BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 336 domestic flights to and from Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will be scrapped from Aug. 15 to Oct. 27, sources with the Civil Aviation Administ
LIMA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A powerful earthquake measured locally at 7.7 magnitude and 7.5 by the U.S. Geological Survey hit Peru's southern coast on Wednesday evening, killing at least 15 people.WMTW-
Senior officials from China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan arrived in Shenyang on Wednesday for a working group mee
Mothers-to-be who gorge on junk food may be more likely to give birth to a child with a sweet tooth, research shows.The study, one of the first of its kind, suggests that a mother's diet during pregna
KABUL, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday rejected the alleged supplying of weapons from his government to Taliban militants in neighboring Afghanistan. “W
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Around 150 people were killed and wounded after four car bombings struck two separate towns near Iraqi northern city of Mosul
Ground staff prepare for a cater trucks and passenger loading and unloading process trial run for the Airbus A380 plane, Monday Aug. 13, 2007 at the Changi International Airport in Singapore. Singapor
BEIJING,Aug.14 -- China yesterday scrapped rules requiring companies to convert part of their current-account foreign exchange holdings into the yuan. Companies used to be allowed to retain foreign ex
A released Pakistani prisoner walks to the checkpost before entering Pakistan at Wagah Border, some 30km from Amritsar, northwest India's Punjab state, August 14, 2007. India formally
Chinese retail sales in July rose 16.4 percent year-on-year to reach 699.8 billion yuan (92 billion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.The retail sales volume total