BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Beijing is planning to implement a harsher emission standard for motor vehicles starting next month in an effort to curb the city's air pollution, municipal environmental authorities said Wednesday. The new Beijing V emis...
SHANGHAI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai resident Qian Jun didn't have to spend a single penny on a license plate for his newly-bought battery electric vehicle (BEV). The electric car cost him 140,000 yuan (22,498 U.S. dollars) in total, including a ve...
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. pop star Beyonce Knowles was questioned after she performed at the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Barack Obama over whether she lip-synched to the national anthem. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. M...
SHANGHAI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. film giant Paramount Pictures has signed a copyright deal with BesTV New Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group, offering top movies to the Chinese audience. According to the deal, BesTV will have the copyright...
MADRID, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- FC Valencia players, fans and directors are this Wednesday united in their criticism of referee Muniz Fernandez following Tuesday night's 2-0 Copa del Rey defeat away to Real Madrid. Madrid won the game thanks to a fine go...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will successfully host the biggest African soccer festival, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), like they did with the 2010 World Cup, a government official said on Wednesday. Briefing the media in Pretor...
BERLIN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bundesliga side Schalke signs Raffael Caetano Araujo from Dynamo Kyiv until June 2013 on loan due to their injury crisis, the club said on its official homepage on Wednesday. The 27-year-old attacking midfielder already pl...
LA PAZ, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's President Evo Morales Wednesday said his country is close to be included in the 2014 Dakar Rally, due to the negotiations held with organizers of the international motoring event. We are close to achieve the goal...
BERLIN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola will replace Jupp Heynckes at the end of the season to take charge at Bayern Munich for three years, the club announced on Wednesday here. The German record champions were able to pull...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Inspector general of U.S. Defense Department has cleared U.S. commander in Afghanistan John Allen of misconduct following an investigation into whether he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with Tampa socialite Jill K...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua)-- The White House on Tuesday said they welcomed the House Republicans' proposal of a short-term extension of debt limit and the President would sign the bill if it could reach his desk. White House spokesman Jay Carney sa...
WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration is welcoming Republican lawmakers decision not to withhold an extension of the nations borrowing limit. Republicans had threatened to allow the United States to default on its obligations if government spending we...
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- An official website devoted to the Chinese documentary industry (docuchina.cntv.cn) was launched on Tuesday. Jointly set up by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the China Network Televisio...
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Floating ice in northeast China's Liaodong Bay has expanded following a cold snap that has driven sea temperatures down for the last two days, maritime weather forecasters said Tuesday. The National Marine Environmental F...
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa...
