Nationwide Strike Targets India's Economic Policies

A number of key Indian economic sectors were temporarily crippled Tuesday by a nationwide strike to protest government labor policies and inflation. The strike is unprecedented to the extent it unified a number of politically opposed groups, includin

Britain's Burma-Bound PM Hints at Sanction Relief

British Prime Minister David Cameron says his country could soon ease sanctions on Burma, as he prepares to make an historic visit to the once-isolated country. Cameron told the BBC on Thursday that Britain will be quick to respond in kind if Burma c

London Kicks Off 2012 Olympic Games With Spectacular Gala

Britain opened the 2012 Olympic Games Friday with fighter jet flyovers, fireworks, and pageantry highlighting its history from 1896 the start of the modern Games until now. Some 60,000 spectators saw a stand-in for 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth parachu

苹果公司的强大势头是否快到终点

The domestic Chinese market has been in meltdown over the last few weeks. First, the government moved to curb volatility by clamping down on short selling. 中国大陆市场在过去的几个星期正在逐渐萎靡。首先，政府开始抑制卖空

以总理称若连任不允许巴建国

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reversing an earlier stance on Palestinian statehood, says he will never support a Palestinian state if he is returned to office in Tuesday's elections. Netanyahu spoke a day before Israel's nearly 6 million

奥利奥竟然成为总统候选人们达成共识的原因!

If there's one thing the presidential candidates can agree on, it's that America's favorite cookie should be made in America. 如果要找出所有总统候选人都认同的一点，那就要算是关于美国人最喜欢的一种甜点应该在美国

在美留学生人数破百万 中国生源占三成

A report shows that the number of international students enrolled in US higher educationincreased by 7.1% and topped the 1 million mark for the first time in 2015-16. 美国国际教育学会公布的《2016年门户开放报告》显示，2015-16学年

欧盟官员：塞浦路斯，贷款人达成救助协议

European Union officials say Cyprus has reached a bailout deal with international lenders that will see the country's second biggest bank shut down. Agreement was reached early Monday at last-minute talks in Brussels with the European Union, European

中国将完成减排目标

The report, titled China's Response to Climate Change Policy and Action in 2015 is an assessment of the steps that have been taken to both reduce emissions and clean up the air in the country. Among the achievements laid-out in the analysis, the gove

Uganda releases Somali minister

Somalia's junior minister for defence who was briefly held in Uganda has been released（发布）, Uganda's army spokesman says. Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, a former Islamist warlord, was detained by Ugandan security forces during a trip to the capital

UN body to debate Gaza 'crimes'

The UN has brought forward a regular Security Council meeting on the Middle East after Libya demanded an urgent debate on alleged（据称） war crimes in Gaza. Arab states say the 14 October debate must tackle a report which criticised Israel, after th

Zimbabwe's PM alleges persecution

Zimbabwe（津巴布韦） Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused the Zanu-PF party of President Robert Mugabe of persecuting his MDC group. He said Zanu-PF violated(侵犯) the law and spread the language of hate, and vowed not to let it continue. Mr

East Timor hit by dollar woes

The television blares Chinese-language programmes across supermarket shelves stacked with noodles, bottles of bleach and bags of rice. Outside, in Dili's dusty commercial district（商业区）, the afternoon heat hangs limp and heavy. Loh Bee Choon sit

Australia to probe E Timor deaths

Australian police have launched a war crimes investigation into the deaths in East Timor in 1975 of the Balibo Five group of journalists. In 2007, an Australian coroner(验尸官) found that they were executed by Indonesian special forces in the town o

Many die in Afghan tanker blasts

At least 90 people have been killed after a Nato air strike blew up two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say. Nato confirmed(确认) to the BBC that an air strike happened in Kunduz province on the main road to B

Indonesia quake search stepped up

Rescuers in Indonesia are searching the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors after a powerful earthquake, with the toll expected to rise. At least 44 people are confirmed dead and thousands of homes ruined after the 7.0-magnitude quake hit on

'Sharp drop' in Afghan opium crop

Poppy cultivation(栽培) and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium（鸦片） cultivation has dropped by 22% in a year and production by 10%. The biggest falls

中国女子带瘫痪前夫出嫁并与新丈夫一起照顾

A woman in Ankang China has divorced her paralysed husband and remarried his best friend so that they can take care of her ex-husband together. 中国陕西省安康市的一名女子与她的瘫痪丈夫离婚，之后又与丈夫最好的朋友再婚

Irish PM resigns as leader of ruling party

DUBLIN, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Irish（爱尔兰） Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced on Saturday afternoon that he is standing down as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail, but will continue as the prime minister until the March 11 election. At a press

Uniform Collection Day for Olympic Volunteers

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The volunteers' queue for uniform collection is a long one, winding all the way round the industrial warehouse in Canning Town, an area in which 68% of locals are of a non-white ethnic background. Numbered tickets are issue