Iran, UK negotiate to resume bilateral consular ties: official

TEHRAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates' Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said here Sunday that Tehran and London are negotiating to resume bilateral consular ties, semi-official Fars news agenc

Iran insists on full nuclear rights within NPT: nuclear negotiator

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday that the Islamic republic insists on its full nuclear rights within the framework of Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Making the remarks at an annual confe

Kerry urges Iran to make "real offers" in nuclear talks

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged Iran to make real offers and engage in a real dialogue in the upcoming nuclear talks with world powers, saying this is the only way to make progress. I want to reite

FIFA cancels sanction to Indonesia, gives more time to settle dispute

JAKARTA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- World football governing body FIFA cancels its plan to give sanction to Indonesia as it has extended the deadline for the country to setle dispute between two football organizations to March 30 from the initial Dec. 10, l

Iran provides missile technology to Palestinians

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad-Ali Jafari said Wednesday Iran has provided the Palestinian resistance with the technology of mass production of Fajr-5 missiles, semi-official Far

U.S. threatens sanctions on Pakistan over Iran pipeline

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday threatened sanctions against Pakistan as the South Asian nation pressed ahead with a gas pipeline project with Iran. As I said, if this project actually goes forward, we have serious concer

Obama vows to make new push on Iranian nuclear stalemate

Obama vows to make new push on Iranian nuclear stalemate WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to make new diplomatic push aimed to solve the Iranian nuclear stalemate, noting that there is still a window of t

Pentagon says Iranian fighter jet attacks U.S. drone

Pentagon says Iranian fighter jet attacks U.S. drone WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian fighter jet has attacked a U.S. drone but missed, so the unmanned American aircraft suffered no damage and returned safely to base, the U.S. Defense Departmen

China sees steady power supply in September

China sees steady power supply in September BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's power supplies remained steady in September, statistics from the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) showed. Power plants generated 394.5 billion kilowatt-hou

New Zealand border control officers take on new search, detention powers

New Zealand border control officers take on new search, detention powers WELLINGTON, Sept.3 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand immigration officers took on a range of new search and detention powers Monday, in a move the government said would protect the integr

Power restored in storm-hit Anhui

HEFEI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Power supplies have been restored for 962,000 households in east China's Anhui province, which has been slashed by rainstorms and floods triggered by typhoon Haikui, local authorities said Saturday. Anhui was hit hard by Ha

U.S.overpowers China in women's volleyball event

LONDON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China was beaten by the world No. 1 U.S. in straight sets in the women's volleyball tournament of London Olympics on Wednesday. The Chinese, once champion in 2004 Athens Games and bronze medal winner in Beijing Games, lost

Power outage sparks violent protest in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Hours of power outage in scorching summer Monday sparked protest in most parts of Pakistan and angry protesters attacked offices of power supply departments in some areas. Pakistan faces about 5000 MW electricity shortf

China expands its oldest nuclear power plant with new unit

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Qinshan nuclear power plant, China's first, has finished an expansion project with a new generator unit in operation, said China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on Sunday. The pressurized water reactor power-generatin

China's Datang Int'l Power profit down 22.78 pct in 2011

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power, a listed unit of China Datang, a major Chinese power producer, said Sunday its net profit fell 22.78 percent year-on-year to 1.91 billion yuan (303.2 million U.S. dollars) due to rising therma

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The first tower-type solar-thermal power station in Asia has been built in northwest Beijing, chief of the program said on Monday. Wang Zhifeng, a researcher at th

China's clean-energy-generated power usage on rise

China's clean-energy-generated power usage on rise BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua)-- Consumption of clean-energy-generated electricity has increased in China as it looks to become less reliant on fossil fuels, statistics from the State Electricity Regulato

Fire breaks out at Texas nuclear power plant

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out at a nuclear power plant Tuesday in the U.S. state of Texas, forcing one of two units to be shut down, U.S. media reported. No injuries were reported in the fire, which erupted in the Unit 2 main transformer

"Bullets" tops Chinese box office

BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Local cinema-goers have been braving the winter's chill over the weekend, flocking to see actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's latest offering Let the Bullets（子弹） Fly (Rang Zidan Fei). The movie, which opened on D

Normalize monetary policy

The recent rise in China's inflation has grabbed the attention of the public and policymakers alike. Consumer price inflation rose to 4.4 percent in October and a further increase is expected. This is higher than we are used to in China, although it