Placido Domingo renews contract with LA Opera

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world-renowned（世界知名的） tenor Placido Domingo has renewed his contract with the Los Angeles Opera, and will continue to serve as the company's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, the company said o

Paul shines as West beats East at NBA All-Star

HOUSTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul bagged 20 points and 15 assists to take home the All-Star MVP trophy after he help the West defeat East 143-138 here on Sunday. NBA commissioner David Stern awarded Paul the trophy. P

Payton, Hardaway among 12 finalists for Hall of Fame

HOUSTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday here an elite list of players and coaches to be considered for election in 2013 during the NBA All- Star Weekend. The 12 member-list includes six first-time f

U.S. Town ready to welcome return of special guest

BEIJING,Feb.?13 (Xinhuanet) The small town on the banks of the Mississippi River is Feeling Great, abuzz with excitement and recalling happy memories as it looks forward to the return of an old friend - Vice-President Xi Jinping. It was 27 years ago

Obama Appeals to Youth Voters on College Costs

U.S. President Barack Obama visited American college campuses on Tuesday, looking for support for his plan to hold down federal student loan rates. The president is appealing to young voters, who overwhelmingly supported him in the 2008 election. Pre

ICBC pledges to boost off-shore RMB trade in Europe

LONDON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (London) plc said on Monday it would work on boosting off-shore trading of Chinese currency RMB, also known as yuan, here in Europe. Xu Jinlei, general manager of ICBC Lo

Nations Agree on Draft Treaty to End Illicit Tobacco Trade

After four years of negotiations, representatives of 135 nations have unanimously agreed on the text of a protocol to end the illicit trade in tobacco products. Nations are expected to adopt the protocol, the first under the WHO Framework Convention

US Lawmakers Weigh UN Treaty on Disabled

CAPITOL HILL American lawmakers are pressing for U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Many legislators see the pact as a global extension of a landmark federal law protecting disabled American

Japan, Russia agree to work on signing peace treaty

TOKYO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to work harder toward achieving a bilateral peace treaty, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported. Abe told Putin through a telephone conve

IMF says US economic recovery still policy driven

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a massive（巨大的） and sustained（持久的） policy response, the U.S. economy has continued to recover from the worst recession（衰退,不景气） since the Great Depression, but the recovery rem

Lin's big double-double lifts Knicks past Mavericks

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Jeremy Lin had 28 points and a career-high 14 assists to end the Dallas Mavericks six-game winning streak in New York Knicks' 104-97 victory on Sunday. Steve Novak made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter in Knicks pur

Griffin's triple-double help Clippers beat Bucks 117-101

LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Blake Griffin played a highly efficient game with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, which gave the Clippers big support to stop the Bucks' streak with 117-101 victory. The 11 assists were Griffin's career high. H

Russia sends military satellite into space

MOSCOW, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia successfully launched a Cosmos class military satellite on Monday, said spokesman of the Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin. A Soyuz-U carrier rocket carrying the military satellite blasted off from the Plesetsk

Over 7 mln people in Pakistan are diabetes patients

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan ranks the seventh in the world in terms of diabetes prevalence rate and over 7.1 million people in the country are diabetes patients, reported local media on Monday. Quoting a report by the World International

Diabetes drug shows promise in reducing risk of cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- An inexpensive drug that treats Type 2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study by a Michiga

Wall Street drops on 2-year bull anniversary

NEW YORK, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday, the two-year anniversary of the beginning of a bull market, as concerns(关于) of oil prices and Middle East unrest continued to weigh on investors' minds. U.S. crude oil price dipp

Monchengladbach signs Dutch striker Luuk de Jong

BERLIN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Borussia Monchengladbach signed Twente Enschede striker Luuk de Jong until 2017, the club said in an official statement on Wednesday. After long back and forth, the Foals signed Dutch international striker Luuk de Jong, wh

Twente on top in Dutch league

THE HAGUE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- After two match rounds FC Twente is the only team in the Dutch league with the maximum of six points, with defending champions Ajax two points behind the leaders. Ajax crushed NEC 6-1 in Nijmegen on Sunday. Jody Lukoki

Van Ginkel debutes in Dutch squad for Germany

ZEIST, The Netherlands, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 19-year-old Vitesse midfielder Marco van Ginkel received his first call-up for the Dutch national team for the friendly against Germany on November 14 in Amsterdam. Van Ginkel was included in a squad of

Dutch skaters grab two more golds at World Cup

Dutch skaters grab two more golds at World Cup