Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is now pushing for approval of unpopular austerity measures that are aimed at securing emergency international bailout funds to keep the country from defaulting on its debt. Earlier Wednesday, Papandreou survive...
LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- French Open champion Li Na of China defeated Alla Kudryavtseva from Russia 6-3, 6-3 to reach the women 's singles second round at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday. It's tough, said, the third seed, who took 67 minute...
QUITO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador forward Luis Fernando Saritama has been injured just days before the Copa America in Argentina, coach Reinaldo Rueda said on Tuesday. Saritama was left out of the squad following a leg injury he suffered last week d...
MILAN, Italy, June 21 (Xinhua) -- What do a Richmond skirt and a pair of Zara pants have in common? In the current fashion world, good matching is the key, a renowned Italian fashion entrepreneur told Xinhua in an interview Tuesday. Speaking of the j...
LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- About 8 percent of children, or nearly 6 million in the U.S., have a food allergy, a much higher rate than previously estimated, a new study suggests. Not only is this estimate higher than some previous research has r...
BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China will launch a new icebreaker for use during an upcoming 2013 polar expedition, a senior oceanic official said on Tuesday. Both the new icebreaker and Xuelong (Snow Dragon), an icebreaker that operated in Antarctica,...
President Barack Obama will announce his plan for implementing the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in a speech scheduled to begin at 00:00 UTC Thursday. Mr. Obama will say he is fulfilling the commitment made 18 months ago to be...
The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor and Brazilian President Luis Inacio L...
Social unrest is sweeping southern Europe, with protesters taking to streets in Spain and Greece, angry about high unemployment, welfare cuts and their governments' handling of the economic crisis. With demonstrations showing no sign of ending soon,...
BUENOS AIRES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's national soccer team on Monday won over Albania 4-0 in a friendly match as part of warmup for the upcoming Copa America which starts here on July 1. Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez both scored and Ezequiel...
JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A game against Nigeria on August 10 will provide Bafana Bafana with the ideal preparation for their two African Cup of Nations qualifying games against Niger and Sierra Leone at the end the season. This was the view...
MADRID, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Spanish forward Pau Gasol, who has been linked to a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves, said Monday he wants to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers for as many years as I can. The Timberwolves have reportedly been pursuing Ga...
Clarence Clemons, the burly star saxophonist of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died Saturday, six days after suffering a stroke following surgery. Clemons was 69. His bandleader, Springsteen, announced on his website Clemons' loss was immeasurabl...
LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) on Monday presented two top prizes of the Critics Choice Television Awards to ABC's hit Modern Family and AMC's Mad Men. Modern Family was named best comedy seri...
XICHANG, Sichuan, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a new communication satellite, the Zhongxing-10, from its Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province on early Tuesday. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B rock...
