难敌经济颓势 俄罗斯雨天基金明年或枯竭

After almost two years in recession, the country's rainy day fund has shrunk to just $32.2 billion this month, according to the Russian Finance Ministry. It was $91.7 billion in September 2014, just before oil prices started to collapse. 经过将近两

New Internet protocol to undergo test

BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- China is likely to test a new Internet protocol in the next few years in an attempt to further develop the country's Internet, senior officials from the State Council said on Friday. The country will put the Internet P

China extends dominance at gymnastics men's team

LONDON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese gymnasts cleared doubts that followed their sixth-place finish in the preliminary, winning the Olympic men's team gold in a dominant fashion on Monday. The Chinese pulled off a nearly perfect performance to garner

Spain out of Olympics following shock loss to Honduras

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Spain crashed out of the Olympic Games after they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Honduras. The Spanish outfit have lost two games from as many played in the Olympics, which meant they have failed to qualify fo

G7 Nations Pledge $38 Billion to Arab Nations

International financial institutions have promised $38 billion more to four Arab countries trying to transition to democracy, nearly doubling a previous pledge. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin announced the pledge Saturday at the second day o

Taylor Swift named ACM Entertainer of the Year for 2nd year

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Country music superstar Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year at Sunday night's Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) in Vegas, repeating her victory of last year. Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clar

Foreign Investment in India Slows

NEW DELHI Foreign investment in India has slowed down in recent months, but a recent United Nations survey says Asia's third largest economy continues to be an attractive investment destination for global companies. Official data show that in April a

White House says Obama to stick with Biden as VP

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday said President Barack Obama will stick to his Vice President Joe Biden as running mate, after comments by Biden prompted Republican calls for Obama to change his running mate. White House Sp

Israeli ex-president facing long jail term

JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Former Israeli President Moshe Katzav is facing between five to 10 years in prison（监狱） for raping a female employee during his tenure（任期） as tourism minister in 1998, according to local media. The Tel Avi

别人家的考场：英国考试拟允许用谷歌

Critics slam OCR chief for saying pupils should be allowed to use Google when sitting GCSE and A-level exams. 牛津剑桥联合考试委员会（OCR）主席提议学生应获许在参加普通中等教育会考及大学入学考试中使用谷歌，他

Iran's Supreme Leader Calls EU Support for Sanctions 'Foolish'

Iran's Supreme Leader Calls EU Support for Sanctions 'Foolish' Irans supreme leader has lashed out at European nations for supporting economic sanctions against his country in the latest salvo by an Iranian political leader responding to the countrys

China revising funds law to protect investors

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Tuesday started to review a draft amendment that would impose new regulations on the country's privately offered funds, a move aimed at preventing illegal fundraising and trading. This was the f

Obama Reaffirms Asia-Pacific Foreign Policy Shift

U.S. President Barack Obama has reaffirmed Washingtons unbreakable alliance with Australia during a speech to parliament in Canberra Thursday. Mr. Obama said the United Statess diplomatic focus would now shift from the war on terrorism to economic an

塞浦路斯进一步放宽资本管制

NICOSIA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus partly eased restrictions on bank operations on Thursday by allowing free transactions of up to 300,000 euros (390,000 U.S. dollars) domestically and raising the ceiling for company payment abroad. A new decree is

Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils

We are rediscovering the enigmas(谜团) of the Moon and they're really in our own backyard Dr Jim Garvin, Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center Moon water has world in a twitter A surprising amount of water has been found to exist in the Moon's soil. Data

Trouble breaks out at G20 summit

Thousands of extra police are on duty in Pittsburgh Trouble has flared as world leaders gather in the US city of Pittsburgh for the G20 summit. Reports said riot police used pepper gas and fired rubber bullets at protesters on a march near the venue

奥巴马笑称戒烟多年

The US president, Barack Obama, says he hasn't had a smoke in years thanks in no small part to his fear of the first lady, Michelle Obama. 美国总统巴拉克奥巴马坦言自己已经六年没吸烟了这很大程度上是由于他对第一夫人米

BRICS health ministers warm up

GENEVA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Health Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met here on Tuesday, to prepare for the BRICS Health Ministerial Meeting which is to be held in Beijing on July 11, 2011. The preparatory discussion was co

说走就走的旅行 和6000企鹅游南极

Sleeping next to a 200-foot icefall, walking amongst a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins, and standing at the lowest point on earth... this trip is certainly one for the bucket list. Would-be adventurers with cash to burn can now follow in the footste

Egypt's divide over Morsi's presidential decree continues to ferment

CAIRO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's domestic divisions over a series of controversial presidential decrees continued to ferment as the nation's Judges' Club on Saturday called for a strike of all courts and prosecutors across the country. Morsi decide