On a magic tour with Harry Potter

LONDON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Harry Potter's fans in Britain could go to Hogwarts with the bespectacled boy and start a magic trip from the upcoming Saturday. The Warner Bros. Studio, which started to build over a decade ago with the launch of the fir

Bolt: Now I am a legend

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt made Olympic history as he won the gold medal in the 200 meters on Thursday night. Bolt ran 19.32 to finish ahead of fellow countrymen Yohan Blake and Wallace Weir to become the first man to win 100 and 200 meter

克里姆林宫发誓不干涉乌克兰事务

克里姆林宫发誓不干涉乌克兰事务 MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia is concerned with situation in Ukraine, including rise of Russophobia there, but is not going to intervene in Kiev's domestic affairs, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov sai

中国木雕中发现明朝纸币

A crumpled banknote issued by the first Ming emperor has been discovered hidden within a cavity inside a 13th-century Chinese wooden sculpture. 一张由明朝开国皇帝发行的皱巴巴的纸币，被发现藏于一座13世纪雕刻的中国木雕内

美国北部两列火车相撞

美国北部两列火车相撞 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A train carrying crude oil collided with another train in the northern U.S. state of North Dakota, sparking a large fire, local media reported Monday. So far there were no reports of casu

Mudslides strand over 400 vehicles in Xinjiang

URUMQI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 vehicles are stranded following rain-triggered mudslides that cut off multiple sections of a major road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, border police said Saturday. Several stretches of

Partisan Divides Sharpen Ahead of Major Obama Speech

Days before President Barack Obama is expected to unveil proposals to boost Americas sluggish economy and reduce stubbornly high unemployment, the White House is hearing conflicting messages from lawmakers and others as to what the president should p

U.S. partisan gap widens, bases shrink: poll

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Five months ahead of the U.S. presidential election, U.S. partisan bases have been shrinking and going more polarized, with more Americans identifying themselves as political independents in the past 25 years, according

最强自恋美少年 天天被自己帅醒

图片1 Seventeen-year-old Kurt Coleman has garnered an enormous following online by posting selfies and boasting about his good looks. The teenager, from Gold Coast City, Queensland, has become a web sensation with more than 172,000 followers on Fac

国共两党主席在北京会面

The first meeting between Xi Jinping and Eric Chu took place in the Great Hall of the People Monday morning. Leaders of the two parties exchanged views on CPC-KMT exchanges and the development of relations across the Taiwan Straits. Xi Jinping says c

Stars, fans bid farewell to Oprah

BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood's A-listers have bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show at Chicago's United Center. Winfrey's producers made good on their promise of the biggest stars of movies, musi

U-20 star looks to break ties with Sao Paulo

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Henrique, a key member of Brazil's under-20 FIFA World Cup championship team, declared upon his return to the country on Sunday that he intends to leave Sao Paulo. The 20-year-old, the winner of MVP award of the 20

统计局发布去年工资数据 金融业依然最有钱!

Employees in the finance sector earned more money than those in other industries in 2015, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. 根据国家统计局近日发布的数据显示，2015年金融从业者收入居各行业之首

国家统计局 六月我国房价涨势放缓

China's property sector continued to recover but at a slower pace in June, with fewer cities reporting month-on-month rises in new home prices, an official survey showed last Monday. 上周日，一项官方调查显示，6月我国房地产行业保持

"Legend of Zhen Huan" sweeps Chinese mainland

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The 76-episode drama series Legend of Zhen Huan has had sweeping popularity in the Chinese mainland over the past months, that a whole town tunes in to watch when it airs on TV, Sina.com reported. The series is adapted f

John Travolta sued by male masseur for sexual assault

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhuanet) -- John Travolta is being sued by a male masseur who claims the Hollywood star sexually assaulted him during a massage, but the star's rep dismissed the claim as baseless lie, media reported on Tuesday. In court papers file

Napli won to chase Juventus

ROME, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Edison Cavani scored a brace as Napoli edged a nervy 3-2 win over Atalanta on Sunday and narrowed the gap between them and the Serie A leaders Juventus to nine points. Cavani ended his own six-week goal drought with an earl

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乔治小王子穿蕾丝裙受洗 不哭不闹 A few months ago, millions of people around the world celebrated the birth of Prince George, extraordinary reactions all over the world. Now we're celebrating the next huge important moment, which is his

乔治小王子上学啦 背书包萌范儿足

With a quilted coat and a light blue backpack, a boy who could one day be king set off Wednesday on his educational journey. 这个周三，一个穿着棉袄外套、背着淡蓝色书包的小朋友，开始了自己的求学之旅。而这个小朋友

美国职棒大联盟开拓中国市场

As the world's most populous country, China has become a focal point for many international sports organizations seeking global expansion. With the missions to bring baseball to another side of the globe and to identity fresh talents, Major League Ba