Directors Guild of America unveils nominees

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Directors Guild of America (DG) on Tuesday handed out nominations to elite directors including Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee who are viewed as front- running contenders for best helmer of 2012. Ben Affleck earned a

American Airlines plane makes emergency landing in New Mexico

HOUSTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- An American Airlines plane from Las Vegas, Nevada, and bound for Dallas, a city in the U.S. state of Texas, made an emergency landing Friday in the U.S. state of New Mexico after a problem was found with one of its genera

Paraguay to meet Colombia in South America's U-20 opener

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Paraguay and Colombia will play the opening match on Wednesday of the 2013 South American Youth Championship, to be held until Feb. 3 in Argentina's Andean cities of Mendoza and San Juan. The 10 U-20 teams from the So

German chancellor arrives in Beijing for official visit

BEIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning, kicking off a two-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Wen will hold talks with Merkel on Thursday morning. T

World Food Prize Laureate Heads Global Food Security Center

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana Purdue University scientist Gebisa Ejeta is known in agriculture for enhancing sorghum crops in Africa. The 2009 World Food Prize Laureate is on a quest to help the world better understand the causes of global food insecurity

第十届两岸经贸文化论坛在上海举行

This year's Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum has been held in Shanghai. It's a regular meeting between officials from the mainland and Taiwan. The discussions have focused mostly on cross-strait exchanges in science and technology, as w

美国学生旅行学习中国文化

Reporter: John Zavalney is a science teacher with the Foshay Learning Center in South Los Angels. John was the chaperoon of his 11 students while in China. When they arrived in Beijing and were guided into the majestic Forbidden City, they became exc

中国文化成为外国汽车制造商揽客良方

Mandarin has become a new vehicle for foreign automakers to woo Chinese customers. 普通话现在已成为外国汽车制造商招揽中国消费者的新手段。 It sometimes even sings such as when Nicholas Speeks, a Briton who heads sales and ma

文化繁荣促进经济发展

This is Ping Opera, one of the most popular art forms in northern China. It origins trace back to Luan County here in Hebei. The County has been officially named the hometown of Ping Opera. As part of this year's Luan River Cultural Festival, singers

调查：政客最不值得信任

英国脱欧公投结果让人万万没想到，特朗普当选总统后又在推特屡发狂言，若问2016年哪家职业最不靠谱？答案当然是政客。英国最新调查显示，只有19%的公众认为政客所言当真。记者比政客略

研究人员开发新技术应对雾霾

Researchers from Xian Jiaotong University in Northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province have developed a way to eliminate air pollutants during the coal-burning process, which they hope would significantly address the countrys smog problems. 来自中国西北的

13岁女孩花光父母25万积蓄 只为打赏网络男主播!

An employee in the public relations department at Tencent Holdings, operator of a live-broadcast app through which a man received online payments of more than 250,000 yuan ($36,400) from a 13-year-old girl for his singing talent, said the girl might

英国大学开巧克力博士班 设高额奖学金

A UK university is seeking doctoral candidates to undertake a PhD in chocolate. 一所英国大学正在寻找攻读巧克力博士学位的人选。 The University of the West of England is offering a 15,000 pounds-per-year grant to study the geneti

Obama maintains slight lead in battleground states in polls

Obama maintains slight lead in battleground states in polls WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- New polls released Saturday showed U.S. President Barack Obama continued to enjoy a slight lead in all important battleground states of Florida and Ohio, as he

Palmeiras president caught sunbathing hours after relegation

Palmeiras president caught sunbathing hours after relegation

莫斯塔尔国际经济博览会开幕

MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The 16th International Economic Fair Mostar 2013 officially opened on Tuesday in Mostar in the presence of a number of EU officials and regional leaders. The EU is very proud to be a partner of the

美国开始放松对伊朗的经济制裁

美国开始放松对伊朗的经济制裁 WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday started to ease some of the economic sanctions on Iran after the Islamic republic has taken concrete actions in curbing its controversial nuclear p

法国总统呼吁结束对古巴禁运

HAVANA, May 11 (Xinhua)-- Visiting French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged the U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba to be lifted as they have caused so much damage. France should do whatever is necessary to allow new decisions to be made, that

希腊经济在资本管制下挣扎

ATHENS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Ever since bank closures and capital controls began in Greece on June 29, Greek businesses have been facing extremely tough times and have reported 1.2 billion euros (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) of losses in two weeks, accor

欧盟部长们就希腊问题再聚首

A number of officials arriving for the Eurogroup meeting, such as Eurogroup chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem, spoke of a fundamental lack of trust after years of broken Greek promises and a snap referendum called by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. We a