日本名护市市长开始竞选 TOKYO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Candidates started their official campaign on Sunday to compete for the mayor of Nago, an election which may affect the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa. It will be a race betw...
一代传奇邵逸夫逝世 AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. When you think of Asian cinema, flying swordsmen likely come to mind and flashy stunts. And...
美国私企飞船与空间站对接 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A commercial spacecraft, operated by U.S. space company Orbital Sciences Corp., docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday morning on its first official cargo resup...
五角大楼呼吁埃及透明的宪法公投 WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday called for a transparent constitutional referendum in Egypt to ensure all voters cast their vote freely on Tuesday and Wednesda...
达喀尔首次驶入玻利维亚 LA PAZ, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales Sunday celebrated his country's inclusion in the Dakar Rally, saying it marks the first time ever Bolivia has hosted a world-class sporting event. The race e...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it has launched antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into imported calcium hypochlorite from China. Calcium hypochlorite is an ingredient in b...
国际原子能机构承诺帮助越南发展核能源 HANOI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- General director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the agency would provide supports for Vietnam in construction of the country's nuclear power plant...
以色列前总理沙龙去世 TEL AVIV, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died on Saturday at the age of 85, the director of the Rehabilitation Hospital at the Sheba Medical center confirmed at a press conference in...
中国敦促美国保护外交机构 BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday urged the United States to take measures to safeguard Chinese diplomatic and consular institutions, after police arrested a suspect for last week's arson attack against...
TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran warned against imposition of possible sanctions, saying that any new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic will scupper the nuclear talks, Press TV reported on Tuesday. Approval of any new sanctions will be tanta...
韩国批评日本大臣参拜靖国神社 South Korea has repeated its condemnation of Japanese politicians for visiting a controversial war shrine. Seoul calls the visits a major stumbling block to peace and cooperation in the region. South Korea F...
2013芝加哥犯罪率有所下降 RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Let's think about some of the headlines in Chicago in the year 2013. Many of the...
中国光伏企业在美遭双反调查 BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese solar companies will be entirely blocked from the United States market if that nation's government imposes new duties on solar cell products made in the Chinese mainland a...
土耳其解雇350名警察 ANKARA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey dismissed about 350 police officers in the capital Ankara overnight amid a corruption probe, private Dogan news agency reported Tuesday. The officers were sacked by a government decree iss...
叙利亚化学武器开始转移 UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- A first shipment of chemical materials was moved from Syria on Tuesday, which initiated the process of transferring chemical weapons from the country to locations outside its territ...
