TEHRAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iran said Wednesday that it was ready to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction and promotion of its security, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was making his second visi
German cement producer HeidelbergCement.(File Photo)Photo Gallery>>>BRUSSELS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission on Tuesday approved the acquisition of British company Hanson by
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rallied the second day on Tuesday ahead of Fed meeting, after Federal Reserve decided to leave a key interest rate unchanged. In the closing trading, the Dow J
NEW YORK - Before Claire Stern goes back to school as a high school senior this fall, she needs a new tote. But not just any bag will do.Claire Stern looks at a selection of Tory Burch shoes at a Neim
Tom Cruise has beaten Johnny Depp to become the world's most powerful movie star in the new Guinness Book of World Records.Depp was the one on the top of the list last year, but now Cruise has taken o
WARSAW, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski dismissed on Wednesday Jacek Kaczmarek, interior minister since February 2007, in connection with the Central Anti-corruption Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a shooting incident at a business in Walbridge, in the U.S. Midwestern state of Ohio, U.S. media reported.The suspect was d
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- United Airlines has plans to start new flight services between California and two Chinese cities in next two years to exploit the booming U.S.-China route, but the airl
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), the country's last major state-owned commercial bank still to list on the stock market, said its operating profits rose 64.6 percent t
More than a million Beijingers gathered in city parks on Wednesday morning for the first of more than 60 events around China to mark the start of the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games.More