URUMQI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Xinjiang Flying Tigers announced Friday the signing of Dedric Lawson and Quentin Peterson, ahead of the new Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) League season.

Israeli media reported that more than 100 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday afternoon, prompting the Israeli army to advise ...

MANILA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A 49-year-old Filipino fisherman who spent 47 days drifting aimlessly at sea has been rescued after surviving on rainwater, coconuts and fish, the Philippine Coast Guard ...

TOKYO, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to keep its key interest rate unchanged at around 0.25 percent on Friday, as its chief said the central bank still has time to assess when ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and his mother, former Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, in Beijing on Friday.

SYDNEY, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Graham Arnold has resigned as head coach of Australia's national men's football team, the Socceroos. Football Australia (FA) on Friday announced that Arnold, the ...

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Friday called for further giving full play to the salient political advantage of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in ...

SHENYANG, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court on Friday sentenced Xu Wenrong, former deputy general manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation, to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes.

Over the past decade, Chinese researchers' international papers have been cited an average of 16.20 times per paper, surpassing the global average of 15.76 for the first time, according to the report ...

One game stands out as reigning champions and league leaders, Manchester City defend their 100 percent start to the season, at home to last season's runners-up, Arsenal, who are currently second in ...

While the impact of Typhoon Bebinca has now concluded, Typhoon Pulasan is expected to bring heavy to torrential rain to parts of eastern and northern Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu and southern ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Malaysia, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- New incentives were unveiled on Friday at the launch of the Forest City Special Financial Zone to boost an integrated development project in Malaysia's ...