International

Jetstar mulls Southeast Asia base for Europe flights
08/10/2009 05:00
Jetstar, Qantas Airways Ltd.âs low- cost unit, may open a base in Southeast Asia to support the introduction of European flights, likely challenging local carriers on profitable long-haul routes....
German writer wins 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
08/10/2009 05:00
German author Herta Muller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller leaves her apartment after she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize in Berlin, October 8,...
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
08/10/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced. U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy and the awarding of the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro in the...
Pusan Int’l Film Festival kicks off in S Korea
08/10/2009 05:00
The Pusan International Film Festival, which South Korea praises as its largest international film event, opened Thursday, inviting top-rank moviemakers and celebrities South Korean actress Jang Seo Hee poses on the red carpet during the Pusan...
NASA to launch moon-crash rocket
08/10/2009 05:00
The American space agency says it’s to crash a rocket into a crater near the moon’s south pole - in the hope of finding water. (Photo Source: CCTV.com) NASA scientists say they want to “kick up the dust” of the lunar surface in order to...
Three scientists share 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry
07/10/2009 05:00
Two American scientists Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath of Israel won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.” “The Nobel Prize in...
U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips selling assets to improve financial position
07/10/2009 05:00
U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it plans to sell 10 billion U.S. dollars of assets in the next two years in a bid to improve its financial position. Houston-based ConocoPhillips said in a statement it would sell about 10 billion...