MUNICH, GERMANYThe crisis in Syria has reached a turning point, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, and decisions made in the near future could either end the war or define a very difficult set of choices for the future. We hope this we...
MANCHESTER, N.H.Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and outspoken billionaire Donald Trump have won their parties' respective primaries in New Hampshire, according to media projections, securing their first victories of the 2016 U.S. presidential cam...
BRUSSELS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- NATO defense Ministers on Wednesday agreed to enhance military presence in eastern Europe at a ministerial meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference following the first day's meeting. St...
Kicking off the New Year with a bang. In the heart of New York's Chinatown hundreds brave the cold and snow for a glimpse of the New Year fire crackers. Public schools in the city are closed for this holiday for the very first time and families aren'...
MUNICHU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says major powers meeting in Munich to discuss the situation in war-torn Syria have agreed to a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in one weeks time. Kerry told reporters early Friday in Munich that...
Hongbao and fireworks. Eating these Jiaozi, watching the CCTV program, maybe giving the children hongbao, and all these bianpao, the fireworks. Wearing traditional Tang suit and paying some New Year calls to friends and families. Living in a foreign...
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- European countries need to find a systematic and European response to the refugee crisis, German Defense Minister Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen said here on Friday. Speaking to top diplomats from around the world a...
David Reitze, executive director of the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, also known as LIGO, made the announcement in Washington D.C. Ladies and gentlemen, we have detected gravitational waves, we did it! The gravitatio...
Recent surveys by a youth group show that more than 80 percent of single youths in China are constantly under pressure from their parents to get married. As familial pressures are at an all-time high during big holiday gatherings such as the Spring F...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Children whose parents are diagnosed with depression are more likely to perform poorly in school, a new study said Wednesday. Researchers at Drexel University looked at data on more than 1.1 million children born from 1...
Last month, the world's leading toy and baby products retailer ToysRUs opened its 100th store in China after first entering the market a decade ago. ToysRUs's CEO Dave Brandon says the company is planning to open more stores in China this year. Our p...
Caucus goers met at sites around the state to show support for their candidate and be counted in the first contest of the 2016 Presidential nominating cycle. This year the Iowa caucuses drew many first-time caucus-goers. John Clark is one of them. He...
The two remaining Democratic presidential candidates, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, held a tense and angry debate Thursday night in New Hampshire, days before the Northeastern state holds the nation's f...
2016 has been dubbed the year of China-U.S. tourism, with the biggest rush expected around the Chinese Spring Festival. In New York City, luxury department store, Bloomingdales, is celebrating the Year of the Monkey by honoring a Chinese tradition, g...
The takeover battle over troubled electronics maker Sharp has intensified after Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry, made a personal appeal to the Japanese government and bank officials to take its $5.1bn offer serio...
