An unmanned American Falcon-9 rocket has broken apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. 美国猎鹰9号火箭从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角基地发射后数分钟内爆炸解体。该火箭并未载有乘员。...
VIENNA, AUSTRIAA senior U.S. official says all parties at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna plan to continue negotiating past the June 30th deadline. The official commented, on Sunday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a series of talks with...
It's really relaxing, this style of holiday. On the boat your (phone) signal might not be very good, so it's a different way of living, not looking at your phone every day. It's like a utopia. Very relaxing. This is the first time we've been on a cru...
According to the report, the internet is now a must for many Chinese people seeking information, communicating, shopping, and paying for various products and services. Li Peilin, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says the serv...
According to the report published by the National Audit Office, the problematic money constituted more than a quarter of the lottery funds reviewed in the audit. Authorities say irregularities included embezzlement, fraud, illegal subsidies for staff...
Hundreds gathered in front of the Supreme Court in downtown Washington D.C. to celebrate the court's landmark legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 US states. The justices split along the usual ideological lines in a 5-4 ruling which holds that...
The ninth draft amendment to the Criminal Law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress earlier this week. It comes amid continuing discussions on China's social media outlets about whether or not child traffickers sho...
This is the third RRR reduction in nearly five months, and the fourth round of interest rate cuts in nearly seven months. According to the People's Bank of China or PBOC, the latest move aims to further lower borrowing costs and boost the economy thr...
RETIRED hurdling icon Liu Xiang today announces today on Sina Weibo microblog his divorce with Ge Tian, a Chinese actress. 退役跨栏飞人刘翔于今日微博宣布与女演员葛天离婚。 Ge Tian and I fell in love in May 2014 and tied the kn...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Paramount are teaming up to invest in Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation. This marks the first investment for Alibaba in a motion picture. Alibaba has set up a working group in Los Angles to try to tap other oppor...
CAPITOL HILLThe U.S. Congress has granted President Barack Obama and his successor a powerful tool to get trade deals approved: so-called fast-track authority that shields proposed pacts from legislative meddling. By a 60-38 vote, the Senate passed T...
Putting aside differences on maritime security, China and the United States say they are stepping up cooperation on ocean preservation, pledging to jointly combat illegal fishing and pollution. The special session on ocean protection was co-chaired b...
Speaking at the opening session of the annual high-level talks between China and the United States, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong says 40 senior officials are in the US to conduct a candid dialogue with their American counterparts. They are expect...
SEOUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea increased to 179 Wednesday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said. Among the four cases was a 50-year-old woman contracting the viru...
In the latest case, a middle school student in eastern Zhejiang province tied up a Grade-2 pupil in a dark room, punching the kid and scalding him with a burning cigar butt. He committed the violence in front of three of his schoolmates. The four are...
