LONDON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Major European stock markets fell in early trading on Monday as escalating tensions in the Middle East pushed up global energy prices and heightened concerns over inflation ...

SINGAPORE, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's retail sales fell 0.4 percent year-on-year in January, reversing December's 2.5 percent growth, official data showed Thursday. The decline was partly ...

“Without the cold war, what’s the point of being an American?” quips John Updike’s character Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, lampooning his country’s missionary zeal and sense of self-righteousness. “Rabbit, ...