote in parliament on Thursday. Unions representing job sectors ranging from government workers to sailors an...
MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay's soccer star Diego Forlan has become the all-time maximum goal scorer for the country's national team. The honor for the 32-year-old Forlan, who plays for Italian Serie A's Inter Milan, comes after the striker...
TOKYO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's team gold medal of the gymnastics world championships for the fifth time in a row Wednesday, holding off host Japan and the United States, which took the second and third place. China, the 2008 Beijing O...
BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study finds that ginger may decrease the risk of colon cancer through diminishing the inflammation in the gut, according to media reports Thursday. Prior researches have found that chronicle inflammation in the g...
BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists have decoded the genome of Black Death which caused one of the worst plagues in human history. The finding was published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. A team of German, Canadian and American sc...
BEIJING, Oct. 12(Xinhuanet) -- People allergic to peanuts may find relief in a new research by American scientists, according to Huffington Post Monday. Scientists from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have found a way to turn...
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Study found that women who took multivitamins may actually be at risk, media reports on Wednsday. Women who took the dietary supplements vitamin B6, folic acid, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron and multivitamins had a hig...
The U.S. Congress has approved free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama - the first such accords passed during Barack Obamas presidency. Backers say the trade deals will boost U.S. exports by $13 billion a year, while opponents say they...
ANKARA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Huang Guangyuan won the first place in men's Nanquan competition in the 11th World Wushu Championships (WWC) held in Turkish capital Ankara, the WWC organizing committee announced on Tuesday. Huang recorded the hig...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday highlighted Brazil's efforts to stop tuberculosis (TB) in its territory. According to a report released by the organization, Brazil achieved significant and sustained...
Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital...
The oil-producing OPEC cartel has for the fourth straight month trimmed its estimate of world demand for oil for the rest of this year and in 2012. The 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday that the demand for oil w...
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's volleyball club Paykan is out of FIVB Club World Championship after losing 3-2 to a Canadian club. Canada's Trinity Western Spartans rallied to beat Paykan 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-6 on Monday in Doha, Qatar,...
ROME, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Monday that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still hungry for success with Italian giants Milan. The striker raised doubts about his long-term future last week in a revealing interview w...
