LOS ANGELES Many of todays Hollywood blockbuster movies include stunning visual effects. Most of those effects used to be produced in Hollywood, but that has changed. Now, one film can include visual effects produced in many different countries. Tomm...
Officials from around the world are meeting this week to discuss protecting the worlds oceans amid climate change and overfishing. The Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth is being held in The Hague. The summit runs through A...
KIEV, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian acting President Alexandr Turchynov met U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday to discuss ways out of the eastern European country's crisis, the parliament's press service said. The two discussed Ukraine's domes...
欧盟减少使用胶袋 BRUSSELS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Tuesday moved a step closer to its aim of an 80 percent reduction in the use of lightweight plastic bags in Europe. The European Parliament passed an European Commissi...
BRASILIA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed here Tuesday an agreement on defense cooperation, Brazil's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The accord comes during an ongoing working visit by UAE Prime Minister an...
LUANDA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Tuesday appointed Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco as defense minister, according to a press release from the Civil Affairs Office to the Presidency. In a presidential decree, Ed...
TESS VIGELAND, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Tess Vigeland. The war in Syria has created a massive humanitarian crisis, rippling out from the conflict zones inside Syria to the refugee camps across the country's borders. Now, an...
NEW YORK Plug in your car, then unplug, and drive away. More and more consumers are doing just that. At the 2014 New York Auto Show many automakers unveiled electric or hybrid vehicle to address the growing global appetite for environment-friendly ca...
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers said Monday that muscle weakness from long-term alcoholism may be due to an inability of mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, to self- repair. In research conducted with rats, the researchers found...
DUBAI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum will begin on Sunday a visit to Mexico which will be followed by visits to Brazil, Argentine and Chile, state ne...
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A plane crashed late Saturday in northern Mexico, killing all eight people on board, local officials said. The Hawker 800 jet came down in an industrial estate in the municipality of Ramos Arizpe, 11 km from Saltillo...
ADEN, Yemen, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Five al-Qaida militants were killed on Sunday morning when a U.S. drone carried out an attack against a terrorist training center in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, a government official told Xinhua. The U.S. dro...
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has expressed hope that a plan to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, reached Thursday in Geneva, will lead to restoration of peace and security for all citizens of Ukraine. Obama told reporters in Washington that if Ru...
Divorce rates in China have been on the rise for ten consecutive years. Last year alone saw a shocking 3.1 million divorces. This seems to become a major trend in line with developed countries in Western Europe and North America. Susanne Choi is a so...
Municipal authorities in Beijing are circulating new draft legislation to toughen-up the city's indoor smoking legislation. CRI's Xie Zhao has more details. Reporter: Under the new rules, indoor smoking will not be permitted in any enclosed public sp...
