Beijing parks receive more visitors duri...

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Parks and zoos in Beijing marked an upsurge in visitors on Friday, China's traditional Tomb-sweeping day, thanks to many memorial activities and people swarming to catch

Trouble-making elephant to be freed afte...

KUNMING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Wildlife authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province said they will release the Asian elephant they captured Friday back into the wild in an appropriate time. The As

Cameroon soccer club coach kidnapped in ...

YAOUNDE, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Head coach of Cameroonian first division club PWD Bamenda, Augustine Choupou, was kidnapped on Friday in Northwest, one of the two war-torn English-speaking regions of Ca

Oil prices rise amid bullish job data, l...

NEW YORK, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices rallied on Friday, amid strong U.S. employment data, easing worries over weakening oil demand due to potential economic slowdown. U.S. total nonfarm payroll e

Spotlight: May under fire for seeking an...

LONDON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Theresa May's plea Friday to European Council President Donald Tusk to delay Britain's departure from the EU until June 30 came as talks between the ruling

Iran in risk of more floods as relief ef...

TEHRAN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- While the Iranian relief organizations, armed forces and volunteer groups are contributing to the restoration of ordinary life in Iran's flood-hit areas, reports forecast

Spanish stocks fall by 0.25 pct on Frida...

MADRID, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Spanish share values fell by 0.25 percent on Friday with the benchmark stock market index Ibex-35 opening on 9,534.10 points and closing on 9,510.30 points. 14 of the 35 c

2 border patrol police killed by gunmen ...

BANGKOK, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Two borders patrol police were shot dead by gunmen when they were praying in a mosque in southern Thailand's Yala on Friday. The shooting occurred on Friday afternoon whe

U.S. stocks open higher on strong jobs d...

NEW YORK, April 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday as market sentiment was lifted by the better-than-expected jobs data. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Averag

Japan gov't to partially lift evacuation...

TOKYO, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Friday said a mandatory evacuation order issued in the wake of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture will be partially lifted from next We