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Reuters’s photographer killed in Iraq
2019-04-08Recent file photo of Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, who was killed along with driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, in Baghdad July 12, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)LONDON, July 12 (Xinhua...
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WASHINGTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's former counsel, Harriet Miers, might face contempt of Congress charges after she refused to testify -- at Bush's order -- on Thursday be...
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Avalanche kills 6 soldiers in Switzerland
2019-04-08An aerial view shows the site where six Swiss soldiers died in an avalanche at the Jungfrau mountain July 12, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)GENEVA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- An avalanche in the Sw...
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Mercedez Benz recalls two models in China
2019-04-08BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Mercedes Benz China has decided to recall two models with design flaws that may cause gasoline leaks, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Qua...
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Tough road for Chinese banks to go overseas
2019-04-08BEIJING, July 12 -- State-owned commercial banks, listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, are finding it difficult to find suitable channels to invest overseas the huge capital gained fr...
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NEW YORK, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A steam pipe exploded in central Manhattan in New York Wednesday, sending plumes of steam roaring into the sky and throwing debris nearby. Authorities said it was not ter...
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CFE emergency conference unnecessary: Russia
2019-04-08MOSCOW, July 18 (Xinhua) -- There is no need to hold a NATO-proposed emergency conference on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. “We outlin...
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Okay inks aircraft lease deal
2019-04-08Okay Airways (File Photo)Photo Gallery>>>BEIJING, July 19 -- Okay Airways, China's first private airline,Wednesday signed a lease-to-buy contract for 10 MA60 turboprop aircraft produced by Ch...
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed El Baradei said hereon Wednesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)had shut ...
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TEHRAN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's state-run television on Wednesday aired video footage of two detained Iranian-Americans academics, in which they talked about their links to Washington's drive to pr...