United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is meeting with Burma's top military ruler, General Than Shwe. He is urging the general to release political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 联合国秘书长潘基文正在会见缅...
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has criticized moves to seek a royal pardon for exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The campaign comes soon after by-election victories by pro-Thaksin politicians. 泰国总理阿披实.维乍集瓦批评了企图寻...
The U.N. Children's Fund says it is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan. UNICEF says children are in urgent need of health, education and other services. 联合国儿...
Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya marched through the streets of the nation's capital, Tegucigalpa, Sunday and jammed the roads around the international airport awaiting his return. 成千上万支持被赶下台的洪都...
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian leaders, expected to focus largely on arms control. 美国总统奥巴马已经抵达莫斯科并将同俄罗斯领导人举行峰会。预计他们的会谈将主要着重于军备...
The Indian government says its main challenge is to return the economy to a high growth rate and reduce poverty. But the government's widening fiscal deficit and failure to announce economic reforms in its first budget since taking power has disappoi...
Up to 70,000 South African construction workers are expected to go on strike Wednesday in a move that will threaten timely completion of stadiums being readied for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. 多达7万名南非建筑工人预计星期三举行罢工。这...
With the Indonesian presidential election just days away (July 8) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains the favorite to win. The most recent opinion poll by the Indonesian Survey Institute gives the former general a 63 percent approval rating. O...
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have approved a framework for a major new arms-control agreement. They made the announcement as they wrapped up summit talks in Moscow. 美国总统奥巴马和俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰...
The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned North Korea's most recent missile launches as violations of council resolutions, and demanded that Pyongyang comply fully with its international obligations. 联合国安理会星期一谴责了北韩最新...
Some companies in Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia can now do business in China's currency, in the latest move to internationalize the yuan. A new program allows some importers and exporters to settle trade in China's currency, the yuan, beginning...
U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Russians to work with the United States to tackle the big security and economic problems of our time. In a speech to graduates of an economics school, Mr. Obama made the case for better relations. 美国总统奥巴...
The forced removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by his country's military on June 28 has left the Central American nation in a state of political turmoil. Already one of the poorest nations in the world, Honduras is now facing an even greater...
Climate change and trade figure prominently on this second day of the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy as leaders of the world's most powerful economies expand talks to take in counterparts and representatives of major emerging economies. 气候变化和贸...
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Ghana Friday on his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president. 美国总统奥巴马星期五抵达加纳，开始就任总统后对撒哈拉以南非洲国家的首次访问。 More than 10,000 plain-cloth...
