Illegal kidney trade trial concludes in central China

CHANGSHA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A court in central China's Hunan Province on Friday concluded the trial of nine people involved in the case of a teenager who sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad. The court will later pronounce its verdi

China marks 20th anniversary of high-tech industrial park program

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a national high-tech industrial park program concluded on Monday, attracting more than 20,000 visitors. Among the visitors were several senior officials, i

Brazil striker Fabiano on target as Sao Paulo shocks Vasco 2-0

Brazil striker Fabiano on target as Sao Paulo shocks Vasco 2-0 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil striker Luis Fabiano scored his 14th goal in as many games as Sao Paulo shocked hosts Vasco da Gama 2-0 in Brazil's Serie A championship on Wedn

Brazil striker Fabiano hits late winner for Sao Paulo

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil international striker Luis Fabiano struck a 79th-minute winner as Sao Paulo recovered from a goal down to defeat Bolivia's The Strongest 2-1 in their Copa Libertadores group stage clash on Thursday. The form

Federer takes another routine win to reach quarters

MELBOURNE, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A victory of 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2 over Canadian Milos Raonic helped Roger Federer of Switzerland reach another Grand Slam quarterfinals here on Monday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion gave up only five points on his first s

美联储按兵不动 暗示12月可能加息

The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged last Wednesday in its last monetary policy decision before the US election, but signaled it could hike in December as the economy gathers momentum and inflation picks up. 美国联邦储备局上周三

APEC增长拉动全球经济

APEC增长拉动全球经济 BALI, Indonesia, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- APEC leaders were urged to push ahead with their growth strategy to strengthen the global recovery despite continued unevenness in growth between economies by the Indonesian president a

麦当劳APP终于要推移动订单和付款功能了

Stepping up to the counter to order a Big Mac is so yesterday. 顾客在麦当劳前台匆匆忙忙购买巨无霸的日子即将成为过去。 McDonald's is finally getting with the modern times and has started pilot testing a mobile app that lets

乔布斯制造的Apple I拍卖 81.5万美元成交

A prototype Apple 1, a holy-grail item in electronics memorabilia, has been sold for $815,000. 近日，一台Apple I电脑的原型可称得上是电子产品大事记中的圣杯级产品，拍出了81.5万美元。 Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and

豆腐渣 伦敦桥玻璃地板被酒瓶砸裂

A glass pane at Tower Bridge's new transparent walkway 140ft above the River Thames, has smashed after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer. 英国泰晤士河上的高约140英尺（约43米）的伦敦塔桥，2周之前开放了新景点--玻璃人行

中国建立核安全支持体系

The completion of the system, first proposed in 2011, has been announced at a Beijing conference organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Liu Hua is the chief engineer of China's National Nuclear Safety Administration. In our central-leve

2016年1月我国汽车销量上升9.3%

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced on Friday that passenger car sales totaled 2.2 million units in January, 9.3 percent more than a year earlier, and the production of new-energy vehicles surged by 144 percent. 上周五，中国

伊朗核问题谈判达成全面协议

VIENNA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran and six world major countries on Tuesday adopted an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue that will put Iran on the path of sanctions relief but more strict limits on its nuclear program. What we are announcing today

电动汽车再次成为焦点

Official figures from the Ministry of Transportation show emissions from car exhaust account for 31 percent of the country's total air pollution. In an effort to bring that figure down, the central government has been supporting a series of subsidies

贝卢斯科尼正式确认中国财团收购AC米兰

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he has sold the soccer club AC Milan to a Chinese consortium. 据意大利前总理西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼日前透露，他已经将AC米兰出售给了一家中国财团。 He said they will

US World Champion Wins Olympic Wrestling Gold

LONDON U.S. world champion freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs won the Olympic gold medal in the mens 74-kilogram weight class at the London Games. Burroughs achieved not only what he set out to do, but also what he said he would do - finish on top.

U.S. federal budget deficit swells amid fiscal uncertainties

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government registered a budget deficit of about 69.6 billion U.S. dollars in July, bringing the total budget gap for the first 10 months of this fiscal year near the 1-trillion-dollar mark. The aggrega

Obama says there is still window for diplomacy on Iran

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that there is still a window for a diplomatic resolution on Iran's nuclear issue, while the visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that Israel reserved th

Microsoft Windows 8 off to slow start: report

Microsoft Windows 8 off to slow start: report

微软发新招：7版Windows10即将推出

We designed Windows 10 to deliver a more personal computing experience across a range of devices, Microsoft's Tony Prophet wrote in a blog post. An experience optimized for each device type, but familiar to all. Windows 10 will power an incredibly br