Chelsea set to announce deal for Brazil starlet Oscar

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea is this week expected to confirm the signing of Brazilian starlet Oscar after the midfielder underwent a medical with the European champion on Tuesday. The 20-year-old's club Internacional is understood to

Drama honoring military archivist staged in Beijing

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A drama honoring an archivist who had devoted himself to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s archive work was staged Saturday evening in Beijing. The drama, Sheng Ming Dang An, or Archives of Life, tells the life

US Agencies Probe Secret Service Prostitution Scandal

Top U.S. lawmakers are calling for more firings at the Secret Service, after a prostitution scandal diminished the reputation of the agents who protect the president. Three people have left the service as a result of the scandal. It is uncertain whet

Secret Google lab for future technology unveiled

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Google is running a secret research lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the tech giant invests to experiment and invent what may be world-changing technologies for the future, U.S. media reported on Monday. Acc

搜索服务管理规定出台 付费搜索须加显著标识

China's Internet regulator released a regulation on search engines, ordering search providers to ensure objective, fair and authoritative search results. 我国互联网监管机构近日发布一项针对搜索引擎的规定，要求搜索服务提供

Mundell calls IMF's not putting RMB in SDRs a big mistake

HONG KONG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- It was a big mistake for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)(国际货币基金) not to include the Chinese currency, renminbi (RMB), in the international reserve basket in its recent reevaluation of the content of SD

美科学家称月球正在缩小

The Man in the Moon has become the latest victim of contraction（缩小 ） in the housing market. Astronomers（天文学家） reporting on Thursday in the US journal Science said they had found previous undetected landforms（地貌,地形） whi

China to follow developments of Argentine train crash

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires will closely follow the developments in a recent train crash in Argentina that claimed the lives of dozens of people, including one Chinese

朝鲜更换强硬派国防部长

North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general. Although no official announcement was made, a news report from the official Korean Central News Agency named Jang Jong Nam as among the party officials attending a

首尔呼吁平壤对话

SEOUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Thursday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to come to the dialogue table to resolve the political deadlock with its northern neighbor. The suspension in operation of the Kaesong Indu

外媒看中国 金扫帚奖烂片太多太难挑

As Chinas film industry has grown, so too has the number of lemons its produced. 随着中国的影视业不断壮大，中国制造的烂片也越来越多。 According to the organizers of this years Golden Broom Awards which asks the public to cho

American Football Making Foray Into India

American-style football is seeking an entry into India. But it is unclear whether a country that has a single-minded obsession with cricket will take to this all-American sport. That's because although American-style football ranks among the top favo

BP, Russian company sign deal on share swap

LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum（石油） (BP) signed an agreement with Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft on Friday evening, under which BP will swap 5 percent of its stock, valued at 7.8 billion U.S. dollars, for 9.5 per

BP计划出售上海赛科石化股权

BP is planning to sell one of its biggest Chinese investments, by disposing of the UK energy companys 50 per cent stake in the Secco petrochemicals plant near Shanghai. 英国石油(BP)正计划出售其在中国的最大投资项目之一，处置这家

U.S. federal gov't budget deficit tops 260 million dollars in December

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government ran a budget deficit of 260 million U.S. dollars in December, the Treasury Department figures revealed Friday. The federal government raked in a revenue of 269.5 billion dollars in December,

China allots 120 million yuan to fight floods

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Sunday that 120 million yuan (19 million U.S. dollars) has been allocated to help the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and neighboring Hebei province to fight floods. The fund, allocated by

Over 1 million vie for 20,000 car plates in Beijing

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Winning rate for Beijing's car registration lottery has dropped to less than 2 percent in August, marking the lowest rate since the car plate lottery scheme was launched last year, local authorities said Sunday. Among the

600 million middle-class Chinese by 2020: think tank

600 million middle-class Chinese by 2020: think tank HAIKOU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's rapid urbanization will greatly increase its number of middle-class people to 600 million and support an economic growth between 7 percent and 8 percent annually

U.S. to adds 50 million dollars to fight AIDS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration is committing an addition 50 million U.S. dollars in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Obama also set a new target of helping six mi

China rainstorms leave 8 dead, affect millions

NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Eight people in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have been killed by rainstorms that have wrought havoc in many parts of the country over the last few days, authorities said on Monday. As of Monday evenin