Syria's opposition coalition has elected Ghassan Hitto to head an interim government to administer the areas that rebel forces have seized from the government. Hitto, an American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist, received 35 votes from 48 bal...
Chinese President Xi Jinping says cooperation among BRICS countries is conducive to a more balanced world economy and the improvement of global economic governance. He made the remarks in an interview ahead of the fifth BRICS summit scheduled for lat...
Global ratings agency Fitch has put Cypriot banks on negative watch over the pending vote about the controversial levy on the country's bank depositors. The Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank have all been included in that rating....
Chinese President Talks with US Treasury Chief China and the United States have vowed to continue working together to advance their partnership. The remarks were made during a meeting between the Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Treasury Secreta...
The current UN under-secretary general for Economic and Social affairs has revealed the UN is working on a new set of development plans once the current window for the Millennium Development Goals is reached in 2015. CRI's Hong Kong correspondent Xu...
A group of demining specialists from Zimbabwe are working to remove landmines from the Falkland Islands almost 31-years after the conflict with Argentina. 20-thousand landmines were left behind after Britain and Argentina fought a war over the island...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his new government is ready to make a historic compromise by meeting with Palestinians for peace talks. Netanyahu says he hopes to renew peace talks, after little progress has been made during his past f...
Bosco Ntaganda, a suspected warlord from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself in to the United States Embassy in Rwanda. He has been accused of war crimes between 2002 and 2003. Ntaganda has reportedly asked to be transferred to the I...
Shams 1, which opened on March 17th is Abu Dhabi's latest step towards achieving seven per cent renewable energy production by 2020. By that date, Abu Dhabi plans to produce 1,500 mega watts of electricity from solar power alone. Various types of sol...
China's wildlife protection law was passed in 1989 with the aim of sustaining wildlife as a resource. Now academics and animal rights activists are pushing to reform the law. Mang Ping is a professor with the Central Institute of Socialist Studies in...
Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to deepen comprehensive reforms in the country, saying that they pay the biggest dividend for China. He singled out three areas for continued reform tasks that include maintaining economic growth, improving people's liv...
The United Nations has warned an unprecedented acceleration of humanitarian crisis in Syria as the country has suffered more conflicts. The UN has also called for more funds from all governments to support the victims in Syria's civil war. The UN Hig...
The coffin with the remains of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been transported to a military museum along main streets of the capital Caracas. His body will be displayed indefinitely at the museum. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans gathered...
European finance ministers are trying to finalize a long-delayed bailout deal for Cyprus in a bid to keep the nation from a bankruptcy. An agreement on rescue loan package is expected to be reached at a regular meeting in Brussels with tough measures...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that his country is preparing to join in the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership. Abe says once Japan is recruited in the regional free-trade group, the country is likely to enjoy duty-free treatment in e...
