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Building a better world with foreign parties

[2017-12-02 06:53]

Serving the Chinese people has always been the primary goal of the Communist Party of China, but it has also had a global vision, and the ongoing CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting in Beijing is an example of giving shape to that vision.

Argentina hopes China will help improve WTO

[2017-12-02 06:53]

Argentina will host the Eleventh World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires from Dec 10 to 13. The WTO's main decisions are made at this meeting, which takes place every two years. As the host, it is both a great honor and challenge for Argentina to preside over a conference whose rule-based systems stem not from confrontation or wielding of power, but are the fruits of careful consensus building.

US move threatens free trade

[2017-12-02 06:53]

The legal brief the United States filed with the World Trade Organization on Thursday to oppose the designation of China as a market economy risks derailing Sino-US economic relations and reflects Washington's unwillingness to respect free trade and globalization.

Electric bus marks Cuban milestone

[2017-12-01 08:20]

HAVANA - A green bus manufactured by a Chinese company has been traveling around the streets of Havana, marking a milestone in Cuba's history of public transportation.

Tradition threatens fish stocks

[2017-12-01 08:20]

ISTANBUL - After half a century of fishing, 65-year-old Fuat, a retired Turkish civil servant, is nostalgic for the good old days when the Bosporus in Istanbul teemed with fish.

Border city booms with deeper China-Russia economic ties

[2017-12-01 08:20]

ZABAIKALSK, Russia - An increase in freight and people has brought prosperity to Zabaikalsk, a small city in the Far East near the Russian-Chinese border, as the two countries are expanding economic and trade cooperation.

Prehistoric women were stronger than modern rowers

[2017-12-01 08:20]

MIAMI - Prehistoric women had stronger arms than modern-day rowers, likely due to the rigors of early farming which included tilling fields and grinding grain by hand, researchers said on Wednesday.

Dying alone in world's most populous city

[2017-12-01 08:20]

TOKYO - The stench of flesh rotting on a sultry day fills the air as a cleaner steps into a tiny Tokyo apartment where a dead man lay decomposing for three weeks.

Beetles to the rescue in disasters

[2017-11-30 07:09]

SINGAPORE - A swarm of beetles, carrying tiny computers as backpacks, could one day be crawling through cracks and crevices in search of survivors during rescue missions.

'We are in danger': French Army translators left behind to Taliban

[2017-11-30 07:09]

KABUL - The Taliban have tried to kill Zainullah, a former translator for the French Army, twice already, he says, warning that the insurgents have expanded their territory in Afghanistan to just five minutes from his door.

Designer fashions climate-friendly model

[2017-11-30 07:09]

LONDON - The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday.

Black, Latino acts shine as Grammy's embrace diversity

[2017-11-30 07:09]

NEW YORK - The Recording Academy has sent a clear message when they announced the nominees for the 2018 Grammys: They want to see a black or Latino act have a better shot at winning in the major categories.

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