China's Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending a run in the sport marked by records and frustrated by successive late-career injuries. 本周二，中国奥运冠军、跨栏选手刘翔宣布退役。他...
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday dismissed a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any nuclear deal with Iran be conditioned on the Islamic republic's recognition of Israel. The notion that...
A total of 40 people have been convicted in a bribery scheme which involved people having to pay some 600 yuan each to pass their drivers exam. The courts have heard the would-be drivers would pay the money to their driving instructors. The instructo...
Margrethe Vestager, European competition commissioner, appears to be taking forward complaints of 30 online firms that Google is harming their businesses. 欧洲竞争委员会主席玛格丽特将对30个互联网公司的投诉采取进一步行动。...
Sisa Abu Daooh dressed as a man for 42 years. Sisa Abu Daooh把自己打扮得像个男人一般已经有42年了。 An Egyptian woman who was forced to live as a man in order to support her daughter was recently awarded the countrys highest award fo...
The Basic Law was adopted on April 4th 25 years ago and came into effect when China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. It enshrines the principle of one country, two systems, and provides the legal basis to all public...
AMMAN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian Health Ministry said Sunday five fatalities were reported from the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu since the beginning of 2015, the state-run Petra news agency reported. Deifallah Lozi, the ministry's sec...
Scientists with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, have begun working again after a two-year hiatus. The Large Hadron Collider was shutdown in 2013 for a major refit. It's allowed for its power to be doubled, enabling scientists...
According to the latest research, vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90-percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities. Vehicles are the biggest polluters in Beijing, Hangzhou, Gu...
CHICAGO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Three major U.S.-based automakers on Wednesday reported mixed sales in March, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) posting a 2 percent gain in sales, General Motors(GM) and Ford registering falling sales. FCA announced We...
Nanjing's municipal government, in setting the bar for other cities in China, has cut monthly franchise fees for taxi drivers by up to 9-percent. Under the changes, taxi drivers who run a single shift in Nanjing will see their monthly fees cut by 600...
A new ceasefire has been signed among Myanmar's armed ethnic groups and the government. Aung Min is one of the lead negotiators for the Myanmar government. The National Ceasefire Agreement we sign today has values which have more than an agreement. N...
Celebrations are taking place in Nigeria, with the country poised to have a new President. I'm very excited today and I don't even know what to say because I have witnessed about nine elections but it's only this time that I'm very happy, because it...
ABUJA, NIGERIANigeria's electoral commission has officially declared presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of Saturday's presidential election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. The...
Microsoft rolled out its new Project Spartan web browser for the first time publicly today, offering members of the Windows Insider Program early access to the product designed to revitalize the companys position in the browser market. 今天，微软为...
