Six Chinese killed, one missing in Congo blast

BRAZZAVILLE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Six Chinese were killed and one was missing after Sunday's ammunition depot explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, according to the Chinese embassy here on Sunday night. The victims belonged

China calls for closer security cooperation with Uzbekistan

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Meng Jianzhu said Thursday that China and Uzbekistan should cooperate to safeguard the security and stability of the two countries as well as that of the region. Meng, who is also the minister of public s

德国机场的女士专用停车位引发争议

Frankfurt airport has caused controversy after it painted a section of its car park pink and designated it entirely for the use of women. 法兰克福机场近日将部分停车区涂成粉色并将其指定为女士专用，这一举动引发了广泛

China seeks greater role in global shipbuilding

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- China will strive to become a leader in global shipbuilding by 2015, the country's industrial authority said Monday. Over the next three years, the industry's structure will become more rational, and its innovation and o

Investor Fears Deepen as US Stock Market Swings

The U.S. stock market dropped again Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrials Average closing down 1.6 percent. That capped off a week of extreme volatility on Wall Street as investors continued to lose confidence in stocks because of worries about the

EU Calls for Criminal Penalties on Interest-Rate Rigging

The European Union says manipulating a benchmark interest rate in London should be a criminal offense. The EU called Wednesday for its 27 member states to set criminal penalties for rigging interest rates to affect the LIBOR [London Interbank Offered

新埃博拉病例数下降

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- There has been an overall decline in the number of new Ebola cases, especially in the three most affected African countries, said a UN official on Ebola on Tuesday. Briefing on the progress in the global Ebola resp

美国投10亿美元抗癌计划

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Monday it will propose to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars over the next two years to support what President Barack Obama called a cancer moonshot to fight the dreaded disease. Obama will ask Congress

中国指责美国加剧南海争端

China and the US clashed over the South China Sea at a defence forum this weekend, with a Chinese admiral warning Washington that we have no fear of trouble. 中国和美国周末围绕南中国海问题在一个防务论坛上针锋相对。中国一名

Mixed reactions in Greece over new EU deal

ATHENS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A new deal reached early Thursday at the European Union summit in Brussels to tackle the Greek debt crisis and avert contagion across the eurozone was met with mixed reactions in Greece. Opposition political parties, media

时尚热词“公爵夫人效应” 凯特王妃成时尚风向标

The Duchess Effect The positive economic impact of Kate Middletons fashion choices, derived from her new title, the Duchess of Cambridge. 公爵夫人效应指英国王妃凯特?米德尔顿的时尚穿衣品味对经济产生的积极影响，该说法

40th International Film Festival in Belgrade opens

BELGRADE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 40th International Film Festival in Belgrade (FEST) was opened by Academy Award winning director Jiri Menzl and by Hollywood director and actor Peter Bogdanovich at the Sava Centar on Friday. The American-born Bogdan

Chinese clubs frustrated in AFC Champions League

GUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande suffered a 2-1 home loss against Thai League champions Buriram United in the AFC Champions League here Wednesday night, leaving the group qualifying favor out of thei

穷国拒绝成功的机会？

穷国拒绝成功的机会？ A Harvard professor said developing countries were forced down an economic path in the 20th Century that lacked innovation, entrepreneurship and technology. As a result, he said, they had stunted development, while many

印尼将处死澳大利亚毒贩

Lawyers representing two Australians who are set to be executed this month in Indonesia on drug smuggling charges are preparing last ditch appeals to try to have their lives spared. Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, both in their 30s, are the ringlea

调查:目前许多乌克兰人反俄罗斯

KYIV A new survey indicates that Russia's takeover of Crimea and its support of rebels in eastern Ukraine have turned much of the Ukrainian population against it. The moves could also impact Russia in other ways. For many years after the fall of the

面试技巧：面试前后的“该”与“不该”

This list gives you some things you should do or not do, before, during and after an interview. Some are just plain common sense whilst others are dealt with in greater detail under other topic headings. 面试技巧很重要，dos和donts知多少?这

美研究人员研发出新物质,硬度比钻石还高

There is a new substance that is harder than diamond. It's called Q-carbon, and it was created by researchers at North Carolina State University. 北卡罗莱纳州立大学的研究人员研发出一种名为Q-碳的新物质，其硬度比钻石还高

韩国承诺防止MERS扩散

Worries are spreading among the South Korean public as 2 people have been confirmed dead from the disease. The victims include a 58-year-old woman and the other 71-year-old man, both of whom had close contact with the MERS patient earlier. As of Tues

韩国总统就MERS召开紧急会议

Health officials and civilian specialists are reviewing the health ministry's comprehensive plan to tackle the virus.. As the total number of MERS patients has surged to 30 within two weeks, three cases of tertiary infection have been identified. Tho