A number of economists are suggesting inflation here in China may be back under 2-percent. ICBC chief economist Lu Zhengwei is forecasting CPI for January will be at 1.8-percent. This would be down from the 2.5-percent figure in December. In December...
Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory...
The Falkland Islands government says it regretted that Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman would refuse to meet them next week when he visits the UK. The comment comes as Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that they would not participate in...
Two senior cabinet ministers have resigned just four days after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing a national election date. The country's first female Attorney-General Nicola Roxon will step down along with Chris Evans, who as Senate...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in memorial events on Saturday in the southern city once known as Stalingrad, as Russia marked the 70th anniversary of the end of one of modern warfare's bloodiest battles. As part of the day's commemoration...
US Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions. Biden made the comment at the annual Munich security conference, saying the talks will have to be real. We have made it cl...
Syria's top opposition leader says he's willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government, but the statement provoked an outcry from some opposition groups. Moaz al-Khatib, President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutio...
Spain's prime minister has denied media claims that he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made any secret payments. Speaking at a special executive committee meeting, Mariano Rajoy says it's false that he received or distributed u...
Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil has condemned recent attacks by protesters on state property and urged the protesters to restrain from violence in achieving their goals. I call on them, throughout these incidents, to look at the coming elections...
United Nations peacekeepers in the demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel say they've so-far been unable to verify a Syrian complaint that Israeli planes flew over the Golan Heights to carry out an air strike near Damascus. Eduardo del Buey is a...
Gaoyao in Guangdong Province is a third tier city with the population of only 700 thousand. But in the past few years, more than 5 thousand graduates from all over the country chose to work here. Feng Minqiang, Secretary of Municipal Party Committee...
PM2.5 is one of the major pollutants of the air pollution in Beijing and it poses the greatest risk to human health. Its concentration reached a record high of 993 on January 12, almost 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended level. PM2....
United Nations peacekeepers in a demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel are unable to verify a Syrian complaint that Israeli planes had flown over the Golan Heights to carry out an air strike. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman Eduar...
Syria's Foreign Ministry has filed an official complaint about the Israeli attack that targeted a Syrian military research center in the capital Damascus a day earlier. The ministry also summoned the leader of the UN Disengagement Observer Force, Maj...
The Chinese government has started distributing grain reserves to ensure market supply during the Spring Festival. Yao Jian is the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce. He says the move will help ensure market supply doesn't get affected by extre...
