Trashed Oceans Threaten Marine Life

Last September, more than 600,000 volunteers from all over the world participated(参与共享) in International Coastal Cleanup Day. According to a report released recently, they removed more than 3.5 million kilos of trash from ocean beaches, river

保监会发互联网保险新规

The new guideline clearly defines the qualification and regulations of the internet insurance businesses. Dean of School of Insurance with Central University of Fiance and Economics Hao Yansu says rules need to be set up to regulate the new business.

中国保监会打击奇葩保险产品

Chinese people will no longer be able to take out cover against acne, sleep deprivation or smog after regulators banned insurance products deemed attention-grabbing, speculative and stunt. 在监管机构已叫停被视为夺人眼球、投机性和噱

中国保监会称要推动'环强险'方案落地

China is quickening the pace of putting together its compulsory environmental pollution liability insurance implementation plan - and joint regulation and product designs could be key issues, experts said. 我国正加快拟定环境污染强制责任保

Top GOP senator opposes tax hikes to replace spending cuts

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday said that he opposed raising taxes to solve U.S. government's spending problem and replace the ongoing government's spending cuts. We have a spending addiction in

福特今年聘请3000美国受薪工人

CHICAGO, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Ford Motor Company will hire an additional 800 salaried employees for a total of more than 3,000 salaried employees in the United States this year, according to a file released by the company on Tuesday. The new hiring re

Real Madrid confirm Adebayor signing

MADRID, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho finally got the center forward he has spent the past season asking for as the club confirmed（确证） a signing of Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor on Tuesday. The Togo internati

黑变黄&四指怪 辛普森一家作者爆料

In the third episode of the Simpsons in 1987, Smithers made his first appearance. 史密瑟斯第一次登场于1987年的《辛普森一家》第三集。 When viewers first laid eyes on Montgomery Burns' assistant, he was black. 当观众第一眼看

IMF Head Arrested, Accused of Sexual Assault

The head of the International Monetary Fund has been arrested in New York City and accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. New York police spokesman Paul Browne says Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in custody and was being questioned Saturday evening.

Sexual Assault Charges Against Strauss-Kahn Dropped

A New York judge has dismissed sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one day after prosecutors moved to have the case dropped. After the dismissal Tuesday, an appeals court rejected his accuse

U.S. Senate bill drops assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in a package of gun reform legislation to be introduced in the Senate, which signals the measure st

国粹京剧走进北京中小学课堂

Peking Opera is being introduced to primary and middle school students in an effort to promote the traditional art to the younger generation, Beijing News reported on last Tuesday. 新京报上周二报道，为了使年轻一代更好的传承中国传

Americans Hold Somber Observances of September 11 Attacks

A decade after Islamic terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and turned them into weapons to claim nearly 3,000 lives, people in the United States on Sunday somberly marked the September 11 anniversary with memorials at the scenes of the attacks.

Australia, U.S. to hold discussion on energy

CANBERRA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Australia and the United States will have a bilateral discussion on energy supply and security in 2013, Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson said in a statement on Friday. This bilateral discussio

Google increases investment in clean energy

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Google announced on Thursday that it is investing 75 million U.S. dollars in a wind farm in the Midwestern U.S. state of Iowa, making its total investment in clean energy projects to nearly 1 billion dollars. The Io

Heavy snow hits Moscow

Heavy snow hits Moscow

Gulf Arab countries forecast high returns for renewable energy

DUBAI, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Saturday the six GCC countries' returns through renewable energy integration could hit 200 billion U.S. dollars by 2030. IRENA said in an e-mailed repor

Obama: Time to Create the Energy Security Trust

U.S. President Barack Obama says the only way to break the cycle of spiking gas prices is to shift cars and trucks off of oil for good. He said that is why he asked Congress in his State of the Union address to establish an Energy Security Trust to i

Moscow wants fresh start on arms talks with NATO

MOSCOW, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Moscow wanted to press the reset button on conventional arms reduction talks with NATO, new Russian envoy to the military bloc Alexander Grushko said Thursday. The main thing is to start these consultations, not to call th

Moscow fears for adopted Russian boy in U.S.

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia was seriously alarmed by the fate of an adopted Russian child in the United States to whom Russian consulate workers were being denied access, a high-ranking diplomat said Wednesday. We are seriously concerned with