Guerdat wins third title at FEI Jumping ...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 7 (Xinhua) -- World number one Steve Guerdat of Switzerland claimed his third FEI Jumping World Cup title at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg on Sunday. The 2012 Olympic
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Guerdat wins third title at FEI Jumping ...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 7 (Xinhua) -- World number one Steve Guerdat of Switzerland claimed his third FEI Jumping World Cup title at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg on Sunday. The 2012 Olympic
Friedrich caps perfect season with 2-man...
OTTAWA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Francesco Friedrich and his brakeman Thorsten Margis completed a clean slate with their biggest win of the 2018-19 season at Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday.
World Bank approves 200-mln-USD loan to ...
TASHKENT, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved a loan worth 200 million U.S. dollars to support micro, small and medium-sized businesses in one of Uzbekistan's densely populated rural are
Xinhua Headlines: In Munich, China shows...
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- If the Munich Security Conference acts as a barometer to gauge world politics, this year has shown quite contradictory trends: confrontation and cooperation, and
Ethiopian teenager Tefera breaks 22-year...
BIRMINGHAM, Britain, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian teenager Samuel Tefera broke one of world's oldest athletics world record in the men's world indoor 1,500 meters at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeti
China disease emergency management capab...
BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China's capability in preventing and controlling major diseases is leading the world, former director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan Fung Fu
Chepkoech to launch track season at Chin...
NAIROBI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech will lead a galaxy of Kenyan and international stars for the Shanghai Diamond League meeting in China on May 1
World Health Day observed in China
CHENGDU, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The National Health Commission (NHC) recently hosted an event to commemorate the 70th World Health Day at West China School of Medicine of Sichuan University, in Chengdu,
Hellen Obiri makes history in IAAF Cross...
AARHUS, Denmark, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Hellen Obiri, the reigning world 5,000-meter champion, achieved historic world treble on Saturday when she won the IAAF World Cross Country Championships
World Bank announces plan to rehabilitat...
NAIROBI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank will contribute efforts to rehabilitate 85 million hectares of forests through tree planting and implementation of policies aiming to enhance the fight ag
China's private LNG players boost global...
The world's largest dedicated liquefied natural gas (LNG) event, the triennial LNG 2019 was held April 1-5 in China, the world's fastest-growing LNG market. China imported about 90 million tonneslast
USA dominates, naturalized players chang...
By Sportswriters Yao Youming and Lin Deren XI'AN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The 2019 Basketball World Cup Qualifiers have concluded, with 31 teams from all around the globe and the host team China set to c
Questions for the 2019 National People’s...
I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn and here's what I'm watching: the 2019 National People's Congress, the NPC. It's not just me: The whole world is watching. Here are questions that world experts are asking of
Indonesia's CGK ranked among 2019 Top 40...
JAKARTA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's international airport with IATA (International Air Transport Association) code of CGK is ranked in Top 40 World's Best Airport this year, ascending from 45,
Chinese Taipei's Hsieh shocks world No.1...
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- No.27 seed Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei staged a major surprise as she stunned world number one Naomi Osaka of Japan to reach the round of 16 at the Miami Open for
World Bank loans to finance elderly care...
The World Bank has approved a 350-million-U.S.-dollar loan to support elderly care in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. The bank's board of executive directors has approved the loans to a progra
Conference-goers of Boao Forum for Asia ...
China remains a major engine and a stabilizer for the global growth and has provided inspiration for the world during the past 70 years of development, delegates from around the world have said duri
DP World profits in 2018 up 5 pct to 1.2...
DUBAI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Dubai Ports World (DP World) said on Thursday it achieved net profit of 1.27 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, with an annual increase of over 5 percent. "This robust performa
Chinese skier Cai Xuetong makes history ...
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- 2018/19 FIS snowboard halfpipe World Cup season wrapped up at Mammoth Mountain resort on Saturday. Chinese snowboarder Cai Xuetong claimed the title, finishing top at
S.Africa partners World Bank to improve ...
JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry on Monday announced its partnership with the World Bank Group for advisory services to improve the business environm