The top leaders of the European Union have finalised the bloc's seven-year budget scheme after over 24 hours of negotiations. The scheme involves a total spending cut of 34 billion euros compared to the last period. The budget aims to strike a balanc...
With the arrival of Chinese Lunar New Year, world leaders have sent their new year's messages to Chinese people as well as those who celebrate the Chinese major festival around the world. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: I'm Ban Ki-moon,...
The Empire State Building in New York is lighting up the sky with red and yellow, the colours of China, to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year. The lights will be shining from the top of the building for three nights, starting Friday. The Consul General...
NASA has announced that an Asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the TV satellites that surround the planet. NASA says that the celestial visitor has no chance of impacting the Earth and is known as 2012 DA14. A group of amatuer astronomers discove...
Xi Jinping visited construction workers, street cleaners, police and taxi drivers in Beijing ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Sunday this year. It's the holiday season. I'd like to learn what people are still at work. I know that you can'...
Heavy snow is dumping down on the northeast of the United States as the region is braced for a potentially historic winter storm. Blizzard warnings are in an area affecting over 40 million people with Boston expected to bear the brunt of the weather....
Zodiac mascots and decorations are a must on the New Year shopping list for many Chinese households. However, the Year of Snake, which begins on Sunday on the lunar calendar, has made some vendors worried about their business. Well, this one looks li...
Grocery stores are crowded with people in the days leading up to the Spring Festival. The weeklong Lunar New Year holiday will kick off Saturday with New Year's Eve celebrated traditionally with family. Shoppers are buying red lanterns, scrolls with...
In recent years, various banks have been competing to issue credit cards, whose numbers have been increasing sharply in China. Such a high increase in the number pf credit cards has created a situation with some people holding a number of credit card...
A gold cobra, shinning shimmering, splendid sits in a locked, glass display case in a Hong Kong jewelry shop! It will take a chunk out of your wallet, setting you back some $25,600 U.S. dollars. It took artisans about a month to make the snake, which...
With more and more Chinese people now starting to shun the tradition of traveling home for the Spring Festival and traveling overseas instead, Chinese tourism operators are starting to tailor their packages accordingly. CRI's Su Yi has more. Sydney's...
About 2 thousand secondary students, teachers and their union representatives have marched in Spain's capital, Madrid. The march has coincided with the 3rd day of a week-long general strike by students, who are protesting planned cuts in the public e...
U.S. safety regulators say they have a long road ahead in their investigation into the lithium ion battery problems on Boeing's 787 Dreamliners. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says they will file their interim findings in 30 day...
Iran's Supreme Leader is rejecting direct talks with the U.S. The rejection comes after U.S Vice President Joe Biden proposed one-to-one talks over Tehran's nuclear program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Negotiations as a tactic, talk as a tactic, a gestur...
Members of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda Party are blasting a plan by their party chief and prime minister to dismiss the government. Prime Minister Hamdi Jebali has decided to form a technocrat government in the wake of massive demonstrations following t...
