美国底特律申请破产 CHICAGO, July 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. city Detroit filed for bankruptcy Thursday, making it the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, local media reported. Detroit, saddled with more than 18 billion U.S.dollars in...
拜登重申美国致力于到亚洲再平衡 WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday reaffirmed the Obama administration's commitment to its rebalance toward Asia and the Pacific, saying the strategy reflects the...
哥伦比亚山体滑坡造成四人死亡 BOGOTA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A landslide on a highway in southwest Colombia on Thursday left four people dead, another 12 injured, and 12 people missing, as several vehicles were buried under mounds of dirt,...
奥巴马敦促以色列总理寻求与巴勒斯坦谈判 WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians. In their phone conversation...
HELSINKI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A waste stack near the coast of the Baltic Sea is leaking considerable amount of phosphorous to the sea waters, Finnish environment ministry said on Wednesday. The Finnish Environmental Institute took samples from two ph...
ATHENS, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Greek parliament approved early on Thursday a new austerity and reform bill which contains mass job cuts in the public sector in a key step to unlock further international bailout aid to the debt-laden country. The omnibus...
PARIS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande met his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein for talks to cement ties between their two countries here on Wednesday. Thein Sein is paying his first state visit to France after ending his officia...
CARACAS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela is in the process of installing a powerful antiaircraft weapons system to protect against incursions of its airspace, President Nicolas Maduro announced Wednesday. We are installing the most powerful system in t...
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday refused to side with a U.S. lawmaker to boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia if the country provides shelter to whistleblower Edward Snowden. U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Pa...
CARACAS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government on Monday expanded its army-led Safe Homeland Plan to four more states. Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez launched the security plan simultaneously to the states of Nueva Esparta and...
WASHINGTON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Tuesday U. S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden should be expelled and returned to the United States to face espionage charges at home. White House Spokesman Jay Carney said there are regul...
HOUSTON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Protesters against George Zimmerman's acquittal in the U.S. city of Houston entered its second day Tuesday as dozens of protesters made their way into the city hall and courthouse. Activists marched on the U.S. Federal Co...
BOGOTA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Both Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that they will meet next week to mend bilateral relations. On Monday we will meet with President Maduro at the border t...
WASHINGTON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Peru on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, which occurred at 0237 GMT, was centered 18 km west of Chivay, with a depth of 6.6 km. No casualties or dam...
NEW YORK, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Mass protests erupted in major U.S. cities Sunday to decry the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed African American teenager Trayvon Martin. The national wave of protest...
