Armstrong admits doping in Oprah Winfrey interview

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhuanet) U.S. top rank cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview on Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. Armstrong said he was prepared to speak candidly during th

Interview: Berlinale offers more than entertainment -- official

BERLIN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The art-house cinema section at the ongoing Berlinale presents an alternative to mainstream films as it pushes the audience to think rather than just entertain them, said the director of Berlinale Panorama. Since 1992, Wie

Mubarak says has ordered gov't to step down

CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- In his televised speech on early Saturday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak(穆巴拉克) said that he has asked his current government to resign, vowing that the new government will bring more democracy and reform, in resp

Pelosi bids farewell as U.S. House Speaker

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives（众议院） Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday conducted her last news conference as head of the House, bidding farewell as Republicans（共和党） are set to take over in the lower cham

挪威国王接受斯托尔滕贝格政府辞职

挪威国王接受斯托尔滕贝格政府辞职 OSLO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian King Harald V accepted on Monday the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The coalition government of Stoltenberg's Labor Party and

挪威石油基金作出了积极表率

When the quiet one in the room suddenly shouts, people tend to listen. On that basis, the reserved and thoughtful Norwegians who run the countrys $850bn oil fund should get a decent hearing next time they visit Wolfsburg, having declared they will su

Zhang wins China's first ever men's gold at swimming world

ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships. Zhang powered home in seven minutes, 32.

美国准备为土耳其矿难提供帮助

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Wednesday offered its condolences over a deadly coal mine explosion in Turkey, saying the United States was ready to help. Spokesman Jay Carney offered his heartfelt condolences to the families of the

美国巴尔的摩取消宵禁

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has ended the citywide overnight curfew as protesters hold another rally against police violence outside city hall. Baltimore was in turmoil last week after the funeral for Freddie Gray -- the African American

11月起开网约车须考试 出租拒载绕道可罚两千

Drivers of China's online ride-hailing services will be required to hold a license by passing exams in November. 今年11月，我国网约车司机将须通过考试获得从业资格证。 Unlicensed drivers who engage in the services will face a f

萨顶顶拿反话筒暴露假唱 自黑下次演得更精细

A well-known Chinese pop star accidentally revealed she was lip-synching instead of singing during a televised concert by brandishing her microphone the wrong way around. 近日，中国知名流行歌手萨顶顶在电视音乐晚会上因拿倒麦克

大学教育纯属浪费钱财的10大原因(中)

7.Investing your college fees gives a better return 7.把你的大学学费用来投资会有更好的回报 Americans have always known that it will cost them a lot of money to go to university. Grants are available but costs are not limited to tuit

大学教育纯属浪费钱财的10大原因(上)

The idea of a college education is as American as apple pie. We all grow up with the hope that we can have a college education and that one is necessary in order to succeed in life. 接受大学教育对于美国人来说就像吃苹果派一样稀松平

4S phone fever hits China

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirty-year-old Chen Liang acquired his iPhone 4S in a relatively straightforward way without visiting the gray market. He typed Looking for an iPhone 4S through weibo on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter at 9 am on Oc

Beijing gripped in cold snap

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Beijing gripped in a cold snap is experiencing one of the coldest New Year periods in the local meteorological history, according to the municipal observatory on Wednesday. The observatory issued the yellow low-temperature

China to support renovation of rural rundown homes

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government said on Saturday it will subsidize 4 million poor rural households through a pilot scheme to renovate their dilapidated houses in rural areas this year. Subsidies allocated by the central government

Britain's property more affordable for first-time buyers: report

LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Stagnant British housing market has made property at the most affordable level in 10 years, bringing more homes within reach of first-time buyers, British mortgage lender Halifax said on Saturday. Halifax, now part of Lloy

苹果CEO库克本月将来华访问

Apple chief executive Tim Cook plans to visit Beijing later this month to meet high-level government officials, at a time when the company is facing setbacks in its most important overseas market, a source said. 近日有消息称，苹果CEO蒂姆库克

谷歌CEO表态希望能重返中国大陆

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant is open to returning its search business to China, if it could be done right, he told an industry conference. 日前，互联网巨头谷歌的首席执行官桑达尔皮查伊在行业会议上表示，

快播CEO王欣当庭认罪 涉案高管向网民致歉

Four executives of online video service Qvod who are on trial for spreading pornography for profits and who had pled innocent in a previous trial, changed their pleas to guilty last Friday in a new open trial in Beijing. 在上周五于北京举行的公