Reina gives "full support" to Suarez

LONDON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina believes striker Luis Suarez has been crucified over his racism charge, English website sportinglife.com said. The Uruguay international was given an eight-match ban by the Football Associat

China should reform banks to prevent risks: central bank

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China should deepen the reform of its large commercial banks and policy financial institutions this year, in the wake of an increasingly complex external and internal environment, the country's central bank said Thursday.

Beijing to maintain car quota for 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will maintain its license plate lottery scheme next year, as well as cap the number of registered cars at 240,000, a local official said Thursday. Li Xiaosong, deputy director of the municipal commission of transp

Beijing to host Paralympic athletics grand prix event

LONDON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will become one of the six places to host the inaugural Paralympic grand prix events in 2013, it was announced by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Monday. Should the trial be successful then we will

Beijing tourism revenue up 15 pct during holiday

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reaped 3.88 billion yuan (617.8 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue during this year's seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15 percent year on year, local authorities said Friday. China's capital city receiv

Smog disrupts Beijing traffic, flights

BEIJING, Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Fresh smog shrouded Beijing and some other provinces in China early on Sunday, disrupting highway traffic and flights. Readings for PM2.5, hazardous particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or less, exceeded 200 microgr

Beijing to control urban expansion: mayor

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun on Wednesday said the capital will work hard to cool down rapid urban expansion in order to address traffic congestion, pollution and resource scarcity. We will make efforts to control Beijing's

耐克与勒布朗·詹姆斯签下终身合同

Nike has signed Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James to a lifetime deal in what one source familiar with the negotiations said is the largest single-athlete guarantee in company history. 据报道，耐克公司与骑士队前锋勒布朗詹姆斯签

Elizabeth Taylor Laid to Rest During Private Service

Hollywood acting legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small, private funeral（葬礼） Thursday at Forest Lawn cemetery outside Los Angeles, the same cemetery where her good friend, entertainer Michael Jackson was buried. Taylor's family and close f

我国三大运营商十一起全面取消长途和漫游费

China's three major telecom carriers announced that they will scrap charges for domestic long-distance calls and roaming starting Oct 1, following Premier Li Keqiang's promise in a government work report. 我国三大电信运营商日前宣布，将自

Stekelenburg pulls out of Dutch squad

THE HAGUE, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Maarten Stekelenburg has withdrawn from the Dutch squad for their forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers against Moldova and Sweden. Medical research on Monday in Amsterdam revealed that the AS Roma goalie has not recovered en

China to raise proportion of community-level deputies to people's congresses

China to raise proportion of community-level deputies to people's congresses BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China will increase the proportion of community-level deputies to the people's congresses, and reduce the number of deputies elected from among l

国际民航组织总部保留在蒙特利尔到2036年

国际民航组织总部保留在蒙特利尔到2036年 OTTAWA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Canada and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Monday signed a new agreement to keep the UN agency's headquarters in Montreal for another 20 years aft

Barca can claim league title on the weekend

MADRID, May 5 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona will have the chance to be crowned kings of the BBVA Primera Liga for the third consecutive season should results go their way this weekend. Barcelona can round up a perfect week which saw the club qualify for t

Wall Street rallies ahead of Memorial Day weekend

NEW YORK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks expanded gains on Friday ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend as surging commodity prices overcame disappointing economic data. European Central Bank Governing Council member George Provopoulos said that Gre

Iran to Test Long-Range Missiles in Weekend Drill

Iran says it will fire long-range missiles on Saturday as part of military exercises in the Gulf. The announcement on Friday was made on the heels of heightened tensions between Iran and Western powers over Tehran's threat to block oil shipments thro

Lakers' owner Jerry Buss dies at 80

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer at age 80 on Monday. The NBA has lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come, NBA commissioner David Ste

肚子饱不是真饱 3亿国人遭遇隐性饥饿

At present, about 2b people around the world are suffering from 'hidden hunger,' and the number in China is 300m, said Wan Jianmin, an academic with the Chinese Academy of Engineering. 中国工程院院士万建民近日指出，目前，全球约有

10 dead, 1.9 mln affected in Beijing downpour

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The heaviest rain in six decades in the Chinese capital on Saturday has left at least 10 people dead, Beijing authorities said Sunday. About 1.9 million people were affected by the downpour which also incurred nearly 10 b

德国汉莎航空因罢工取消22日几乎所有航班

BERLIN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 2,000 Lufthansa flights scheduled for next Monday were cancelled because of a warning strike called by labor union ver.di. Lufthansa released the list of cancelled flights Saturday evening. By 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT),