LOS ANGELES, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A Universal and Illumination follow-up to Despicable Me made its debut in North American box office this Friday ahead of the rest of the field, while two other new releases finished in the second and third spots respe...
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia launched a spacecraft with three astronauts on board from the Kazakh Baikonur space center early on Tuesday, Xinhua correspondents（通讯记者 ） reported from the site. The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Google Inc. on Monday announced that it is bidding for patent portfolio of Nortel Networks in the bankruptcy auction for the Canadian telecommunications equipment maker. In a press release, the Toronto-based Nortel...
Government officials in Japan say it could take months for radiation(放射辐射) leaks to be brought under control at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to spew radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean...
Last September, more than 600,000 volunteers from all over the world participated(参与共享) in International Coastal Cleanup Day. According to a report released recently, they removed more than 3.5 million kilos of trash from ocean beaches, river...
ISTANBUL, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The 30th Istanbul film festival（节日 ） kicked off here Friday evening with an opening ceremony including some of Turkish and European renowned icons of cinema. The festival will air over 230 films from dozens of co...
HONG KONG, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's best known pop stars on Friday evening staged a 3-hour charity concert to raise funds for Japanese people who suffered from the devastating earthquake(地震) and tsunami on March 11. Held in the city's land...
UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday called for greater public awareness of autism, in order to fight the stigma and discrimination（区别,区分 ） facing those who suffer from the disorder. The statemen...
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy was showing signs of real strength, declared President Barack Obama on Friday after the government released improving unemployment rate report. Our economy is showing signs of real strength, Obama said...
CHICAGO, April 1 (Xinhua)-- Ford Motor Co. outsold General Motors Co. last month for only the second time since 1998, as higher gasoline prices drove up demand for smaller and more fuel- efficient vehicles, such as the Fiesta subcompact and Explorer...
CHICAGO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. said on Friday that it sold 206,621 vehicles last month, up 11.4 percent from a year ago, as higher gasoline prices triggered demand for smaller and more fuel-efficient vehicles. The U.S. automaker said...
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- John Wall of the Washington Wizards has been suspended for one game without pay following a scuffle during a game on Wednesday, the NBA website announced on Thursday. Miami Heat's Juwan Howard and Zydrunas Ilgauskas w...
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Peter Lindbergh, the prominent fashion photographer, will have his first solo(独奏 ) exhibition in China that opens on April 1 at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. The Unknown, as the exhibition is...
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A trace amount of radioactive(辐射性的) iodine（碘） has been found in a sample of milk from the west state of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sai...
XI'AN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists(考古学家) in the northwestern Shaanxi Province confirmed Thursday, after weeks of lab work, that the bones they found in a bronze cooking vessel from a 2,400-year-old tomb belonged to a male dog under a y...
