U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on March 17, the White House said Thursday.
Qantas confirmed on Thursday that it will cut 5,000 jobs from its 32,000-strong workforce, after announcing a 252 million AU dollar (224 million U.S. dollar) half- year loss. This will help the flying kangaroo which is battling hard over record fuel costs and foreign low-cost rivals to slash costs by 2 billion AU dollars (1.78 billion U.S. dollars) in the coming three years.
The Hong Kong government plans to allocate 67.1 billion HK dollars(8.61 billion U.S. dollars) for the recurrent expenditure on education in 2014--2015 budget year, Financial Secretary John Tsang said on Wednesday.
The president of Chinese airline Okay Airways has apologized and vowed stricter safety measures after one of its planes suffered a malfunction scare on Tuesday.
Australian airline Qantas announced on Thursday that it would slash 5,000 jobs as part of its actions to reduce 2 billion AU dollars (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in costs over the next three years.
Egyptian military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will stay as defense minister in the nation's new government, state-run Ahram website said Wednesday, adding five other outgoing ministers also will keep their jobs.
The Philippine government will start next month relocating to permanent homes families displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday.
Italy's new coalition government on Tuesday got the green light from parliament, winning the second of two confidence votes that gave full powers to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his team to start working on promised reforms.
Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for a new round of cross-Strait talks.
Chinese authorities have vowed to crack down on judicial corruption in commutations of sentences and probation following a number of cases of convicts bribing their way out of jail.
Tencent will join hands with other IT giants to "build a hedge" against potential Internet attacks for Chinese users after Windows XP shutdown on April 8.
Helicopter hovering overhead, thousands of cheering fans, music blaring from loudspeakers...one would be forgiven for thinking famous rockstars were coming to the Pairi Daiza zoo, 60km southwest of Brussels, on Sunday.
Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade recently approved a master plan on development of industrial and trade cooperation at the border area with China until 2020 with a vision to 2030.
More than 100 South Koreans headed for the DPRK Thursday morning to meet their long-lost relatives in the DPRK's scenic resort of Mount Kumgang, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.
Italy's premier-designate Matteo Renzi on Wednesday said he was ready to form a new coalition government after he concluded positively consultations with political parties.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order introducing a raft of measures to streamline export and import procedures for the country's small businesses.
Chinese Internet company Tencent announced on Wednesday that it had purchased a 20-percent stake in the country's lifestyle and group buying website Dianping.com.
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