CANBERRA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Friday said that a trilateral summit meeting of Australia, Japan and the United States was being considered. That will be
ANKARA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on Friday expressed support for the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between Turkey and Iraq on energy and security d
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Heavy monsoon rains bursting the banks of rivers have caused the deaths of almost 1,800 people from drowning, house collapses, snakebite and waterborne diseases and Wed
BRUSSELS, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone registered an external trade surplus of 7.8 billion euros (10.5 billion U.S. dollars) in June, up from 1.7 billion euros in May, the European Union (EU)'s st
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Digital media company RealNetworks and Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks announced Tuesday the two companies have teamed up to challenge Apple's trinity of the iPhone, iPod pl
JAKARTA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will tap many benefits from the newly-signed free trade pact with Japan, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pengestu said Wednesday. “Export market to Japan w
PARIS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The three-day annual French ambassadors' conference is scheduled to begin here on Monday during which President Nicolas Sarkozy and his foreign affairs minister Bernard Kouc
·Most of the ministerial posts were replaced includingforeign and defense ministers.·Nobutaka Machimura has been appointed as foreign minister.·Masahiko Komura will take the post of defense chief.
By Ni Hongmei TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday reshuffled his 11-month old Cabinet, replacing key ministerial posts including chief Cabinet secretary and ministe
(China Daily)BEIJING, Aug. 27 -- China Construction Bank (CCB) said its revenue won't be affected by the US subprime crisis as it has only a small amount of US mortgage-backed securities. CCB, one of