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France will host the climate summit in Paris in December, which is largely expected to result in a global and binding agreement on addressing climate change. During their meeting, the two leaders have called for an enhanced transparency system to bui

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HOUSTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A regional airport in the U.S. state of Texas has reopened Friday after a bomb threat closed the airport for a few hours, local media reported. The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, located in Texas's northwest

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墨西哥私人飞机坠毁致8人死亡

MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A plane crashed late Saturday in northern Mexico, killing all eight people on board, local officials said. The Hawker 800 jet came down in an industrial estate in the municipality of Ramos Arizpe, 11 km from Saltillo

中国企业助力墨西哥能源改革:投资20亿美元

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that it is unacceptable that United States ' intelligence agency is spying on Israeli officials, local media reported. In a weekly meeting of Knesset (parliament) me

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Chinese swimmer Zhang Lin left out of Olympic squad

BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese swimmer Zhang Lin will not take part in the upcoming London Olympic Games, vice president of the China Swimming Association Shang Xiutang confirmed here on Sunday. According to Shang, the swimming squad for the Lo

Typhoon-triggered oil spill cleaned up in S China province

NANNING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An oil spill triggered by typhoon Kai-Tak in the south China city of Beihai has been cleaned up, according to a local official. Typhoon Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, has left one dead and two missing in Gu

Bayern Munich drop points in German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich were hold to 1-1 draw with Nuremberg at the Bavarian derby to lose points while chasers Schalke lost 2-0 at Leverkusen at the 12th round in Bundesliga on Saturday. Bayern Munich staged a bright start against

China's manufacturing PMI drops in Feb

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell for a second month to 50.1 percent in February from 50.4 percent in January, according to data released Friday. The China Federation of Logistics

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Jeff Bezos may run around Seattle, war paint daubed on his head, barking orders into his Fire Phone, urging employees to be nasty to each other. 杰夫贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)可能正铆足了劲在西雅图四处活动，为他家的Fire Phone大声吆喝

Chinese energy chief stresses coal consumption control

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China will work to control coal consumption this year in the face of strained coal supplies, the country's energy chief said Saturday. Putting a cap on total coal consumption will help to hasten industrial restructuring a

US Oil Executives Attack Proposed Subsidy Cuts

Executives of five large oil companies are attacking proposals to cut $4 billion in annual U.S. government subsidies, even as their profits have soared and American motorists are facing near-record prices at gasoline pumps. The chief executive of Exx

Obama to Propose Deficit Cuts of Over $1.5 Trillion

Concluding a three-day bus tour of key midwestern states, President Barack Obama said he will propose that a bipartisan congressional committee find more than $1.5 trillion in additional spending cuts, a level set in the recent debt and deficit compr

Obama Proposes $3 Trillion Deficit, Debt Plan

Presenting his second major set of economic proposals in 10 days, President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan for more than $3 trillion in spending reductions over the next decade, saying all Americans, and specifically the wealthy, will be asked to s

Obama Proposes More Help for Troubled US Homeowners

President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to boost the economy by helping some homeowners refinance their mortgages. The initiative, announced Wednesday, would build on an earlier White House program. Declining housing prices and widespread foreclos