One of the great voices of the age has fallen silent. Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti is dead. Hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, Pavarotti died in the early hours of Thursday in his hometown of Modena. Word comes from his...
Belgium has unveiled its new zero-emissions polar base. The energy self-sufficient station will be a model for future research stations. The Princess Elisabeth station was inaugurated in a Brussels warehouse by Crown Prince Philippe. The station is...
In Beirut, thousands of Lebanese lined roads and cheered troops after defeating the militants at the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. The three-month-long battle is the country's worst internal fighting since its civil war from 1975 to 1990. Crowds have...
The Special Olympics are just around the corner. As Shanghai gets ready for the event, visitors can stroll down to a park in the downtown Hongkou district, where they will meet a talented harmonica player who also happens to be mentally impaired. Wu...
For the Chinese athletics team, the World Athletics Championships is considered a test event in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. The biggest winners at the championshipsthis time were the U.S. team, who had every reason to celebrate at the cl...
A big night for TV, a big night for China's film makers, as the curtain rang down on the China Radio, Film and Television International Exposition. The six-day affair ended Sunday on a high note with the Huabiao Film Awards, China's highest governm...
Embattled US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced his resignation. But he has not given a reason for his sudden departure. The move ends months of questions about his competence and accusations from the Congress that he politicized the of...
At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers are getting ready for a new toilet system. The Russian-designed system will be installed next year, well in time for the expansion of the International Space Station in 2009. NASA has signed a contra...
CCTV5 to become Olympic channel since Jan 1, 2008 China's CCTV5, the country's main sport channel, will become a 24-hour Olympic channel starting Jan.1st next year. It will become the major media window on preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
China's Chery produces millionth car China's Chery Auto produced its millionth car on Wednesday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to reach the milestone.The firm, established in 1997, started production in 1999 and took seven years and nine mon...
