MADRID, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese striker Wu Lei will have a new coach at Espanyol next season after Joan Francesc Ferrer 'Rubi' decided to leave the club in order to join Real Betis. The Spanish press are unanimous in reporting that Rubi has accept...

MADRID, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Ernesto Valverde looks likely to continue as coach of FC Barcelona for a third season, despite a disappointing end to a campaign which saw them fail to reach the Champions League final after a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Liverp...

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with World Bank President David Malpass here Tuesday, and they expected to deepen cooperation. Li said the cooperation between China and the World Bank almost synchronized with China's refor...

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-triggered trade frictions failed to narrow its deficit with China, but instead widened the gap, China's customs data of the first five months showed Monday. According to the General Administration of Customs, China-U...

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday refuted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks on Xinjiang and stressed that any attempts to interfere with China's internal affairs are doomed to failure. Foreign min...

BANGKOK, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Tuesday said Thailand should seize business opportunities under China's initiative to develop the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) in its south into an economic...

CHICAGO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected from a pool of 70 pre-approved jurors on Tuesday in the trial of Brendt Christensen, the accused kidnapper and killer of visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying. The selectio...

ABUJA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Following the inauguration of Nigeria's 9th federal parliament on Tuesday and the election of the new leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, citizens of the West African country have called for a more cordia...

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday urged the United States to adopt a fair and objective attitude on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's proposal to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and Mutual Legal Assis...

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese UN envoy on Tuesday called on the international community to eliminate the root causes of armed conflict in order to fully address the issue of missing persons in armed conflict. The Security Council shou...

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, on Tuesday kicked off a media activity to promote protection of the Yangtze River. This year's activity will focus on the NPC Standi...

DUSHANBE, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping received the Order of the Crown, Tajikistan's highest decoration, from Tajik President Emomali Rahmon here on Saturday. During the ceremony held at the presidential palace, Rahmon spoke highl...

LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The tourism community in Los Angeles greatly values its healthy and long-standing bilateral relationship with that in China, an industry insider has said. Ernest Wooden Jr., president and CEO of Los Angeles Tourism an...

TALLINN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid Saturday welcomed here the Queen of Denmark who is on a two-day visit to Estonia to strengthen bilateral relations. Estonia and Denmark are like-minded Northern European countries, part...

ABOARD KEXUE, June 15 (Xinhua) -- China's research vessel KEXUE (Science) finished its investigation of seamounts in the west of the Pacific Ocean and started to sail back on Saturday evening. During the expedition, Discovery, a remote operated vehic...

DUSHANBE, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon held talks here Saturday, agreeing to further deepen the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership for common development and prosperity. The...