Sixty-five people have been killed and 30 are missing following flooding in southwest China's Sichuan province since late last month.

HONG KONG, July 10 -- European powerhouse Italy swept Olympic champions China 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22) here on Sunday to clinch the berth of the World Grand Prix women's volleyball finals.

The US government said it would press China to open up its markets and protect intellectual property at annual trade talks in Beijing next week.
Monday's annual meeting of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) will be attended by US Trade Representative Rob Portman, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Agriculture Se

Real Madrid winger Luis Figo has accepted terms over a move to Liverpool, but the transfer could still be scuppered by the Spanish club.
The Portuguese ace has been deemed surplu

XI'AN: Claims that the priceless 2,000-year-old terracotta army in Xi'an is in danger of disintegrating due to weathering have been strongly denied by experts and bosses at the site.
Recent media report

SINGAPORE: London was awarded the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, defeating European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948.
After Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds, London beat its cross-Channel opponent 54-50 on the fourth ballot