Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a...
At the World Junior Hockey Championships on Russia, Team USA hammered Canada 5-1 to advance to the finals. Among the Canadians who woke up early to try to catch the game is locked-out superstar Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins. I woke up for...
In European football, AC Milan's players walked off the pitch during a friendly against 4th-tier club Pro Patria after some of their fans began hurling racist insults. Massimo Ambrosini is AC Milian captain. We are really sorry because of a few peopl...
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to walk away from peace talks later on this Friday. The M23 rebels are demanding the government sign an official ceasefire. The talks are scheduled today in neighboring Uganda. Jean-Marie Run...
Photos shot in Hong Kong this week show more than 18-thousand shark fins drying on the roofs of industrial buildings. The fins are spread neatly in patterns under a warm sun. The images present just a fraction of the shark finning that takes place ev...
A faster way of travel but with higher cost, high-speed rail in China continues to undergoing doublt. The 2,298-kilometer line which links five regional economic centers including Beijing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha and Guangzhou, largely shortens th...
The coastal city of Weihai in East China's Shandong Province has started building a nuclear plant to address a shortage of power in the region. Power production in Shandong has been largely based on coal-burning, which pollutes the environment but do...
I'd love it if you call me an artist, but I am not quite there yet. But that's what I want to do. This is Jason Pym, a Brit who has been pursuing his dream of being an artist in China for 12 years. He and his wife also own a 60-square-meter caf in th...
It first showed up in October 2011 on Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Then Romo quickly won people's hearts around the world. It's the world's first smart phone robot. An iPhone or an iTouch is his face and br...
2012 has been a tough year for the world and for China. The country has seen its economic growth slow from around 9 percent in December 2011 to under seven and a half percent in September this year. Despite the slow-down, some key trends have appeare...
Google has agreed to make some changes to its business practices as a result of a 20-month investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC accused the search giant of unfair conduct in the use of its Motorola patents and ordered it to...
The President of Central African Republic is consolidating military power after dismissing his own son as acting defense minister, along with his army chief of staff. President Francois Bozize says that he is taking over the position held by his son...
China's football and basketball clubs had been busy signing a number of international star players in 2012. At the same time, tennis and golf are starting to become more recognized, given that Chinese athletes are starting to thrive in those sports a...
China's revised traffic regulations have stirred up controversy since it took effect on January 1st. They are believed to be the most stringent traffic regulations in the country. The Ministry of Public Security says the new laws are intended to crea...
A new Chinese report on migration now shows that one-third of rich Chinese people, with a net worth of more than 16-million-U.S-dollars, has emigrated overseas. According to the first annual Report of Chinese International Migration, many of China's...
