China‘s star hurdler Liu Xiang has pulled out the 2012 London Diamond League meeting after suffering from a bad back.
After the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft has landed safely at the main landing area in morthern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China's manned space docking mission between Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1lab module has acieved a complete success.
Beijing Ducks, led by former NBA star Stephon Marbury who notched game-high 41 points on Friday night, clinched their first-ever title of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league. Edging defending champions Guangdong Hongyuan
China says launch of Shenzhou VIII successful 神舟八号飞船成功发射升空 BEIJING - Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced early Tuesday that the launch of Shenzhou-8 unmanned spacecraft is successful. 北京
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated a list of ministers, sources say, a week after he sacked his entire cabinet. Parliamentary sources said Mr Jonathan had forwarded his nominees to the Senate for their consideration
British Airways is still cancelling flights in the aftermath of a three-day strike by cabin crew. The airline's website shows it has cancelled nearly 200, or more than 19%, of flights that had been scheduled up to midnight on Tuesday. BA i
US President Barack Obama's pay tsar has told executives at five bailed-out firms, including AIG, GM and Chrysler, to take a pay cut. Kenneth Feinberg has ordered the 2010 pay of almost 120 bosses at the firms to be shaved by an average of
The French government has signalled that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions. Jean-Francois Cope, parliamentary leader of the governing UMP party, was quoted as saying the tax would be Europe-wide or not (e
The UK is to expel an Israeli diplomat over 12 forged British passports used in the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. David Miliband said there were compelling reasons to believe Israel was responsible for the
US President Barack Obama has signed his landmark healthcare bill into law in a ceremony at the White House. The new law will eventually extend health insurance cover to about 32 million Americans who currently do not have any. Mr Obama sa
A US couple who boasted on a TV show they made as much as $3,500 (2,318) a week by selling shoplifted toys online have been sentenced to prison terms. Matthew Eaton, 34, got 27 months in jail. His wife Laura Eaton, 27, was sentenced to one
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reshuffled his cabinet after a heavy defeat for his party in regional polls. Labour Minister Xavier Darcos has been replaced by Budget Minister Eric Woerth, whose place is being taken by Francois Baroin
The UK will formally launch its new space agency on Tuesday. The nation has been alone among the major industrialised nations in not having an executive body to direct its activities beyond the Earth's surface. The new organisation is expe
An Israeli has been killed by his own forces in a border incident in which three Palestinians illegally crossing the border from Gaza were seized. The Israeli army said the Palestinians were unarmed and thought to be looking for work when