Chinese center Han Xu selected by New Yo...

Han Xu (R) of China poses for a photo with WNBA COO Christy Hedgpeth after being selected by the New York Liberty in the second round of the WNBA women's basketball draft in New York, the United Stat

China accepts 62 applications to be list...

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- With five more company listing applications accepted Wednesday by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China has had 62 companies apply to be listed on the new science and techn

Justice minister leads New Zealand deleg...

WELLINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little left for the United States on Thursday to take part in a global taskforce of tackling terrorism and anti-money laundering.

Cuba enacts new constitution in three de...

HAVANA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's parliament passed a new Magna Carta on Wednesday which says keeping socialism is irrevocable. The new constitution, passed by 589 MPs attending the Second Extraord

Police dogs, horses given Royal protecti...

LONDON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Attacks on police dogs and horses became a criminal offence in Britain Wednesday after Queen Elizabeth gave Royal assent to a new law. The new law was inspired by a serio

Rome's Fiumicino Airport launches three ...

ROME, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in Fiumicino announced Wednesday the launch of three new direct flights linking the Italian capital with the Chinese cities of Chengdu, She

China moves to ease permanent residentia...

China will advance the relaxation of permanent residency restrictions for rural population working in cities, an official with the country's top economic planner said Wednesday. As part of the new u

New Zealand votes to amend gun laws afte...

Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques i

YouTube TV gets some new channels and a ...

Cord-cutting services are starting to look a lot more like the services they replaced when it comes to price.After price bumps in the past couple months hit Hulu Live and DirecTV NOW, YouTube TV is n

New Zealand gov't to establish legal fra...

New Zealand announced on Wednesday that a legal framework for the gun buyback will be established. New Zealand's Police Minister Stuart Nash confirmed in the press release that a legal framework for