Vegan protesters cause major traffic dis...

SYDNEY, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Coordinated animal rights protests by vegans in Australia have caused major traffic disruptions in Melbourne on Monday, with vans and demonstrators blocking the roads outs

Tokyo stocks open higher tracking overni...

TOKYO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, with sentiment lifted by solid manufacturing data from the United States and China. As of 9:15 a

Tokyo stocks open higher tracking gains ...

TOKYO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday tracking gains on Wall Street late last week, with sentiment also lifted by eased concerns over the global economic outlook. As of 9:15 a.

The FT is buying another media startup: ...

Fresh from picking up a majority stake in Europe-based The Next Web, the Financial Times is buying another tech blog. The newspaper, which was founded in 1888, is adding Singapore-based Deal Street As

Tokyo stocks open sharply lower on Wall ...

TOKYO, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as Wall Street's overnight slide coupled with a comparatively firm yen against the U.S. dollar dented investor sentiment. As of

Tokyo stocks end flat on U.S. shares adv...

TOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended flat Friday in slightly choppy trade, after a positive lead on Wall Street's overnight gains were offset by the yen's appreciation against the U.S. doll

Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street'...

TOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as the market mood was lifted by Wall Street's rise overnight after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated there world be no interest rate hi

Sesame Street characters to teach road s...

MANILA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Children in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, will learn the importance of road safety and traffic rules in a fun way from Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Mon

Tokyo stocks close flat on Wall Street's...

TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended flat Thursday, as early buying on Wall Street's positive lead was offset by selling on concerns over political uncertainty amid Britain's plans to leave

Start-up platforms for women: Unleashing...

In a street rebuilt in the ancient style in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, tourists and locals can experience what the city looked like seven centuries ago. Among the many shops lining the street