纽约市民通过手机付停车费 NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday announced that New York City motorists will soon be able to pay for parking by cell phone and on-line as part of a newly announced co...
哥伦比亚:2013外交硕果累累 BOGOTA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's diplomacy was fruitful this year, with ties forged with new trade partners and good relations maintained with neighbors, Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said. At the bil...
美国谴责中非武装组织的袭击 Fighting has continued in the Central African Republic, with sectarian violence flaring in and around the capital Bangui and in other areas of the country. The United States condemns the continued attacks by al...
俄罗斯一飞机坠毁 MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An An-12 cargo plane crashed en route from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk in Russia's Southern Siberia, killing at least five crew members onboard, local emergency authorities said Thursday. The plane en r...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to end hostilities and begin mediated political talks, according to a statement issued by State Department on Tuesday. U...
休士顿成千上万的人参加圣诞节前夜盛宴 HOUSTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people lined up on Tuesday at a downtown venue in the U.S. city of Houston to dine and share in a joyful festive spirit to welcome Christmas, a giving an...
埃及宣布穆斯林兄弟会为恐怖组织 CAIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian government on Wednesday blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the bombing of the police headquarter in Mansoura city and officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a te...
法国证实第三季度经济负增长 PARIS, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The French national statistics bureau Insee on Tuesday confirmed a negative performance of Europe's main powerhouse during the third quarter of the year on weak exports and poor inves...
委内瑞拉为游客设置新的汇率 CARACAS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government will allow visitors to get more bolivars for their U.S. dollars, but the deal is not attractive as they can get much more on the black market. Starting on...
斯诺登说任务已经完成 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who disclosed the agency's secrets and forced the U.S. government to revaluate its surveillance policies, has said his m...
美国耐用品订单上升 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- New orders for U.S. manufactured durable goods rose more than expected in November on strong business capital spending and demand for aircraft, U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Ord...
美国新房销售下滑价格上涨 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sales of new single-family houses in the United States fell from a five-year peak while prices continued to rise last month, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. Sales...
美国谴责埃及致命攻击 WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday denounced a deadly attack on the police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura. The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today's terr...
LOS ANGELES In many western cultures, Santa Claus is traditionally depicted as Caucasian man with a white beard in a red suit. But around the United States, this symbol of Christmas comes in many colors. In one Los Angeles shopping mall non-tradition...
安理会决定向南苏丹增兵 UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a recommendation to almost double the UN peacekeeping forces in conflict-torn South Sudan to better protect civilians from violence. In...
