伊朗核谈是“糟糕交易”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said negotiations underway between the United States and Iran would guarantee that Tehran would get nuclear weapons, a threat not only to the Middle East but to the world. In an appearance before the U.S. Con

奥巴马将会晤内塔尼亚胡

WHITE HOUSEWith a handshake over the extraordinary bond between their two countries, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Monday to dispel the discord that was most visibly seen during the U.S.-led negotiat

缅甸总统吴登盛祝贺昂山素季

YANGONMyanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy Party (NLD) for their apparent landslide victory in this week's parliamentary elections over the military-backed Union Solid

雾霾让更多地区发布红色预警

Zhang Hengde is a forecaster with the National Meteorological Center. The highest level can be expected on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Heavy smog will be seen in central and south Beijing, central and west Tianjin, central and north Hebei, north S

雾霾天停课不停学 北京孩子叫苦

BEIJING Wu Yiling, a 15-year-old student with a love of hamburgers and Hello Kitty, celebrated when she heard that her school was canceling classes for three days because of air pollution. Finally, she would be able to stay up late watching her favor

报告指出 北京雾霾毒性已经有所下降

The proportion of hazardous metal toxins in PM2.5 in Beijing has decreased for the past three years, which experts lauded as the initial achievement of the city's anti-smog measures. 过去三年，北京市PM2.5中对人体有害的金属毒素的比重

北京雾霾暗藏超级细菌 吓坏居民

BEIJING A report that Beijings already notorious smog contained bacteria with antibiotic-resistant genes spread through the city last week like pathogens in a pandemic disaster movie. 北京上周，有一则新闻就像是传染病灾难片中的病原

Mullen says violence in Afghanistan likely to rise

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Violence in Afghanistan（阿富汗） is likely to rise as Spring comes, and the country remains the focus of U.S. national security strategy（战略）, said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf

Hollywood actress Lohan's probation revoked

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been put under a probation stemming from a misdemeanor theft and 2007 drunk driving case, saw her probation revoked by a Los Angeles judge as she failed to fulfill her

Chinese national appointed to head World Bank's IFC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank announced Friday Cai Jinyong, a Chinese national with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and development, is appointed as the new Executive Vice President and CEO of the

IBM appoints first woman CEO

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Virginia M. Rometty, 54, will succeed present IBM CEO Sam Palmisano to be the next chief executive at the start of 2012, the company announced Tuesday. This is unprecedented in the New York-based company's 100-year his

Greece, Spain Face New Debt Pressures

Greece and Spain faced new pressure Tuesday from the European debt crisis. The European Union bluntly told the Athens government it would not receive its next $11 billion installment from last year's bailout unless its fractious political leaders sig

U.S. beats Jamaica 2-0 in Gold Cup quarters

SAN JOSE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey scored as the United States moved into the Gold Cup semifinals with a 2-0 win over Jamaica in the quarterfinals on Sunday. The host team will meet the winner of the match later Sunday bet

盘点五部目前很受欢迎的国产动漫

Speaking of animation, post-80s and 90s Chinese people would automatically think about the Japanese animations or Disney's classic works they watched in their childhood. 谈到动漫，80后和90后就会不由自主地想到他们童年看过的日本

朝鲜氢弹试验震惊国际社会

According to North Korea's state-run KCNA, Pyongyang announced the total success of the test, which took place at 10:00 a.m. local time Wednesday as ordered by top leader Kim Jong Un. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the test was dee

中国投资者不宜轻易动摇?

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The recent dramatic movements in the financial market show yet again investors on China should not allow themselves to be easily swayed by speculative comments. The Chinese currency has held relatively stable against a b

投资者需调低回报预期

Markets favour clarity and while clarity seems easy with hindsight, its rarely as stress-free when looking ahead. 市场喜欢清晰；虽然事后来看有些事情显而易见，但在展望未来时却很少会那么毫无压力地看得清楚。

全球投资者在厦门寻找机会

This year's China International Fair for Investment and Trade is featuring some 30-thousand programs the private sector will be able to take part in. Most of them are connected to the government's Silk Road initiative. As the guest country of honor a

中国对投资者仍具吸引力

Amid the shift to the so-called New Normal, China's GDP growth slowed to 7.3 percent for last year, the lowest in over two decades. And this figure is predicted to decline further this year, to even below 7 percent. But Yoshihisa Tabata with the Japa

Official cars garaged if Beijing air worsens

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Construction is to be suspended and use of official vehicles limited in cases where Beijing air quality plummets to extremely bad, under a new rule on curbing air pollution. The rule, to be enacted on Jan. 1, 2013, catego