by Michelle Zhang BEIJING , Sept. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Color trends change with the season. This autumn and winter, soft, classic camel and bright red are very popular with designers who have sent to the runway plenty of coats , blouses, dresses and pants …

ROME , March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Italian government has not discussed freezing Libyan shares in companies including Italy's top bank, carmaker, engineering group and oil operator , Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Thursday.So far, Italy, unlike Britain, …

CANBERRA , Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tennis Australia on Saturday announced that Australia will host Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Play-off in Royal Sydney Gold Club in September.The match , that takes place from September 16-18, five days after the conclu …

Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2nd R) appoints Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1st R) as the Gulf emirate's new deputy prime minister and foreign minister in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Oct. 23, 2011. (Xinhua/Kuwait News Agency)K …

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainstream newspapers on Thursday gave wide coverage to Yao Ming's retirement, recalling Yao's professional career, reviewing his Wednesday press conference , and on top of that, praising Yao for improving the national …

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has named Anton Siluanov as acting finance minister after Alexei Kudrin’s dramatic departure from government.Announcing the appointment to his cabinet , Mr Putin said it had been agreed …

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R , front) meets with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L, front) at the Presidential Office in Seoul , on Feb. 20, 2009. (Xinhua/NEWSIS)Clinton announces U.S. special envoy on DPRK SEOUL, Feb. 20 ( …

MOSCOW, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia envisions cooperation with other countries in the Arctic region and media reports on potential military conflicts in the region are unfounded, a senior Russian official said on Monday. "The tendency in the Arctic reg …

OTTAWA , April 8 (Xinhua) -- Support for Canada's opposition Liberal Party has grown to surpass that for the ruling Conservatives , according to a new poll released Wednesday. The Strategic Counsel poll conducted for Canadian Television and "the Globe …

PYONGYANG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The two American female journalists captured on March 17 and sentenced to 12 years of "labor reform" in June by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) were granted an amnesty and released during former U.S. president …