Feature: China continues strengthening i...

BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Many positive results have been obtained since China implemented a total ban on ivory processing and sales in its domestic market in January last year, according to schol

Sweden plans another DPRK meeting after ...

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sweden said it plans to host another multi-party meeting this spring to discuss the Korean Peninsular issue after representatives from the Democratic People's Republic

China's Southern Airlines launches Guang...

MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A direct flight between the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and the Philippine city of Cebu was launched on Tuesday afternoon, with the landing of its first aircraft he

Aussie crook offers police drugs, gets b...

SYDNEY, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- An inept Australian drug dealer has been taken into custody after offering police officers the "good stuff" which led to him being searched and busted with 1000 suspected

Fisheries stock in Fiji monitored by U.S...

Suva, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Fisheries stock in Fiji waters is being monitored by the American Coast Guard Cutter Mellon. The U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel Cutter Mellon which arrived in Fiji on Tuesda

Starbucks launches coffee delivery servi...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 -- U.S. top coffeehouse chain operator Starbucks Coffee Company (Starbucks) on Tuesday formally began delivery service of coffee, beverage and soft drinks, as well as food item

U.S. Senate leaders agree to vote on spe...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate will vote on two competing bills Thursday in an attempt to end the month-long partial government shutdown, Republican and Democratic Senate leaders sai

Spotlight: Putin, Abe make no breakthrou...

MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday failed to reach a major consensus on decades-old territorial disputes that have mired pe

Morocco, NATO discuss means to foster bi...

RABAT, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A seminar on cooperation between Morocco and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was held in Morocco's capital Rabat on Tuesday. Speaking at the seminar, Moroccan

Morocco arrests suspect wanted by France...

RABAT, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan authorities arrested on Tuesday a dual French-Algerian national wanted by France for financing terrorism, forming a criminal gang and defending acts of terrori