Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday in a military hospital in Caracas, Vice President Nicols Maduro announced on the national radio and television.
Premier Wen delivered his last government work Tuesday to China's top legislature before bowing three times as a symbol of completing his job as a premier.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday.The vote was basically along party lines, with four Republicans breaking rank to join the Democratic majority. Hagel needed a simple majority of over 50 votes to be confirmed.
Pope Benedict XVI is preparing to step down on Feb. 28, and then he'll stay in a monastery within the walls of the Vatican. Local media had said he's going to receive a pension of 2,500 euros a month. It would be enough for him, as he will not have to pay rent to live in the monastery and he will have all the expenses paid by Vatican.
Various microblog accounts devoted to offering news and information on China's top Communist party leaders have drawn much public attention and attracted thousands of followers.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on his Twitter account Monday that he has returned home after a two-month cancer treatment in Cuba.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was reelected in Sunday's general elections, according to preliminary results released by National Electoral Council.
Venezuela on Friday released images of ailing President Hugo Chavez for the first time since his cancer surgery in Cuba two months ago, saying he is breathing through a tracheal tube and has difficulty talking.The pictures showed that Chavez was propped up in a hospital bed and was flanked by his two eldest daughters.
The Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Friday postponed the case of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius until February 19.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his first State of the Union address in his second term to return focus on his "unfinished task" of reigniting the economic growth for middle-class Americans.
Although Chinese people traditionally celebrate the start of a new lunar year during Spring Festival, the holiday serves more of an occasion to refresh family bond.
After being separated for five years, 12-year-old Wang Yi's dream of seeing his parents for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday was dashed after he was told that his parents failed to secure train tickets.
Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chavez is recovering well from a cancer operation he underwent last December in Havana, media sources reported Monday, quoting Cuban former leader Fidel Castro.
Former U.S. Democratic Senator John Kerry on Monday formally started his first day at the State Department as the country's 68th secretary of state.
A suicide car bomber along with other suicide bombers carried out coordinated attacks at a provincial police headquarters in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a provincial police source said.
U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved Democratic Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state, who is set to replace Hillary Clinton.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday officially unveiled his immigration reform proposals in a highlighted speech in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marked his first public push in the second term over the long-term divisive issue.
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