Marbury leads Beijing into CBA finals

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Stephon Marbury snatched a game-high 30 points plus nine rebounds and eight assists as Beijing Ducks cruised past Shanxi Zhongyu 3-2 with a 110-98 home victory on Sunday, making it to the CBA finals for the first time. A

White House: US Deficit To Rise, Then Fall

President Barack Obamas proposed government budget calls for a slightly higher U.S. deficit for the remainder of this year, then a smaller deficit next year. The president will unveil his budget plan on Monday. An outline of the presidents budget, re

House to Vote on Fiscal Cliff Deal

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to vote on a Senate-passed bill that would avert the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and mandated spending cuts. The Republican-dominated House will take a straight up-or-down

苏有朋指导新片《嫌疑人X的献身》3月31日公映

Taiwan stars Alec Su and Ruby Lin team up again in the forthcoming thriller The Devotion of Suspect X, adapted from Japanese author Keigo Higashino's award-wining novel with the same title. 在即将上映的电影《嫌疑人X的献身》中，台湾明

韩国总统朴槿惠因闺蜜门曝出而压力剧增

Over the past week pressure has been mounting on South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who has been suspected of letting her longtime friend to intervene in state affairs. 在过去一个礼拜里，韩国总统朴槿惠的压力剧增，她被怀疑让

韩国总统朴槿惠确认缺席APEC会议

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not attend the Asia-Pacific summit meeting slated for later this month amid a snowballing political scandal involving the president's longtime confidante and former aides, Seoul's foreign ministry spokesman C

朴槿惠被指岁月号沉没当天在整容 青瓦台否认

The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae last Friday denied as groundless allegations that President Park Geun-hye received plastic surgery during a 2014 ferry disaster. 韩国总统办公室青瓦台上周五否认了在2014年岁月号客轮沉没当天

变成嫌疑人? 韩国检方称朴槿惠"共谋作案"

South Korean prosecutors said last Sunday that they believe President Park Geun-hye was an accomplice in a corruption scandal that has rocked her administration, in a heavy blow to her fight for political survival. 韩国检方上周日声称，他们认

Spring cleaning

Spring cleaning 大扫除 Kate: Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English and today I'm joined as usual by Jackie Dalton. Well now we're well into the month of May and spring is well under way so today were talking about the modern attitude to

第六届世界传统武术锦标赛开幕

The 6th World Traditional Wushu Championship is still underway in the Great Wish Cultural Park in the city of Chizhou, east China's Anhui Province. More than 2,000 martial arts athletes from over 45 countries and regions are participating in this com

food from Japan to be tested for radiation

NEW DELHI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has ordered food originating from（发源于） Japan to be tested for radiation in the wake of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake-tsunami last Friday, repo

Man. United defender O'Shea joins Sunderland

LONDON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Sunderland have completed the signing of John O'Shea on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, revealed the defender's former club Manchester United on Thursday. O'Shea, 30, became the fifth former Man. United player on t

追星追成名人! 虹桥一姐龚玉雯走红!

For years, Gong Yuwen, an ordinary-looking 18-year-old high-school dropout, spent most of her days camped at the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, stalking and taking photos of the celebrities who passed through. 龚玉雯，一个普通的18岁

25 Chinese fishermen detained in Palau arrive home

HAIKOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five Chinese fishermen who have been held in Palau since March 31 arrived in south China's Hainan Province via a chartered Hainan Airlines plane on Wednesday. The fishermen, all from the island province of Hainan,

Europe's Economic Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial and political problems deepened, as stock markets tumbled, Italian bond yields rose over the political turmoil in Rome, and a new coalition government prepares to take over in Greece. The eurozone crisis has risen another notch wit

Europe’s Economic Struggles Continue Despite Greek Deal

Europe is continuing to struggle with its financial crisis, which is threatening to result in a prolonged period of slow or negative growth and more economic fallout for the rest of the world. Just as Greece appears close to resolving its domestic po

Europe Scrambling to Complete Debt-Relief Plan

With 24 hours to go before another summit, European leaders were scrambling Tuesday to complete a plan to resolve the continent's governmental debt contagion. The outline of a package of reforms is emerging, but details have yet to be set. The plan c

Europe's Financial Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial crisis has deepened this week as worries rose about the health of another bank - the Franco-Belgian-owned Dexia. Dexia's board meets Saturday to discuss the bank's future. Dexia's woes underscore growing criticism about the region'

Europe Pushes Toward More Bank Funding

European officials are moving to add new funding for troubled banks on the continent that are weighed down by the possibility of a Greek default on its debts. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the country with Europe's strongest economy, len

Europe Lowers Growth Forecast for 2012

Lisa Bryant | Paris November 10, 2011 - Europe got more bad news on Thursday, as the European Union's executive arm sharply downgraded growth forecasts for the region. This has major implications for a continent buffeted by the financial and politica