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Warrant issued for captain of South Korean ferry
April 18, 2014South Korean authorities are seeking arrest warrants for the captain and two crew members of a ship that sank off the country's southern coast on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe blasts gays, Europe, opposition at independence gala
April 18, 2014HARARE, April 18 (Xinhua/ Sun) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday lashed out at gay rights activists, hostile European countries, and a defiant opposition as the country celebrated independence ...
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Pistorius' testimony not true: court
April 14, 2014PRETORIA, South Africa, April 14 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Cross examination of murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius continued for the sixth day on Monday, with State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel trying to show the ...
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Search of MH370 enters new phase
April 14, 2014PERTH, Australia, April 14 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The Australian and U.S. searchers hunting for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 on Monday confirmed the underwater autonomous vehicle would be deployed " very ...
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Swan parade marks start of spring in Canada's Stratford
April 14, 2014TORONTO, April 13 (Xinhua/Sun) -- No one could be more excited for the arrival of spring than the two dozen royal birds in Canada's Stratford, who've had to wait an ...
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UN chief urges swift, bold actions on climate change
April 13, 2014UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (Xinhu/Sun) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed a report by a UN panel on climate change and urged all countries to act swiftly and ...
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Search area for MH370 narrowed to 2,000 sq km, no ...
April 13, 2014PERTH, Australia, April 12 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane had been narrowed to a grid of 40 ...
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China "dissatisfied" with Hagel's remarks: Chinese military leader
April 9, 2014BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua/ Sun) -- China was "dissatisfied" with remarks made by U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel in ASEAN defence ministers meeting and in Japan, a Chinese military leader ...
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Venezeula ask Vatican to talk to opposition
April 9, 2014CARACAS, April 9 (Xinhua/ Sun) -- The Venezuelan government on Wednesday invited the Vatican State Secretary Cardinal Pietro Parolin to participate in the National Peace Conference led by President Nicolas ...
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Pistorius breaks down in tears under cross examination
April 9, 2014PRETORIA, South Africa, April 9 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears at the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday when the prosecution started cross examining him. Pistorius ...
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Nigeria becomes Africa's biggest economy
April 7, 2014Nigeria, Africa's top oil producer, has overtaken South Africa, becoming the continent's largest economy.
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Swedish researchers find new general way of cancer treatment
April 7, 2014STOCKHOLM, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Swedish researchers have recently published a new study result of general cancer treatment in the science and medicine journal of Nature, that tumors can be ...
