The Philippine military has gained an upper hand over militants fighting for an Islamic homeland in the country's south. While not a definitive victory over the insurgents and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, MILF, the Philippine military's late...
More than half of nearly 800 wealthy Chinese recently polled believe the widening gap between the rich and poor is also creating an emerging upper class in the country. A woman walks past posters of a high-end fashion store in Shanghai,...
NASA postpones launch of space shuttle The space shuttle Endeavour sits on launch Pad 39A following a scrubbed launch attempt at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida June 17, 2009. NASA canceled the launch of space sh...
China ended an anti-terrorism exercise Wednesday that was aimed at improving its police forces' ability to deal with possible terrorist attacks and other emergencies during the National Day celebrations in October, an officer with the exercise's co...
Obama,Lee warn DPRK over N-plan US President Barack Obama (R) and President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak hold a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 16, 2009. The leaders o...
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev held talks in Moscow Wednesday to discuss further development of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation. Chinese President...
A sweeping plan for financial regulation unveiled late last night (Beijing time) by US President Barack Obama will offer better protection to China's investments in that country, Chinese experts said Wednesday."Only when the US financial markets st...
Twenty-four people have lost a high court appeal over their involvement in one of the country's largest pyramid schemes, in which more than 20,000 people were defrauded of 1.68 billion yuan ($246 million). The criminal master...
