The communique issued following the plenary session says the latest round of government reform is designed to try to build a simpler and decentralized administration. The communique says the CPC Central Committee is committed to improving the cleanne...
After proposing a permanent fix for its Dreamliner 787 to the Federal Aviation Association last Friday, Boeing has met with its Japanese battery maker GS Yuasa on how to get the Dreamliners back in the air. Boeing's said to be proposing a stronger co...
The State Council's recent adjustment policies on the Chinese property market, dubbed 'The 5 new regulations' is said to have fueled the land supply and trial property tax expansion to a new level. Analysts say they're expecting detailed measures and...
The Chinese government is accusing Japan of falsely saying Chinese warships targeted fire-control radars at their vessels in the East China Sea. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying says moves like these are unhelpful. The Japanese side has bee...
From tomorrow the U.S-government is going to be forced to begin slashing some 85-billion dollars from its federal budget, if a deal to avoid the sequestration can't be found. US-President Barack Obama has been making a series of public appearances, w...
American Millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito has unveiled plans to send a man and a woman around Mars in January 2018. The couple will embark on the 500-day journey which zooms past Mars and swings back to Earth as part of a historic Mission for Am...
A report on the elderly here in China is suggesting the government should do more to help improve the wellbeing of the country's rapidly growing aging population. The China Research Center on Aging has stressed the need to increase government spendin...
The United States Senate is considering a ban on military-style assault weapons. The proposal comes in the wake the Newtown, Connecticut shooting where 20 children and 6 adults were killed. Gun-control efforts currently face an uphill battle against...
The gruesome gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl in South Africa has triggered unprecedented uproar against long-existing sexual violence in the country. It has been reported 17-year-old Anene Booysen was badly mutilated and left for dead near Cap...
France has called on the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to take over the French military mission. French ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud made the request during a Security Council meeting. We are asking to the Secretary-General to make...
With vacant hotel rooms and empty cruise ships, the tourism market in Luxor has been hit hard by Egypt's unstable politics. The boat business is very slow these days. In other words, tourism is not like before the revolution. Before, we used to get t...
Officials in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata are saying the death toll from the fire that burnt down an illegal 6 storey market building with just 1 exit point could still rise. At least 19 people are said to have died so far in the early morning...
Huawei has unveiled its newest smartphone at this year's World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The Ascend P2 boasts a connection speed of 150 megabytes per second, which is said to be the fastest on the market. The company sold 32 million smartp...
Election results in Italy have left the country in a political stalemate with Pier Luigi Bersani saying the country is in a dramatic situation. Bersani's center-left coalition has narrowly won the recent election in Italy's lower house, and must now...
China's five-year policy of subsidizing the purchase of home appliances in rural areas came to an end on January 31 with a total government subsidy of 100 billion yuan leading to over 600 billion yuan in spending by rural residents. For more on the s...
