China’s frequent travellers showed their approval for impeccable service, voting 32 travel and hospitality providers as best in their category in the 2008 Business Traveller China Travel...

Lima, Nov 23 (Xinhua) China has put forward a three-point action plan of macroeconomic policy coordination, reform of financial institutions and sustainable growth as a long term strategy to tackle the global financial...

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) countries have warned that 'protectionist measures' driven by sliding growth rate would only deepen the current global economic crisis, EFE reported...

China has replaced its envoy to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, apparently over his failure to effectively block anti-China protests here that lasted almost five months ahead of the...

The annual Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum was formally opened Saturday in...

The 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic- Cooperation (APEC) forum meeting Saturday in Lima focused on the need to restore confidence and contain the long-term impact that the global financial crisis is having on the...

Australia were comfortably poised to win the first Test against New Zealand after a tenacious batting display from Simon Katich revived their fortunes here...

Amnesty International Saturday said it feared China planned to execute a man convicted of spying for Taiwan and sentenced to death 18 months...

China has sentenced an online activist to three years in prison after convicting him of subversion for supporting Tibetans who staged anti-Chinese protests, a rights group said...

Taiyuan (China), Nov 22 (Xinhua) Eight people were killed and 16 injured when a hotel in north China caught fire early Saturday, authorities...

New Delhi, Nov 22 : A 20-year-old male student who snuck into the panda pen at a south China park hoping for a cuddle with the endangered bear ended up in hospital, according to the park's...

The Dalai Lama has called on Tibetan exiles to improve their contacts with ordinary Chinese people as they press for autonomy from Beijing. He welcomed a decision by exiles meeting in India to back...

LIMA: Australia and Indonesia have announced they are establishing a new joint facility in Jakarta that would aim to reduce the impact of disasters in the Asia Pacific region through analysis and...

LIMA (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday he would like to see an end to a territorial dispute that has soured bilateral ties since the end...

China set up a training institute for workers with elderly people here on Friday, the first in Asia aiming to provide better quality service to senior citizens. With funding support from the United...

Japanese police say they are holding a man on weapons charges, after he turned himself in and confessed to killing an ex-health official and his wife. Police said the man had blood-stained knives in...

Japanese hospitals are running a clinical trial on the world's first custom-made bones which would fit neatly into patients' skulls and eventually give way to real bones. If successful, the Japanese...

Australia recorded their first victory over France on French soil since 2000 at the Stade de France on Saturday thanks largely to a terrible kicking performance by David Skrela as the visitors ran...

Then pointing at the girl's father, he reportedly adds, "Do you know who I am? I was sent here by the Transportation Ministry in Beijing. I have the same seniority as your mayor. So what if I grabbed...

Published Date: November 23, 2008 DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan exiles yesterday backed continued negotiations with China in their ongoing bid to achieve autonomy for the region, after the Dalai Lama asked...

A college student who crept into the panda pen at a south China park hoping to get closer to the cuddly bear ended up in hospital Friday, management of the park said Saturday. The student, surnamed...

WASHINGTON: Americans have reflected on the presidency of John F Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House. ...

JAKARTA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 11:01 pm on Saturday night, 164 kilometres southwest of Bengkulu, the...

BEIJING: China has dismissed a UN report on allegations of widespread torture in the country, accusing those who compiled it of using false information. "It is a pity that some of the committee...

Mitchell Johnson claimed a maiden five-wicket haul as Australia wrapped up a comfortable 149-run victory over New Zealand early on the fourth day of the first Test at the Gabba. Johnson made light...

ISLAMABAD: A convoy carrying military and other equipments for NATO forces in Afghanistan was targeted with a roadside bomb in Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal region in the latest of a series of ...

LONDON: Britain is considering a ban on ‘happy hour’ discounts at bars and restaurants to curb drinking as health advocates warned that a rise in liver-related deaths among young people may...

Police in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality are chasing a man who was suspected of having stabbed his son's schoolmate to death on Friday afternoon, the local government said. Zhao Wen fled...

Watching the diminutive, mobile and technically gifted Japanese No10 at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2008 in Chile as she skilfully pulls the strings in midfield, jinks past opponents and...

MEXICO CITY: Six people were killed after gunmen burst into a Tijuana bar popular with university students and opened fire. The local Public Safety Department says witnesses reported that three...

A week after a subway tunnel under construction collapsed in east China's Zhejiang Province, the confirmed death toll has risen to 12, with another nine people still missing. Rescuers found two more...

Yes We Can " on YouTube, with the video receiving millions of views on the site. The song was based on Barack Obama's concession speech after losing the Democratic Primary...

TOKYO--Japanese police said Sunday they have arrested a man who turned himself in and admitted to the murder of a former top pensions bureaucrat. Takeshi Koizumi, 46, was said to bear a grudge over...

LIMA: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has lauded outgoing US President George W. Bush for strengthening the countries' alliance and forging personal ties with Japanese leaders. "Without any...

On June 17, European satellite company Eutelsat, under pressure from the Chinese Communist regime, cut off the satellite signal of New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) that broadcasts over mainland...

HOBART, Australia - Rescuers moved 11 pilot whales more than 7 miles to a deep-water beach in the hope they would return to sea after the mammals became stranded in southeastern Australia, wildlife...

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Zigui County in central China's Hubei Province at 4:01 p.m. Saturday, the National Seismic Network reported. The epicenter, located at 31...

OTTAWA: Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. The high court declined to hear an appeal by...

KABUL, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-led Coalition forces have killed two armed militants and one female civilians during an operation in southern Afghan province of Zabul, said a Coalition statement...

KABUL. Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- International troops in two separate operations in Afghanistan have killed a senior Taliban commander and detained eight suspected militants, said the statements issued by...

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has voiced his country's willingness to make joint efforts with Canada, New Zealand and Australia to boost bilateral ties with each of the three nations....

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush is hoping for a renewal of six-party talks with North Korea before he leaves the White House in January, he said in an interview with a Japanese...

By Paul Eckert and Dana FordLIMA (Reuters) - Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as...

KATHMANDU, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala Saturday said he would not let the politicization of Nepal Army happen at any rate, local...

BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Samsung, Panasonic, Nokia and other leading foreign brands were on the list of Chinese subsidized household appliance project for farmers in the country's vast rural...

year+ (AP) - LIMA, Nov. 22 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Saturday to realize a visit to Japan early next...

TOKYO, Nov. 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—In the event that the economy worsens, the government may consider compiling more stimulus measures even after a second extra budget for fiscal 2008 passes...

YANGON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has so far salvaged 32 vessels out of 40 sunk during a severe storm that struck Myanmar last May, the local weekly journal Flower News reported Sunday. Further...

By Xinhua Writer Liu Hua DATU ODIN SINSUAT, the Philippines, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- "Here they come!" Dozens of children shouted cheerfully, jumping up and down on the campus as several trucks appeared...