UN extends mandate in South Sudan to Mar...
UNITED NATIONS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for an additional year till March 15, 2020.The
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UN extends mandate in South Sudan to Mar...
UNITED NATIONS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for an additional year till March 15, 2020.The
U.S. stocks post weekly decline amid gro...
NEW YORK, March 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. equities suffered weekly losses as investors grew concerned over global economic slowdown while digesting the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy announcement
UK employer confidence slumps amid Brexi...
LONDON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- British employers' confidence in their country's economic prospects fell in March by 8 percent from the previous month and was 54 percentage points lower than in June 201
Serbia targets "robust" economic growth
BELGRADE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A decade after the global economic crisis, Serbia has stabilized its finances and now invests in the competitiveness of its economy, members of the government said at a
Jobless Germans total 2.3 mln in March
BERLIN, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of people unemployed in Germany fell to 2.3 million in March, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) revealed on Friday. This was the lowest unemployment figure re
China's forex reserves continue to grow ...
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign exchange reserves rose to 3.0988 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of March, official data showed Sunday. The amount increased by 8.6 billion U.S. dollars,
Satellite mission marks 300th launch of ...
China lifted into space a Long March 3B carrier rocket early Sunday morning to place a communications satellite into a geostationary orbit, marking the 300th launch in the Long March family. The 19-s
EU's Moscovici sees no further negotiati...
PARIS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- European Union's (EU) Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Wednesday said further negotiations on amicable Britain's divorce from the EU by the end of March were not
NCAA releases bracket of March Madness 2...
The NCAA on Sunday announced the bracket for the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, also known as "March Madness." The First Four will start on March 19 in Dayton, Ohio, while the firs
U.S. crude oil inventories increase last...
HOUSTON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a growth of 7.29 million barrels in the U.S. crude oil inventories for the week ending March 1. In the previous
China sees approved QFII quota up in Mar...
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China's dollar-denominated Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) program saw its approved quota continue to rise in March, according to the country's forex reg
Trump to host Israeli PM next week: Whit...
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 25-26, the White House said on Wednesday. The two leaders "will discuss their
British parliament to vote on no-deal Br...
LONDON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The British parliament will vote on Wednesday afternoon on whether the country should leave the European Union (EU) without an agreement on March 29 in the wake of Tuesda
An anti-Brexit protester holds a European Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on March 19, 2019. Downing Street confirmed Tuesday that British Prime Minister Theresa May
Slight rise in Spanish inflation rate in...
MADRID, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Preliminary data published by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Thursday showed that prices in Spain increased 1.3 percent year on year in March 2019.
Ryanair's March traffic up 9 pct to almo...
DUBLIN, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair handled a total of 10.9 million passengers in March 2019, up 9 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the lat
Amazing Moments of the Week (Mar. 18 – M...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing Committee announced the design and emblem for the Olympic Torch in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2019. /VCG Photo Japan’s figure skating superstar
Photo taken aboard Xuelong on March 3, 2019 shows the evening glow before China's research icebreaker crosses the equator in the Indian Ocean. Xuelong, carrying members of China's 35th research miss
China's e-commerce logistics see growth ...
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's e-commerce logistics saw mild growth in March as household consumption and logistics efficiency both picked up, according to an industry report. The E-commerce Lo
Roundup: U.S. equities notch weekly gain...
NEW YORK, March 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks posted solid weekly gains as investors digested a batch of key economic data as well as latest corporate earnings reports.For the week, the Dow rose 1.6 per