The Japanese government has welcomed US president Barack Obama's selection of the United States ambassador to Japan. Obama has named Caroline Kennedy to the post. She is the daughter of former President John F Kennedy. Yoshihide Suga is Japan's Chief...
The US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to continue collecting data on US phone calls. Lawmakers rejected the amendment that would have blocked funding for the National Security Agency's program, which gathers details of every call made by...
As part of its effort to ease the traffic jams in the capital, Beijing, the municipal government is to start a customized bus service. It is estimated that a single bus could replace up to 30 private cars on the city's congested roads. An online poll...
The children of migrant workers who have remained in their hometowns whilst their parents work in the cities are known as the left-behind children in China. Since it's the summer holiday, a lot of these children have to travel afar, often to a remote...
Heavy rain has been falling in Gansu Province which was hit by an earthquake on Monday, and this has hampered the transportation of relief materials into the disaster zone. As CRI's He Fei reports, relief materials such as tents and quilts remain in...
Britain's largest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline may be prosecuted in the United Kingdom under the country's anti-commercial bribery law. The company is already facing bribery charges in China, after four of its senior executives in its Chinese sector det...
A travel agency in east China's Shanghai has been closed, so that a probe can be carried out over its role in suspected bribery and tax-related violations of GlaxoSmithKline or GSK. Meanwhile, it is being reported that the China branch of Belgian dru...
Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy. The move came after an emergency manager couldn't get creditors to sign on to a restructuring plan. The largest city in the State of Michigan is saddled with more than 18-billion-US-...
The latest government figures are suggesting the prices of both new and existing homes are continuing to rise in most Chinese cities, adding additional stress on the government in its attempt to try to control the housing market. CRI's Su Yi has the...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Navalny is denying the charge, he's insisting he was brought to trial because of his opposition to President Vladimir Putin. Navalny has b...
China's food and drug watchdog has formally ushered in a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine. It comes just days after police detained four senior executives from GlaxoSmithKline's Chinese operations. The four executives are being he...
Here in China the housing maintenance fund is also known as the pension for apartments. Apparently, the fund is to be used for the maintenance and repair of property. However, applying to use the money is an extremely difficulty process. Li Dong has...
Nelson Mandela has been in hospital since June 8, where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection. Today, people from all walks of life in South Africa will gather in front of the hospital to pray for the former president's quick recovery an...
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is calling for the release of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi if there are no charges against him. Ashton also says all other political figures currently being detained should also be released if they...
A new pledge by the authorities here in China to expand property taxes is drawing warnings by some observers, who are warning the government not to misuse the property tax program to artificially push down housing prices. CRI's Shen Chengcheng explai...
