Bill to Raise US Debt Ceiling Advances

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill tying an increase in the federal borrowing limit to deep spending cuts, limits on future spending, and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. The Republican-sponsored measu

White House Blasts Revised Boehner Bill

President Barack Obama says Congress can find a bipartisan solution to prevent an August 2 government default. But White House officials are highly critical of Fridays changes in Republican legislation to raise the borrowing limit. White House Press

India Lower House Passes Graft Bill

India's powerful lower house of parliament has passed a landmark anti-corruption bill that seeks to create an independent ombudsman with powers to investigate corruption charges against bureaucrats and politicians. The bill was passed Tuesday followi

穆尔西说他仍然是“合法”的埃及总统

CAIRO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi said he is still the legitimate president of Egypt in a prerecorded statement broadcast by pan-Arab Al Jazeera news channel on Wednesday evening. There is no alternative for legitimacy,

Stakes high as Afghans go to vote

Millions of Afghans have begun voting in the country's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. Militants have threatened(威胁) to disrupt the polls, in which President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term. Some 300,000 Afgha

EU leaders "honored" by Nobel Peace Prize award: statement

EU leaders honored by Nobel Peace Prize award: statement BRUSSELS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The award of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union (EU) was a tremendous honor and the strongest possible recognition of its efforts to shape a conti

Chile playmaker Valdivia commits to Palmeiras

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Chile international midfielder Jorge Valdivia has ended speculation about his future by agreeing to remain at Brazilian club Palmeiras for at least another year. Valdivia vowed never to play in Brazil again after h

电影《魔兽世界》正式定档 6月8日在中国上映

Finally, the new Warcraft movie is out - and it looks awesome. 终于，最新电影《魔兽世界》就要上映了--它看起来真的非常精彩。 Hollywood film Warcraft will have its global premiere in China next month, in what is the culmina

East Kalimantan province to host Indonesia Open

JAKARTA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- East Kalimantan province will host its second 2011 Bank Kaltim Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at the end of this month, predicting a successful event like it was last year, local media reported on Fr

Carrie Underwood plays first UK show

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhuanet) -- American country singer Carrie Underwood has performed for the fist time in the UK, at a sold-out show at Londons prestigious Royal Albert Hall. The former American Idol winner is on tour following the release of her f

Google Expands Reach in West Africa to Tech-Savvy Youth

West Africa's Internet penetration（穿透） level remains one of the lowest in the world, but a booming market for mobile phones has more tech companies sensing opportunity. U.S. search giant Google has set up offices in several countries in the r

Google to Appeal Street View Ruling in Switzerland

Internet search giant Google says it will lodge an appeal with Switzerland's highest court after a lower court ruled the company's Street View service must obscure all of the faces and auto license plates before making its pictures available. Google

Google to launch Chrome notebooks in June

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Google on Wednesday introduced a series of notebook computers based on its Chrome operating system, stepping up its competition against Microsoft. Google unveiled the Chromebook at its annual developers conference(会议

US Probes Google's Business Practices

The U.S. government has launched an investigation into whether Internet search engine Google is using its dominance to promote its products while blocking competitors. Google controls more than 65 percent of web searches worldwide and earns most of i

Google rolls out "what do you love"

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Google has launched a new site wdyl.com, a search service standing for what do you love and integrating a variety of Google's search products on one page. According to a report by technology blog TechCrunch, wdyl.co

Google to pay $500 mln over online drug ads

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Online search engine Google Inc. has agreed to pay 500 million U.S. dollars to settle claims that it allowed online Canadian pharmacies to place advertisements targeting consumers in the United States, U.S. Justice Dep

Google mulls offering paid TV services: report

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Google is mulling a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers, a move that could flare up a new wave of competition in the traditional TV business, U.S. media reported on Friday. According to The Wall Street

Google收购Nest 打造家庭数据中心

Google收购Nest 打造家庭数据中心 The deal means Google could be in parts of your home that it's never been to before, and the firm will have access to data from every nook and cranny.Now allow me to show you around the house that Google buil

数十万葡民众抗议“三驾马车”及经济紧缩政策

ISTANBUL, June 1 (Xinhua) -- More than 50,000 demonstrators packed Taksim square on Saturday in the center of Turkey's coastal city of Istanbul, as the five-day protests against the demolition of a park boiled over into a move against Prime Minister

速度与激情 刘翔职业生涯十大瞬间

Lius career started as a high jumper. Mr. Sun Haiping encouraged him to move up to hurdles. Without him, Lius career would have come to a halt as his parents had withdrawn him from the sports school. 刘翔最开始是一名跳高运动员。他后来的