中国报告4个新H7N9病例 FUZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Four new cases of human infection of H7N9 bird flu were reported in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on Thursday, according to provincial health authorities. The cases involve a 30-y...
中国登月引发月球开发争论 LONDON Last month, China successfully landed an unmanned probe on the Moon. The mission renewed a debate about the potential exploitation of the Moons resources and who exactly owns the Earths only natural satelli...
世界银行：美国经济增长加快 Many economists say U. S. growth will speed up a bit over the next year, which will likely make it easier for other nations to sell their products in the worlds biggest economy. Surging energy production is cut...
50年前的烟草报告改变了世界 If there is one person whose work created a ripple effect that is changing the world, it was the ninth surgeon general of the United States. Fifty years ago this month, he issued a report that linked cigarette s...
梅德韦杰夫：俄罗斯经济稳定 MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian economy has been stable despite its stagnated growth, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. Judging by formal criteria, the situation looks quite stable: the economy...
俄罗斯的反恐努力应超越奥运 MOSCOW, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian authorities have beefed up security in the run-up of Sochi Winter Olympics which is scheduled on Feb. 7-23, yet these measures should not stop after the Games conclude, a sec...
美国会众议院批准1.1万亿美元支出计划 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives approved the 1 trillion U.S. dollars spending bill Wednesday, which would keep the federal government open through 2014 fiscal year. In...
八名学生在新奥尔良校车撞车事故中受伤 SANTIAGO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chile's ties with China will remain prosperous under the government of Michelle Bachelet, the president-elect who will begin her four-year term in March, an academic...
牙买加缉获超过1吨大麻 KINGSTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican police on Wednesday confirmed that more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kilograms) of marijuana, along with other illegal items, believed to be used in the guns-for-drugs trade, we...
中国销毁六吨非法象牙 Chinese authorities displayed a pile of ornaments, carvings and tusks before pulverizing them with crushing machines. Forestry officials organized the destruction, which they said was the country's first such large-scal...
西弗吉尼亚州的化学泄露影响仍在 CHARLЕSTON In the U.S. state of West Virginia, a major chemical spill that contaminated a river supplying water to hundreds of thousands of people is slowly dissipating. Officials say the water restricti...
埃及人支持新宪法全民公决 CAIRO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Over 90 percent of Egyptians approved the country's new draft constitution in a referendum, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday, citing preliminary results. Vote counting was...
潘基文在巴格达与伊拉克领导人举行会谈 BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings on Monday with Iraqi leaders and urged them to deal with the roots of the problems in Anbar province. I would urge the...
以色列前总理沙龙安葬在南部家庭牧场 JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, was laid to rest in his ranch in southern Israel on Monday. This was the final part...
以色列批评克里插手其事务 JERUSALEM, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Israeli politicians scrambled to do damage control on Tuesday, following harsh statements attributed to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon regarding U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's...
