The Indian government says its main challenge is to return the economy to a high growth rate and reduce poverty. But the government's widening fiscal deficit and failure to announce economic reforms in its first budget since taking power has disappoi...
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders, expected to focus largely on arms control. 美国总统奥巴马已经抵达莫斯科并将同俄罗斯领导人举行峰会。预计他们的会谈将主要着重于军备...
Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya marched through the streets of the nation's capital, Tegucigalpa, Sunday and jammed the roads around the international airport awaiting his return. 成千上万支持被赶下台的洪都...
The U.N. Children's Fund says it is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan. UNICEF says children are in urgent need of health, education and other services. 联合国儿...
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has criticized moves to seek a royal pardon for exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The campaign comes soon after by-election victories by pro-Thaksin politicians. 泰国总理阿披实.维乍集瓦批评了企图寻...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is meeting with Burma's top military ruler, General Than Shwe. He is urging the general to release political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 联合国秘书长潘基文正在会见缅...
The U.S. military in Afghanistan launched a major offensive in Taliban-controlled parts of southern Afghanistan Thursday, the first such operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to defeat an increasingly violent Taliban insurge...
U.S. unemployment continues to rise, with a larger-than-expected number of job cuts in June. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5 percent, the highest in 26 years. 美国的失业率持续上升。6月份裁员情况比预期的更加糟糕,失业...
Political opponents of Niger's President Mamadou Tandja say they are determined to block a referendum to extend his rule. The White House says it is concerned about President Tandja ruling by decree after dissolving a constitutional court that said h...
A third round of talks over an embattled joint industrial zone between North and South Korea has produced no progress. The North apparently launched several short range missiles into the ocean even as South Korean delegates were making their journey...