International

First made-in-China regional jet makes longest trial flight
15/07/2009 05:00
China’s first domestically-developed regional ARJ21-700 jet made its longest trial flight of 1,300 kilometers in about two hours from Shanghai to Xi’an, capital of northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, Wednesday. China’s first...
168 people died in Iran’s passenger plane crash
15/07/2009 05:00
An Iranian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday morning near the country’s northwestern city of Gazvin and all 168 people on board were killed, Iran’s state TV IRIB website reported. A rescuer searches among the debris of the crashed Caspian...
China regulator relaxes curbs on overseas investment
15/07/2009 05:00
Chinaâs top currency regulator relaxed curbs on overseas investment by local businesses, allowing more funds to flow abroad after the nationâs foreign-exchange reserves topped US$2 trillion for the first time. The State Administration of...
Cheap housing offers lifeline to Indian developers
15/07/2009 05:00
An Indian laborer walks through a construction site for affordable housing in Gurgaon, some 40 kms from New Delhi on July 9 âNo frills, Simple homesâ reads the banner hanging in the Delhi headquarters of...
China’s GDP grows 7.9% in Q2
15/07/2009 05:00
The Chinese economy expanded 7.9 percent year on year in the second quarter, as massive pump-priming and record lending pushed for a rebound from the worst growth in a decade, official data showed Thursday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C), speaks...
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off
15/07/2009 05:00
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after five delays, on a track to the International Space Station (ISS). The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on Wednesday evening from...
New Harry Potter film expected to break box office records in North America
15/07/2009 05:00
“Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince,” the latest installment in the popular boy-wizard movie franchise, is expected to break Hollywood’s several box office records as it opened Wednesday in North America. Actors James (L) and Oliver Phelps...