• Members of China International Search and Rescue Team arrive at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu April 26, 2015, after a strong earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping)
    World

    Nepal's quake death toll reaches 7,365

    KATHMANDU, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Death toll of Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,365 with the injury number standing at 14,366. The Nepalese authorities have started working out ...

  • World Labor Day celebrated amid job market uncertainties
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    World Labour Day celebrated amid job market uncertainities

    GENEVA, (Xinhua) -- The Labor Day is celebrated on May 1 around the world as a way to remember the historical struggle of working people, while a fledgling global economy ...

  • Prince William (R), his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge and their new daughter are seen in front of the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, Britain on May 2, 2015
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    Newborn British princess makes first appearance with royal parents

    LONDON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The newborn baby girl made her first appearance to the public with the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess outside St. Mary's Hospital on Saturday ...

  • Bravo gets a hug from a fan after his match-winning innings
    Cricket

    Windies Win

    The West Indies completed a come-from –behind victory over England by five wickets in the final session of the third day of the third and final Test at Kensington Oval ...

  •   Floyd Mayweather (L) lands a punch on Manny Pacquiao (R) in the eighth round during their welterweight WBO, WBC and WBA (Super) title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2, 2015. (Xinhua/Marcel Thomas)
    World

    Mayweather beats Pacquiao to extend perfect record

    LAS VEGAS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Floyd Mayweather retained his perfect record to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, then reiterated he'll retire after one more ...

  • Banks Girls at the West Indies / England Test Match in Barbados
    Cricket

    Windies hit back in Second Test

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – After batting rather poorly in their first innings, the West Indies have fought back by having England reeling at 39 for 5 at the end of day ...

  • Large crowd outside DIGICEL building waiting on Alkaline
    Local

    Alkaline makes grand entrance

    For someone whom many Dominicans say should have been banned from entering the island to perform, Alkaline (real name- Earlan Bartley), the tattooed-eyeballs, bleached- skinned, slim-as-a-pencil and extremely controversial Jamaican ...

  • Winston Magloire, left, and Frank Woon-A-Tai,  karate experts
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    Karate: Good for the body and the mind

    Frank Woon-A-Tai, world renowned karate expert made his annual visit to Dominica from April 19 to April 21 2015.

  • Celia Nicholas (DAT) left and Thomas Letang (DPSU)
    Local

    Family Feud

    The words are spoken but not directly. The distrust is made clear through the legions of plot twists, fingers pointing with unspoken accusations and passionate denials. The resentment is palpable.

  • FILE PHOTO: Man with placard outside Government Headquarters in Early 2000's demanding union representation
    Local

    Divided they fall

    For four decades and counting Kertiste Augustus, the man who now heads the island's largest private sector representative body, the Waterfront and Allied Workers Union (WAWU), has dedicated his life ...

  • Sonia Apka receives award from the Commission
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    Thank you, Sonia Magloire-Akpa

    For more than two decades, Sonia Magloire-Akpa and the National Francophonie organisation were like Siamese twins- so alike and so inseparable. Members of the National Francophonie Commission on April 23, ...

  • Policemen guard near a CVS pharmacy store which was set ablaze in Baltimore, Maryland, the United States, April 27, 2015. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
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    Escalating violence convulses U.S. city after black man's death, state ...

    WASHINGTON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of U.S. National Guard soldiers and police forces began mobilizing Monday evening toward Baltimore, Maryland, after Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency ...