Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro is accusing the opposition of planning a coup against him following his narrow election victory. At least 7 people have been killed across the country during violent clashes at opposition protests. I can anno...
Asia's largest airline, China Southern, is to fly A380s between Sydney and its base in Guangzhou in the second half of this year. The airline has mostly been flying its five A380s on some of the shortest routes in the world for superjumbos, from Guan...
Nearly one day after two explosions rocked the iconic Boston Marathon, US President Barack Obama has called the attack a terrorist act and is vowing to hunt worldwide for those responsible. CRI's Xiaohong reports from Washington. When 8-year-old Mart...
The International Monetary Fund has cut its world growth forecast for 2013 as the euro zone recession continues to drag. CRI's Zhang Shuangfeng has more. The IMF has released its newest assessment of the global economy, World Economic Outlook. In the...
On April 15, the Department of Health of east China's Jiangsu Province reported that a woman surnamed Gu, a 77-year-old who had previously tested positive for the H7N9 virus, died on April 15 after emergency treatments failed. The province also repor...
The 2013 Beijing Property Expo is the first property exhibition to take place following the central government's introduction of a policy designed to curb the over-heated real estate market in April. Huang Xu is in his 30s. He is a supervisor at an i...
Federal authorities are now reportedly classifying the Boston Marathon explosions as a terrorist attack, but it's not yet known if this was a foreign or domestic attack. Reports are also quoting federal officials saying that neither C-4 nor any other...
The Chinese government has issued yet another call for calm on the Korean Peninsula. This comes as North Koreans celebrated the April 15th birthday of founding President Kim Il-sung. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying: No matter what...
China and Iceland have signed a Free Trade Agreement. The agreement was signed during Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigur-dar-dottir's official visit to China on Monday. Iceland becomes the first European nation to have an FTA with China. The agre...
World military expenditure has fallen for the first time since 1998, amounting to 1.75 trillion US dollars. In real terms spending is down half a percent from 2011. These latest figures on spending have been released by Stockholm International Peace...
In light of the Boston explosions, British police are reviewing their security plan for the upcoming London Marathon. CRI's London correspondent Tu Yun has more. The London Marathon will be held this Sunday. A Metropolitan Police spokesman has said t...
At least two people, including an 8-year-old child, have died following two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. More than 100 others have been injured. Six are reported to be in critical conditions. Many of the injured appear to be...
With a faultless tire strategy, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso claimed his 31st career victory at the Shanghai International Circuit. The 31-year-old showed an incredible feat of overtaking three times to clock one hour 36 minutes, 26.929 seconds, which w...
In China, it is common for people who live elsewhere to journey to Beijing and try to make an appointment with a famous doctor at a large hospital after falling sick. Cao Zeyi, vice dean of the Medical School at Tsinghua University and former deputy...
The Best Film of the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards goes toCold War The 2012 Hong Kong police drama Cold War won most of the big awards. In addition to Best Film, it also won Best Director, Best Script and Best Actor, among others. Cold War was the first...