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Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi court begun Tuesday a new trial for 15 aides of former president Saddam Hussein over charges of crimes against humanity ...
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BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices continued an upward trend on Tuesday as the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 1.02 percent, or 50.35 points, to 4,955.20. The major index rea...
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Boeing 737 (File Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Boeing to buy 55 Boeing 737s to meet rising market dema...
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Two years ago, Katie Melua had a hit with her song about there being “9 million bicycles in Beijing“.Now, authorities in the city are hoping a new bike promotion campaign will be equally popular a...
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Green tea may help cancer-fighting
2019-04-08NEW YORK - Healthy subjects who received daily caffeine-free green tea extract capsules had an increased production of detoxification enzymes, which may provide some cancer-fighting benefits, study fi...
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Hamas attacks Israel with 25 mortar shells
2019-04-08Special report: Internal situation in Palestine Members of the Hamas Executive Force attend the funeral of six Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip Aug. 21, 2007. Al-Qassam...
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The above photo shows passengers wait for departure from Mexican airport on Aug. 20, 2007. Hurricane Dean, the first powerful storm of the Atlantic season, is threatening to make lan...
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ABU DHABI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- National airlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Morocco have agreed on code share to gain better access to destinations in West Africa, UAE newspaper Khaleej Tim...
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3G proves cash cow for telcos
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- China's home-grown 3G market revenue reached 7.2 billion yuan (949 million U.S. dollars) in the second quarter. ZTE Corp, Datang Mobile and TD Tech were the top three players in th...
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The sub-prime loan crisis has in fact had a limited impact on the Chinese economy, Zheng Jingping, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said yesterday, the Securities Daily reported t...