China’s top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Friday called for continuing efforts to pool “positive energy” to contribute to the country’s development during his speech to wrap up the CPPCC’s annual session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.
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Islamic State militants have accepted a pledge of allegiance by the Nigerian-grown Boko Haram extremist group, according to a spokesman for the Islamic State movement.
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LONDON — Swedish prosecutors on Friday offered to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, potentially breaking a stalemate in an almost five-year-old investigation into alleged sex crimes.
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The next deadline over Iran nuclear talks is less than two weeks away. Ahead of that deadline, world powers are already discussing the possibility of lifting UN sanctions on Iran if a deal made. The talks come ahead of another round of negotiations next week […]
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NATO is warning the European Union against duplicating military efforts after the president of the E.U. Commission proposed the creation of the an E.U. army. It comes as relations between Brussels and Moscow are at their lowest level since the end of the cold war. […]
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Among thousands of overturned cases in China, one stands out. It’s a rape-murder case from North China’s Inner Mongolia Region which sparked public debate. The local court has issued an apology and provided compensation, but it’s not enough to calm the families of those wrongly […]
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Asians are only the minority group in the US with a median income higher than that of the majority white population and a new study finds their wealth is on track to be tops too.
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Brazil is also facing energy issues as electricity prices continue to rise. But the Brazilians are now turning to an power source that’s been around for four and a half billion years: It’s the sun. And thanks to rapid advances in solar panel technology, the […]
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Filipinos may suffer daily power outages if the government does not act fast enough to solve a looming energy crisis. The length of the outages could range from several minutes to several hours according to at least one energy company. Many are preparing for the […]
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A detailed plan announcing the formal expansion of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone is expected soon. And anticipation is already building about what kind of new policies and extra benefits will be seen.
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About 1 in 5 deaths per year in the United States are related to smoking. As a result, many states are trying to raise tobacco taxes to make smoking more costly and less appealing, but one of the unintended consequences of higher taxes has been […]
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CCTV America interviewed Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, on what the Ukraine needs to clean up corruption.
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Australia is looking into reports one of its teen was fighting alongside ISIL and carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq. The deadly attack happened in Ramadi this week. Australia’s Foreign Minister says that, if confirmed, the teenager would be yet another young Australian caught […]
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This week the Clinton Foundation, in collaboration with Melinda Gates, released a report on women in leadership positions around the world. According to the report, there is still a lot of progress that needs to be made before women are on equal-footing with their high-ranking, male […]
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China’s two main judicial bodies have submitted their work reports to the National People’s Congress. The reports cite continuing efforts to deepen legal reforms and fight corruption.
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It was the first and only time the United States and Cuba ever exchanged gunfire.
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Since the introduction of mobile phones in Egypt in the mid 90s, fixed lines usage has dropped. Estimates show over 40 percent less use of fixes lines. Three private operators are running the mobile market in Egypt raking in over 100 million clients.
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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. said on Thursday that it would invest further and begin local production within 12-18 months in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing markets that is currently dominated by Samsung Electronics and local firms such as Micromax.
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For the first time, Arab political groups are united as one party for Israel’s parliamentary elections and could influence the selection of the next prime minister of Israel.
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Rockets and mortars echoed across Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit on Thursday as Iraqi security forces clashed with Islamic State militants a day after sweeping into the Sunni city north of Baghdad.
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Tiffany Two turns a ripe old age of 27 on Friday. Born on March 13, 1988, the San Diego tortoiseshell holds the Guinness World Record for oldest living cat. To celebrate, we give you this cat-tastic quiz of other furry record-holding felines.
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A total of 28 officials at the provincial or ministerial level and higher were placed under judicial investigation for corruption last year, according to a report of China’s top procurator.
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The roof of a five-story cement factory under construction in Bangladesh collapsed Thursday, killing at least four workers and trapping many others, an official said.
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FERGUSON, Missouri — Two officers were shot in Ferguson early Thursday amid protests following the resignation of the police chief in the Missouri city that became a symbol of racial tensions after a white officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old.
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Bringing women in to the workforce and keeping them there is the great unfinished business of the 21st century. It’s an issue prevalent across industries including the media.
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As relations between the United States and Venezuela have deteriorated over the years, the number of people leaving the South American country to migrate to the United States has grown exponentially. Since 2000, US government data show their numbers are up more than 135 percent […]
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The Founding Fathers of the United States, prominent statesmen of the American Revolution, tried to create a government that would put checks and balances on the excesses of human nature including corruption. Nearly 250 years later, it hasn’t always worked out.
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West Africa has started to see signs that the Ebola crisis is subsiding. Health workers from all over the world descended on the hardest hit nations to help reach the outcome.
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China has strengthened its anti-corruption campaign in State-owned enterprises. The investigation from the Party’s Disciplinary Commission began after the Lunar New Year. Sources say task forces are looking into key state-owned giants, including the China National Grid, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and China Huaneng Group, […]
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CCTV America’s Elaine Reyes interviewed PJ Crowley, a professor at George Washington University’s Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication. Crowley discussed what the advances in Tikrit may mean for ISIL’s hold on Iraqi territory.
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The face-off between Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings and Hong Kong’s regulators who want to cool the property market turns up a notch. Li’s property firm manages to sell more than 100 flats or half of what’s on offer, in 90 minutes, even as regulators […]
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Research data shows Shanghai’s housing market saw some growth during the Spring Festival, while many cities registered no sales at all. The government is hoping the interest rate cut at the end of last month will begin turning things around.
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A young social-entrepreneur is getting attention in one of Johannesburg’s most impoverished settlements. He’s building a program that equips young people with business skills to lift them out of poverty.
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China has been increasing its investment in technology development for more than three decades and during this year’s annual political sessions, The Ministry of Science and Technology explained its plan that aims to overcome the sector’s speed bumps.
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ISIL is a stubborn presence in Syria where the civil war is about to enter its fifth year. Turkey and the United States remain at odds over how to deal with the crisis with no solution in sight, some say it’s time for the West […]
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A group of Syrian opposition forces has rejected the UN’s proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the northern city of Aleppo. With the crisis threatening the region, refugees spilling into neighboring countries and the Islamic State threatening parts of Syria, does the West need to […]
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Boxing is about to put on its richest fight ever as American Floyd Mayweather and Filipino Manny Pacquiao officially announced their much anticipated May 2 boxing match at a press conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon.
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Japan on Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing, and badly damaged a nuclear power plant. A solemn ceremony was held in Tokyo in remembrance of lives lost, and a minute’s silence was […]
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On March 5th, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang outlined China’s priorities for the coming year in his government work report. High on the agenda was corruption, and a promise of zero tolerance. Two years into China’s war on corruption, lawmakers are strengthening existing legislation to better […]
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Pakistan is collecting its mobile users’ fingerprints nationwide in an effort to create a national biometric database in hope of preventing terrorism in the country.
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WASHINGTON — How Hillary Rodham Clinton’s statements about her exclusive use of private email instead of a government account as secretary of state compare with the known facts.
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Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, authorities said, breaching one of the biggest strongholds of the extremists in a key test for Iraqi forces.
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A man and a boy featured in a chilling Islamic State propaganda video showing the killing of a Palestinian have been identified as French citizens, and investigators are looking into whether the man is related to an extremist who attacked a Jewish school in southern […]
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CCTV America’s Shraysi Tandon interviewed Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post about whether women can have it all. Here’s her response.
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Forensic investigators scoured the scene around two burnt out vans on Wednesday, after they were dumped following a jewel heist on a highway linking Paris and Lyon.
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PENSACOLA, Florida — Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard a U.S. Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were presumed dead Wednesday, and crews found human remains despite heavy fog hampering search efforts, military officials said. A Pentagon […]
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Argentina and China are currently enjoying the closest and strongest relations ever. A strategic alliance was agreed to in Buenos Aires last July and in Beijing just last month, a series of economic agreements were also signed by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Xi Jinping […]
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Bartering, the exchange of goods and services between people, has been common practice around the world. One Colombian woman is implementing this tradition in the most unlikely way. She uses it to make dreams come true in some of Bogotá’s most neglected communities.
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Uganda’s dry spell has hurt the country’s coffee exports. Ugandan coffee producers are working on measures to maximize coffee production during the harsh weather.
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Hillary Clinton says her emails were secure when she chose to do official business communication during her time as Secretary of State via her personal email account. The issue for Republicans is that there are many of those emails missing and no official account of […]
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