The Legislature Parliament of Nepal has started third round election process to elect the new Prime Minister with majority votes on Monday.
BNP Paribas, a European leader in global banking and financial services and one of the six strongest banks in the world, posted a 31.2-percent rise in net profit in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period of last year, the bank said on Monday.
US President Barack Obama on Monday said he will keep the promise of ending combat mission in Iraq by Aug 31, 2010.
A collection of pictures of the Spain-Germany World Cup semi-final match.
Beijing has recorded six fewer days of so called "blue sky" days, or grade I and grade II air quality, in the first half of the year.
A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico early on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City but not causing serious damage or casualties.
The number of Chinese phone users continued to grow rapidly in the first five months of the year, surpassing 1.1 billion by the end of May.
At least 150 people were buried or trapped in a landslide caused by rainstorm Monday afternoon in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said.
A Singaporean ship "Golden Blessing" with 19 Chinese sailors on board was hijacked by pirates in waters of Gulf of Aden Monday , China Marine Rescue Center said Monday afternoon.
Whistleblowers in China have helped uncover more than 70 percent of all registered cases of officials' work-related crimes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Monday.
David Villa scored two goals Monday to put Spain's World Cup back on track with a 2-0 victory over Honduras.
China has played a role of great importance during the founding and development of G20, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Monday.