苹果明年将在中国推出Apple Pay

Apple has struck a long-awaited deal with UnionPay and 15 Chinese banks to launch its mobile payments service in China. 苹果(Apple)与中国银联(UnionPay)及15家中国银行达成了一项人们期待已久的协议，将在中国推出其移动支

苹果支付Apple Pay正式登陆中国市场

Apple Pay has officially launched here in China. 苹果移动支付服务近日已在中国正式推出。 Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the launch of the contactless payment system today through his Sina Weibo social media account. The tech giant is

Beijing starts crackdown on illegal aliens

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Foreigners living in Beijing may find themselves greeting police at their doors amid a crackdown on foreigners illegally entering, residing or working in the city that began on Tuesday. The campaign, which will run until t

US Starts Deportation Reprieve for Young Illegal Immigrants

The United States is starting this week to take applications from young illegal immigrants who want to stay in the country for the next two years to work and go to school without the threat of deportation. President Barack Obama eased the country's i

Driver detained after road accident kills 9

KUNMING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Police in southwest China's Yunnan province have detained a driver in connection with a road accident that killed nine people and injured 24 on Saturday, local authorities said Monday. A vehicle carrying 37 passengers ove

震惊! 仰卧起坐并不能消除腹部脂肪!

Plenty of us have spent time sweating it out at the gym, doing sit-ups and crunches til our muscles cramp, with the aim of getting washboard abs. 为了练出搓衣板般健壮的腹肌，很多人都曾在健身大汗淋漓地做仰卧起坐和卷腹运

Style Network host Giuliana Rancic has breast cancer

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Giuliana Rancic, 37-year-old E! News and Style Network host, revealed Monday that she has breast cancer after doctors discovered a tumor during her latest round of in-vitro fertilization. Rancic had planned to wait unt

WHO: Diesel Exhaust Causes Cancer

The World Health Organization, upgrading a previous warning, said June 12 that diesel exhaust causes cancer and called for tighter emissions standards, comparing the risk of exhaust to second-hand cigarette smoke. Tuesdays announcement comes after in

China launches five-year cancer screening program

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A government-backed project aimed at promoting the early diagnosis and treatment of cancer has kicked off in 14 provincial-level regions, according to the project's organizers. Lung, breast, colorectal, upper digestive tra

Obama Heads to G20 With US Fiscal Woes in Tow

As President Barack Obama welcomes this week's European debt-relief agreement, the White House says he will go to the G20 summit in France able to point to some progress in fixing the U.S. fiscal situation. In reacting to the European deal, Obama sai

Plane Crash Kills Four US Military Personnel in Djibouti

A U.S. military plane has crashed in the East African nation of Djibouti, killing all four U.S. military personnel on board. The U.S. Defense Department says the four died Saturday when the aircraft, a U-28 utility plane, was involved in an accident

Pakistan Plane Crash Apparently Kills All 127 People

A passenger plane crash near the Pakistani capital on Friday, apparently killing all 127 people onboard. Aviation authorities and witnesses say the deadly crash occurred in a small village a few kilometers from Islamabad International Airport. The Bo

153 Dead in Nigerian Plane Crash

Nigerian officials say all 153 people on board a Nigerian passenger aircraft flight were killed when the plane crashed into a building in Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of official mourning for the victims and ordered a th

Olympic cycling champion Wiggins injured in car crash

LONDON, Nov. 07 (Xinhua) -- Tour de France champion and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins was hit by a car while riding near his home, police said on Wendesday. Wiggins was sent to hospital after the accident. The 32-year-old was thrown off his

耶伦:或将渐进式加息

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that she expected an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate to be warranted later this year, and the pace for the rate hike would likely be grad

中国打车软件巨头合并

Both Didi and Kuaidi made the merger announcement over the weekend. As part of the agreement, the companies' chief executives will act as joint CEOs for the new firm. It's been suggested the new company may end up being valued at around 6-billion US

欧美谴责乌克兰的暴力行为

欧美谴责乌克兰的暴力行为 The United States and the European Union are considering sanctions against senior government officials in Ukraine in response to Tuesday's bloodshed in the capital. At least 26 people were killed in clashes betwee

H1N1禽流感在美国死灰复燃

H1N1禽流感在美国死灰复燃 WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- This year's flu season in the U. S. has hit younger- and middle-age adults harder than in the past three years, as a result of the resurgence of the H1N1 virus that caused a worldwide

委内瑞拉安装强大的防空武器系统

CARACAS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela is in the process of installing a powerful antiaircraft weapons system to protect against incursions of its airspace, President Nicolas Maduro announced Wednesday. We are installing the most powerful system in t

委内瑞拉扩军

CARACAS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government on Monday expanded its army-led Safe Homeland Plan to four more states. Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez launched the security plan simultaneously to the states of Nueva Esparta and