SUZHOU - Hong Kong cyclist Chan Chun Hing qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after winning the bronze medal of the men's cross country at the 13th Asian Mountain Bike Championships here on F
MOSCOW, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Belarus has paid off its debt for gas to Russian gas giant Gazprom, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday. Belarussian gas pipeline company Beltransgaz paid Gazprom 56.5
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush is “fit for duty“ as doctors have determined he remains “in superior fitness,“ the White House said Wednesday. “Doctors have dete
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. commercial crude oil inventories fell sharply last week while gasoline stockpiles also declined unexpectedly, the Energy Department reported Wednesday. In the week
BEIJING, Aug. 8 -- Banks made more effort and achieved better results in the second quarter in their fight against malpractice and graft, the financial watchdog said yesterday. The China Banking Regul
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices closed at another record high on Tuesday amid continuing expectations of further strong corporate profits in the first half of the year. By Aug. 6, a t
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The pages of New York Times started to get slimmer by 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) on Monday, which is expected to save the paper 10 million dollars a year. Several other major new
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's banking regulators on Monday further eased market access for banks to rural areas and removed some obstacles to the development of rural financial services, in a mo
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) --Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and India's Bharti Enterprises signed an agreement Monday to jointly build wholesale outlets that will purchase goods from farmers and small manufact
BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- General Motors has decided it doesn't get enough bang for its Olympics advertising buck and will not renew itsone billion U.S. dollar sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Com