The US plans to ship 500,000 tonnes of food to North Korea within the next year after Pyongyang asked for help to address food shortage crisis, the US government said...

Pope Benedict XVI has composed a prayer for Catholics in China through which, among other things, they would seek inspiration to remain faithful to...

Tehran, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Iran Friday said it has submitted a package of proposals on nuclear non-proliferation, other international security issues to Russian and Chinese foreign...

The Dalai Lama repeated his desire Friday for reconciliation with China and insisted he does not want independence for his homeland...

Yingxiu Township (China), May 16 (Xinhua) With China still reeling under the deadly earthquake that is feared to have killed more than 50,000 people, severity of the catastrophe is slowly surfacing in Wenchuan - the epicentre of the...

Cricket Australia (CA) is contemplating its own version of Indian Premier League (IPL) within two years after the inaugural Twenty20 tournament has become a mega-hit in the...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance Friday set aside another 1.17 billion yuan ($167 million) for disaster relief work in the wake of Monday's massive earthquake in the...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 5.69 on the Richter scale jolted the Lixian County in China's quake-hit south-western Sichuan Province Friday, the seismological bureau...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered the local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in Monday's earthquake, an official...

Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan May 12, the provincial seismological bureau said...

China has approached Australian companies to team up for a billion-dollar share raid on giant miner BHP Billiton, news reports said...

Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The American Red Cross (ARC) has donated $10 million for disaster relief work in China's earthquake-hit southwestern province of Sichuan, the organisation...

Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 16 : Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), the world's emerging and rapidly growing economies, have urged for reforming the United Nations to make it more efficient to deal with the emerging global...

Islamabad, May 16 : Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority today dispatched a C-130 flight containing relief goods for the quake-affected people of China....

Washington, May 16 : Unusual weather conditions associated with an El Nino event might be a major factor that influenced Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe, according to a new research...

Washington, May 16 : A joint University of Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital study from Australia has found that over 40 per cent of parents have used cough medicine for children younger than two, even though it is not recommended, nor proven effective for children in this age...

Washington, May 16 : If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, pandas had sensed the massive earthquake that shook central China on May 12, with the animals behaving strangely just minutes before the quake...

London, May 16 : Astronomers from UK Universities working with colleagues from Germany and Australia have calculated that the Universe is actually twice as bright as previously...

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing $1 million to support the International Red Cross emergency quake relief effort in China. International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda and Foreign Affairs Minister...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Heightened concerns that China's devastating earthquake will curtail the country's massive metals output helped aluminum, zinc and other base metals extend a two-day...

The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State...

Saturday, May 17, 2008 BOCHUM, Germany: The Dalai Lama insisted on Friday he is not seeking independence for Tibet, as he pressed ahead with a five-country Western tour two months after deadly...

HARARE: Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a delayed presidential election run-off on June 27, when the opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after nearly three decades in...

On Wednesday night, the US fired its fourth Predator missile strike since January, the most visible symbol of the American push for a freer hand to pursue militants from al-Qaida and the Taliban...

The Westin Brisbane Empire Square Hotel and Residences will open in 2012, offering a prime location in the state capital of Queensland. Adding even more depth to its rapidly expanding portfolio in...

Maryland . In Yingxiu, at the other end of the quake-zone yet like Beichuan one of the worst-affected areas, two people were pulled from the rubble, one a man whose right foot was partly missing and...

CHENGDU, China - As strange as it sounds, the streets of Chengdu are normal today. This city barely 40 miles from devastated schools and apartments and hospitals is operating virtually as it was...

LAUSANNE: Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal on Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, world sport's highest tribunal,...

MOSUL: Iraq on Friday offered cash in exchange for weapons in the main northern city of Mosul, described by US commanders as Al-Qaeda's last urban bastion in the country, on the third day of a...

LONDON: Beleaguered British PM Gordon Browns secret to stayin alive in times of political woes and personal embarrassment is to listen to the "timeless" music of the Bee...

WATERTOWN: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a blistering attack on President George W Bush on Friday for suggesting Democrats would like to appease terrorists and said such...

WASHINGTON: The United States said it intends to send 500,000 tonnes of emergency food aid to North Korea over the next year following a deal with Pyongyang that allows broad monitoring of ...

For some aging icons, the name of the Hollywood fame game now seems to be 'Take The Money And Run.' De Niro and Pacino, in particular, have been pilloried for career choices over the decade that...

The United States has announced the resumption of food aid to North Korea after the two sides agreed on new measures to insure that the American-provided assistance reaches those in need. U.S....

Saturday, May 17, 2008 SHANGHAI: Chinese police said on Friday they had broken up a gang of eight people accused of sending fake cell phone messages asking for donations of money after a...

BEICHUAN, China (AP) - Four days after a devastating earthquake, emergency workers in central China have rescued about 10 people trapped beneath rubble. The official Xinhua (shin-wah) News Agency...

WASHINGTON: Former presidential contender John Edwards said on Friday he would not be Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's running mate, but did not rule out taking a role in an Obama ...

WASHINGTON — The Chinese Embassy is encouraging Americans and others to send cash and supplies to victims of this week's powerful earthquake. But the embassy says it doesn't currently need any...

May 16, 2008 — IDG News Service — This was a big IT news week, with the massive earthquake in China on Monday showing once again the role that the Internet plays in connecting us...

(128 Comments) DEYANG, CHINA -- A strong aftershock hit China's battered Sichuan region today, causing landslides, knocking out telephone lines and burying vehicles, according to state media. ...

. "We know you've suffered. The quake destroyed your house and injured members of your family. We feel your anguish," Hu reportedly later told survivors in quake-battered Beichuan...

JAKARTA: Lee Chong Wei upset world number one Lin Dan but it proved futile as defending champions China crept past Malaysia and into the Thomas Cup final where they will face South...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["China Sends Experts To Assess Reservoir Damage in Quake-Hit...

Washington -- The United States will provide direct humanitarian relief to China in the wake of a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck the region around Sichuan province May 12. In addition, the...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. accused China of keeping its yuan currency ‘substantially undervalued,’ but stopped short of branding Beijing a currency manipulator. Still, the U.S. ratcheted up a...

CHINA may allow more countries to help in rescue efforts in the earthquake-devastated south-west region, a Chinese embassy spokesman says. Beijing has agreed so far to allow rescue teams from...

May 16, 2008 · Two catastrophes have struck this month — the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. As the death tolls in these two countries mount, so does the need for aid....

An aftershock brought new havoc to the earthquake-stricken region of China on Friday, as it struggled to bury some of its estimated 50,000 dead, dig out more survivors and help thousands of injured...

LONDON: An Indian student at the University of Leicester is making waves with his research on mobile signals that has implications for countries with long coastlines such as...

NEW DELHI: The four Indian workers kidnapped in Sudan are expected to be released by Sunday, officials said in Delhi on Friday night. Negotiations for release of the hostages are progressing...