Illegal Construction Leads to Road Collapse in Downtown Beijing The collapse happened near the northern part of Second Ring Road. According to Beijing's urban planning commission, the owner had dug a basement about 18 meters deep in a courtyard, with...
As Chinas film industry has grown, so too has the number of lemons its produced. 随着中国的影视业不断壮大，中国制造的烂片也越来越多。 According to the organizers of this years Golden Broom Awards which asks the public to cho...
South Korea's four-time Olympic swimming medallist Park Tae-hwan has failed a dope test, local media reported on Monday. 据韩国媒体报道，韩国游泳奥运冠军朴泰桓兴奋剂检测呈阳性。 But his management were quick to blame an in...
WINDHOEK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Although Ebola virus has been contained in some affected African countries, Air Namibia is counting its losses which are said to be at 50 million Namibian dollars (about 5 million U.S dollars). The airline's acting chief...
Some 300 Holocaust survivors returned to Auschwitz on Tuesday for a memorial event at the former site of the Nazi death camp, joined by world leaders including the presidents of Poland, France, Germany, Austria and Ukraine. They gathered under an eno...
Internet finance is still a relatively new thing in China, having only come into existence less than two years ago. In June, 2013, Alibaba launched Yu'ebao, one of the first and so far the most popular internet financial product in China. Yu'ebao all...
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo declared here Monday a state of emergency for New York City and its suburban areas as the region braces for a potentially historic storm that could dump up to 2 feet of snow. Cuomo wa...
China's proposed supercollider will be twice the size of the Large Hadron Collider or CERN in Switzerland that helped discover the Higgs Boson or the God Particle in 2012. It will also serve as a symbol of the country's rise as a global superpower by...
Rain did little to dampen the excitement around President Barack Obama's landmark visit to India as thousands of troops took part in a dazzling military parade Monday where he was the guest of honor. Obama is the first U.S. president to attend India'...
You might think the U.S. is the most obese nation in the world - but if you do, you are wrong. 如果你一直以为美国是世界上肥胖人口最多的国家，那你可就错了。 Soaring rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, nations in the...
Selling linen and tableware in only one colour may not sound like a million-pound idea. 只卖一种颜色的亚麻制品和餐桌布？这听起来不像是一个能赚到百万英镑的主意。 But Chrissie Rucker went six times better than that m...
iPhone users have a reputation for being smug and now they may have a good reason. iPhone用户有着自以为是的名声，现在他们更有理由这样做了。 A recent study has found that people who use an iPhone are smarter than those who pre...
CAIRO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The gold and blue mask of King Tutankhamun, one of ancient Egypt's most famous artifacts, glitters under spotlights in a glass display case at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The priceless, breathtaking piece of art seems glamorou...
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Loans to the real estate sector rose rapidly in 2014, especially lending for affordable housing developments, the central bank said Friday. Financial institutions had 5.63 trillion yuan (926 billion U.S. dollars)in outsta...
Stocks in both the Europe and the US market soared after the ECB announced a larger-than-expected bond-buying program. But some analysts express worries that the program may help only temporarily. Robert Halver is head of market research Baader Bank...
