Wu Ping reports. Young Chinese associate world travel with self-discovery, romantic encounters and bourgeois sentiment. But 81 years ago, 22-year-old Pan Deming - aka Poon Tuck-ming - embarked on a journey that was even more enthralling than Jules Verne's ...

All of which left Lindsey Vonn in tears, and it made for a perfect day. Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course with temperatures plunging to minus 13. "It's crazy. I am at a loss for words.

News that Glencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, and Xstrata, a large mining company, are nearing a merger deal brings a long but expected courtship to an end. The business logic for combining the two groups is undeniable. Alas, much of the ...

Accra, Feb. 6, GNA -The World Peace Volunteers, has expressed dissatisfaction ... This was contained in a press statement issued by the President and copied to Ghana News Agency in Accra. The statement said, the interim information from the Economic ...

In a look around the world, the striking characteristic is the number of crises awaiting resolution. Their outcomes seem almost artificially suspended, and their interactions and their ultimate effects on the world are major question marks.