WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's pick for U.S. attorney general Loretta Lynch on Thursday passed a procedural vote in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and was allowed to advance in the Senate for a full-floor confirm...
MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Curtailing cooperation between Moscow and the European Union (EU) will blunt the economic competitiveness of the European countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Severing economic ties between the EU an...
Giving lucky money in electronic form has become a trendy spin on the Chinese tradition of giving red envelopes of cash, or hongbao, to children to mark Lunar New Year's Eve. Stats from Alipay, Alibaba's e-payment system, shows over 100 million peopl...
We round up all this years key soundbites, as theyre served up at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. 好莱坞杜比剧院上演的年度好戏奥斯卡和往年一样妙语连珠，我们收集了今年的精彩语录哦！ Common and John Legend on Se...
For increasing numbers of young Chinese professionals, the first day back at work after the Lunar New Year holiday is the day they quit. 对越来越多的中国年轻职场人士来说，春节过后回来上班的第一天是他们的辞职日。 T...
Angela Garvins alarm goes off at 6.30am every day. As a legal adviser, she has to be up early, and has a strict skin regime to get through. 安吉拉加文每天早上6点半被闹钟叫醒。作为一名法律顾问，她必须早起，而且还必须...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposed legislation known as Audit the Fed which is aimed to expand Congress' oversight of the central bank's monetary policy. I want to be comp...
Iran's Foreign Minister says the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and representatives of the P5+1 group will be held on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, since no substantial agreement has been reached in the l...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama's economist team said on Thursday that the U.S. economy is recovering from the Great Recession at an increasing pace, but the stagnant wage growth posed threats to the lives of the middle- class....
BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese brokerage firms saw surging profits in 2014 boosted by easing measures from policymakers, the Securities Association of China (SAC) said. Combined net profits of 120 brokerage firms totaled 96.55 billion yuan (15....
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi has announced plans to open an online store in the United States later this year. However, the Beijing-based company will not be selling its smartphones in the online store. The new US online store, called Mi.com, wil...
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- After a year of bitter rivalry, a merger between two Chinese major taxi hailing apps on Valentine's Day was the day's biggest surprise. Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, both start ups, announced that they would put their diff...
After hosting the Summer Olympics in 2008, China is fully prepared for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, and ready to make it a success. Wang Hui, deputy secretary general at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bidding Committee, believes winning the...
Both Didi and Kuaidi made the merger announcement over the weekend. As part of the agreement, the companies' chief executives will act as joint CEOs for the new firm. It's been suggested the new company may end up being valued at around 6-billion US...
Popular messaging service WeChat is hogging the limelight this Chinese New Year by giving the traditions typical of this festive period a facelift. 这个农历新年，大众短信服务平台微信抢尽了风头使节日的传统习俗焕然一新。...
