WASHINGTON – China and the United States have far more shared interests than differences, and nothing can hold back the momentum of cooperation, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said on Monday. He made the remark at the…
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The United States has said that it will pressure China on the yuan exchange rate and the unfair playing field for US enterprises in China, ahead of the third round of the China-US Strategic Economic…
BEIJING,May 5 (Xinhuanet) — Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have proclaimed a landmark, reconciliation pact, aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift. A signing ceremony to formally endorse the deal has been held in…
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua) — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s corpse. “The president has made the decision…
This is the first installment of “A World Without,” a new series that examines the consequences of doing away with something we’ve grown used to — an idea, institution, commodity, tradition, or event. Send ideas…
Safety worries were raised about the assets of China, the biggest holder of United States Treasury bonds, after a key credit agency cut the outlook on the US sovereign debt to negative. China, which has…
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a Toronto university student whose last moments were caught via webcam by her boyfriend in China. Brian Dickson, 29, was arrested on Wednesday and…
More than a million abandoned wells may be out there. But the task of finding, plugging and monitoring the old wells is daunting to cash-strapped states. In the last 150 years, prospectors and energy companies…
The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using an anti-gay slur after he was slapped with a technical foul in the Lakers 102-93 victory over San Antonio on Tuesday. “Kobe Bryant’s comment during…
As the US TV chat show queen Oprah Winfrey nears her last episode, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is going to welcome President Obama and his wife in May, according to media reports. The White House…