Taiyuan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least 21 miners have been killed after inhaling poisonous gas at a coalmine in China's northern province of Shanxi, officials said...

Leaders of the world's major economies linked in the Group of Eight (G-8) were urged Sunday to raise the issue of Tibet with Chinese state and party leader Hu Jintao at their summit in...

US President George W. Bush defended Sunday his decision to attend the opening ceremony of next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, saying not to go would mean offending the Chinese...

Toyako (Japan), July 6 (Xinhua) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda officially announced here Sunday he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Aug...

Taiwan aborigines have been invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a newspaper said...

Wuhan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least eight people have been killed and 13 injured in a building collapse in central China, officials have...

Dharamsala, July 6 : Buddhists took out a candlelight rally in Dharamsala on July 5 against the Chinese repressive policies in...

New Delhi, July 5 : A team of Indian journalists is making a goodwill visit to China from July...

Imphal, July 5 : Youth in Manipur were recently given the benefit of being trained by a Chinese Wushu (martial) expert Liang Dong...

BEIJING (AP) - A state news agency says 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China. Xinhua (shin-wah) News Agency says four miners were saved by rescuers, while seven...

7/6/2008, 6:38 a.m. EDT HONG KONG (AP) — One of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy advocates said Sunday she will not seek re-election after her term in the territory's legislature ends this...

7/6/2008, 9:13 a.m. EDT BEIJING (AP) — An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported...

Four miners were rescued by emergency workers, Xinhua News Agency said. Seven managed to escape on their own after the accident Saturday at the Wujiu coal mine outside Datong city in Shanxi province,...

7/6/2008, 9:13 a.m. EDT BEIJING (AP) — An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan : From six table tennis tables at the Olympic training center here comes the rhythmic clack-clack-clack of ball against paddle against tabletop. Outside, the tropical heat of...

TOYAKO, Japan (CNN) -- President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese...

BEIJING : With Beijing struggling to clear polluted skies before the Olympics in August, the nearby industrial port of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to suspend some operations for two months as...

Beijing - An explosion killed at least 21 people at a coal mine in the northern Chinese city of Datong, state media said Sunday. The explosion trapped the miners underground on Saturday at the...

Taipei - Two international cruise lines, encouraged by Taiwan's new air links with China, plan to launch cruise services across the Taiwan Strait, it was reported Sunday. Royal Caribbean...

TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games next month, saying that skipping the event "would be an affront to the...

ATHLETICS: Michael Roeger was born without the lower half of his right arm and throughout his 20 years he has not let the disability prevent him from achieving whatever he sets his sights on.Whether...

Beijing - Severe rainstorms have killed at least 14 people, left seven missing and destroyed hundreds of homes in southern and central China, state media said on Sunday. At least eight people died...

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) compiled a list of a hundred study questions for the citizenship test and had them printed on flash cards as an aid for those taking...

In light of their 2nd successful anniversary in Kuwait, Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's national air carrier delivers breathtaking fares to China and South Africa's capital cities, Beijing and...

Today: U. S. Olympic team trials, gymnastics, 9-11 a.m., MSNBC; U.S. Olympic team trials, track and field and swimming, 7-9 p.m., NBC (same-day...

Rescuers have recovered another two bodies in the East China Sea, bringing the death toll from a boat sinking of Friday to three, with one person still missing. A body was found at 11:55 p.m. on...

PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging...

seattletimes.com/weekendphotos . Selected photos will appear here or in the "Pix From My Weekend" feature in The Seattle Times' NWWeekend section published each Thursday. See Travel Postcard and Pix...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - In China's Olympic co-host city Qingdao, sea breezes that usually bring relief from baking summer temperatures now bring a cloying stench from a massive algae bloom that...

Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") is pleased to announce that Molex Inc (NASDAQ: MOLX and MOLXA), a global electronic components company, has acquired Taiwan-based AFlextech Inc...

Among mainstream analysts, predictions of the price reaching $200 are unexceptional. Last month Gazprom, the Russian oil giant, suggested it would hit $250 next year. The maverick energy guru...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Democrats in Hong Kong urged Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to allow swifter implementation of direct elections on Sunday, during Xi's first visit to the city since taking...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Olympic athletes exposed to Beijing's polluted air face possible blood circulation problems which could affect their performance, experts say, adding they should avoid crowded...

Chinese engineers have begun installing lightning rods in 650 primary and secondary schools in underdeveloped areas to prevent casualty and economic loss in schools, as part of a national disaster...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang here Sunday morning. Xi arrived in Hong Kong Sunday morning from...

Beijing is to overhaul advertisements in the city to ban any unauthorized use of Olympics logos in ads. Chen Feng, a marketing official with the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games...

FOURTEEN-year-old H'ng Yuan Jun's gallant run in the National Under-21 Snooker Championships came to an end in the final, when he was edged 3-2 by Mohamad Azraf Yunos of Negri Sembilan at the Season...

100-meter showdown next month against Jamaican stars Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell were eased when Mark Wetmore, Gay's agent, said there was no other apparent damage. Gay, starting in lane...

Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly to secure his eighth race in Beijing Margaret Hoelzer set a world record in the 200-meter backstroke Garrett Weber-Gale set a U.S. record in the 50 free;...

," said Phelps, who swam 15 times in all over the course heats, semi-finals and finals in six events. He staked his claim to a 4x100m free relay berth when he became the third American to...

China is ready to promote economic and trade cooperation with Angola, visiting senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang said in Luanda Thursday. He, a member of the Standing...

Artist Peng Guolong displays two of his Nuo masks at Jiutang Village in the Xiangdong District of Pingxiang City, southeast China's Jiangxi Province, July 4, 2008. The Nuo masks, made of wood of...

Rescuers had recovered seven bodies from debris as 10:50 p.m. on Saturday after an under-construction building collapsed on Saturday afternoon in central China's Hubei Province. In addition, 13...

The headmaster and building contractor were arrested Saturday after a school building wall collapsed and killed four students in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in mid-June. Four...

One miner was killed and another 16were still trapped underground after a coal mine accident occurred in north China's Shanxi Province on Saturday morning, local authority said on Sunday. The...

Senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang met here Friday evening with Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam. He, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political...

Taiwan media and business people on Saturday welcomed the new weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists as good news for ties across the Taiwan Strait and for the economy. The event made...

The Australian, the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country, has highly praised the efforts made by the Chinese government in preparing the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. "We should...

The Kenyan government has stepped up campaigns to woo Chinese investors so as to benefit from the one billion U.S. dollar China-Africa Development Fund. A local daily, Saturday Nation, reported that...

Dutch European Parliament member Erik Meijer of the socialist party (SP) has demanded that the European commission use its influence to restore New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTDTV) broadcast to...