亚投行批准香港等13个新成员加入 成员扩至70个

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced last Thursday that its Board of Governors has adopted resolutions approving 13 applicants to join the bank, bringing the bank's total approved membership to 70. 亚洲基础设施投资银行上

Cryptozoology

BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Cryptozoology Callum: Hello Im Callum Robertson and with me today for 6 Minute English is Jackie Dalton hello Jackie. Jackie: Hello Callum. Callum: Now in the programme today were going to be talking about myster

美国新人森林大火中拍婚礼照片

A fire truck rolled up at Rock Spring Ranch near Bend with sirens blaring Saturday and the wedding party was told to evacuate, The Oregonian reported. 图片1 据当地日报《俄勒冈人》报道，周六，一辆救火车鸣笛冲进本德市附近

音痴父亲秘密苦练半年 献唱女儿婚礼

When most fathers discover their daughter is getting married, they set to work planning a witty speech. 大多数父亲在得知女儿要结婚的时候，都会精心准备一份婚礼致辞。 But when John Butcher's little girl tied the knot, he w

娘家人多 英国婚礼44名伴娘破记录

A blushing bride had plenty of help organising her big day - after recruiting 44 bridesmaids to make sure it went without a hitch. 婚礼那天，英国一位新娘有44名伴娘同她在婚礼上作伴。 Jayne Blakeway could not decide which friend

Actress Elizabeth Taylor passes away at 79

LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who was widely considered as of the great actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age, passed away in Los Angeles early Wednesday. She was 79. The glamorous（迷人的） queen of American

Actress Kim Novak honored at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Actress Kim Novak, a top box-office draw of the 1950s, was immortalized on Hollywood Boulevard when she sank her hands and feet into a block of wet cement in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on

Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress Golden Globes

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Actress Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Silver Linings Playbook at the 70th annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony which is taking place at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood, California S

警方严厉打击境外赌博网站

Police in northeast China's Heilongjiang province have broken up a multinational gambling ring involving a website in the Philippines that has attracted Chinese gamblers. They have seized more than 80 million yuan in gambling funds and frozen bank ac

Officials' alienation from people must not be tolerated

BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The government of a central China city has been left red-faced again just as it was trying to restore reputation from the shame of not providing desks for students at public schools. This time, some of its officials gave f

中国假期禁放烟花 确保空气质量

中国假期禁放烟花 确保空气质量 The Chinese have a tradition of celebrating the Lunar New Year with firecrackers and fireworks, hoping the noise will fend off evil spirits and bad luck. The sky decorated with illuminating fireworks is an

China Enterprises Index up 0.45%

The Hang Seng（香港恒生银行） China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 52.69 points, or 0.45 percent, to close Monday's trading at 11,673.37. The H-shares index, initiated in August 1994 and readjusted（重新调整） on

MH17空难调查结果竟然直指俄罗斯

The Buk missile that downed flight MH17 was brought from Russia and fired from a region in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels, according to a report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) released. 根据日前公布的一份联合调查团

蚂蚁金服投资泰国"支付宝" 5年或覆盖泰国一半网民

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding's financial arm Ant Financial Services Group last Tuesday signed a strategic partnership agreement with Thai financial technology firm Ascend Money, the former aims to expand its mobile payment platform

蚂蚁金服参与建设352个新型智慧城市

Ant Financial, Alibaba Group's financial service affiliate, announced last Tuesday that it has teamed up with 352 cities in 25 provinces to facilitate government-backed smart city projects, which its rivals - Baidu Inc and Tencent Holdings - also hav

蚂蚁金服8.8亿美元收购美国汇款服务公司速汇金

Ant Financial, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is buying US-based MoneyGram for $880m (700m pounds). 电子商务巨头阿里巴巴的数字支付部门蚂蚁金服日前以8.80亿美元（折合7亿英镑）的价格收购了美国

脱贫攻坚首战告捷 全年减少千万农村贫困人口

China has lifted more than 10 million rural residents out of poverty this year with a record-breaking investment of more than 100 billion yuan in government funds, and it plans to pull another 10 million people out of poverty next year. 今年我国投

WhatsApp将允许企业向用户推送消息

WhatsApp is changing its privacy policy to allow businesses to message its billion-plus users, opening up a potential revenue stream for the Facebook-owned app. WhatsApp将要改变其隐私政策，允许企业向其10多亿用户发送消息，为这

美女与野兽：德州少女猎杀非洲野生动物惹争议

The teenaged Texas Tech cheerleader who created a social media firestorm with photos of the African big game she hunted has fired back at her online attackers. 一名德州理工大学的青年女学生、拉拉队长在社交网络上晒出自己猎杀

科索沃妇女死于猪流感

科索沃妇女死于猪流感 PRISTINA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Clinic and University Center of Kosovo (QKUK) reported on Tuesday the first victim of H1N1 influenza in Kosovo in 2014 as the pandemic is taking quickly throughout Kosovo. Authorities in QK