MILAN, Feb. 28 (Xinha) -- AC Milan scored three goals in the second half to beat Napoli 3-0, building up their lead in the Italian Serie A to five points. Napoli(那不勒斯) went into Monday's eagerly-awaited tussle at the San Siro looking for a vi...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Former NBA champions(冠军) San Antonio Spurs will miss their point guard Tony Parker for two to four weeks after the Frenchman strained his left calf muscle, the team said on Monday. Parker suffered the injury in the...
It was no surprise in Hollywood last night when British actor Colin Firth and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman took home Academy Awards(学院奖) for Best Actor and Best Actress. It was the first win for both actors. As the stammering King G...
The British drama The King's Speech took top honors at the Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday evening, earning the Oscar(奥斯卡金像奖) for best picture, and awards for lead actor Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper. The film was also honored fo...
LUQA, Malta, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Four chartered planes of China Eastern Airlines left Malta Monday, taking home 1,115 Chinese nationals evacuated(疏散) from Libya. The forth Airbus A340 plane with 275 evacuees on board took off from the Malta Inter...
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Construction began on China's first low-speed maglev(磁力悬浮火车) line Monday in Beijing, a project that will make China only the second country with a low-speed maglev line after Japan. The project marked China's...
In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Caf is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious(有营养的) snacks and meals during after-school programs. A...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A biotechnology(生物技术) company says it can produce diesel using the same ingredients(配制成分) that make grass grow, media reported on Monday. The Massachusetts company Joule Unlimited has created a genetica...
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended the opening ceremony of the China-EU Year of Youth in Beijing on Wednesday, encouraging young people from China and the EU to build a brighter future for bilateral strategic(战略) par...
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Friday ended its bimonthly session（会议）, adopting a series of bills including a law on vehicle and vessel taxation, which is aimed at standardizing taxation and promoting environmental aw...
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said during an online chat with netizens(网民) here Sunday that the government is striving to ensure that the people live a comfortable life with security and confidence in the period of 2011-...
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has donated（捐赠） 634,000 U.S. dollars in a new bid to help the Dominican Republic fight HIV/AIDS, the government said Friday. The funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (...
Indias southern state of Kerala has passed a law allowing people to seek compensation(补偿) from U.S. soft drink company Coca Cola for alleged damages caused by a bottling plant. The companys Indian subsidiary has expressed disappointment at the le...
President Barack Obama met with a group of state governors from his Democratic Party on Friday, to discuss ways to boost the U.S. economy and deal with state budget crises(危机). The governors said they did not talk about the ongoing budget furor i...
The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has docked at the International Space Station on its final voyage into outer space. The shuttle paused on its way to the orbiting outpost Saturday to perform a 360 degree backflip（后翻滚）, a m...
