by Fares Akram， Saud Abu Ramadan RAMALLAH/GAZA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Islamic Hamas movement officials said on Tuesday that they see no big hope in reviving the stalled peace talks with Israel after Israel's Likud and …

Beijing warned Manila that it is "hard to be optimistic" about the impasse over Huangyan Island, and authorities say they are prepared for any escalation of the situation by Manila. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Fu Ying on Monday summoned Alex Chua, c …

There’s a popular saying on China’s microblogs that “if you were born in China, you just chose to play in hard mode”. As an expatriate in this country, you have to try your best to keep up with the locals to train yourself to be a “Super Mario”: mind yo …

BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines recently sent a warship to harass 12 Chinese fishing vessels which sailed into the waters of Huangyan Island to shelter from bad weather. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular news …

KATHMANDU, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai announced relief packages to the flood victims of Seti River in Western Nepal. The PM who visited the affected area Sunday morning announced that a relief package of about 1,500 U.S. dollars t …

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (Back) in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao met with U.S. …

In this theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti are shown in a scene from "Once," in New York. The production was nominated for a Tony Award for best musical, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brow …

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises." REUTERS/Ron Phillips/Warner Bros Actor Mark Ruffalo arrives at the screening of the film "Marvel's The Avengers" for the closing night of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 28, 2012. R …

BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States agreed on Thursday that the exchange-rate regime should be decided by market supply and demand. Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, made the remarks at a press conference on the s …

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both academic heavyweights and often neighborly rivals, are joining hands in a new partnership to offer courses online and for free. The two schools, located near each other in Cambridge, Massachuset …