Kaka hails Brazil's "new generation" after 6-0 rout

Kaka hails Brazil's new generation after 6-0 rout MALMO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil star Kaka revealed his delight at being part of Brazil's new generation after scoring a goal and setting up another in a 6-0 friendly victory over Iraq on Wednesday.

浙大学生发明用空气洗手装置 获得国际大奖

A group of senior students from Zhejiang University have successfully developed an air hand-washing device. 浙江大学的一队大四学生成功研制出了空气洗手装置。 The device utilizes an infrared ray induction system, which detects t

Work is good for health: doctors

SYDNEY, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Work is good for health while long term work absence, work disability and unemployment can make us miserable(悲惨的), according to a consensus statement from the Australian and New Zealand doctors on Wednesday. The Aus

这真的很香港! 一车位卖出480万港元!

How much are you prepared to pay for a parking space? 你准备花多少钱买一个停车位？ Someone in Hong Kong recently paid out HK$4.8m ($0.62m) for the privilege of parking their car. 近日，香港有人以480万港币（约合62万美元）

香港舞狮迎猴年新春 Hong Kong's lions dance for prosperity

In Hong Kong the year of the monkey will be ushered in next Monday by dancing lions. The dances, believed to bring good luck and prosperity, are performed at Chinese new year in shopping malls, hotels, government offices and residential estates. 下周

Lochte edges Phelps in 400m medley

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Ryan Lochte edged Michael Phelps in the men's 400m individual medley at the US Olympic swimming trials Monday. Lochte took the lead on the breaststroke leg of the four-stroke event and held off Phelps in the closing fr

澳科学家警告海平面上升问题

CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have made the alarming discovery that sea levels have risen more in the past century than at any other comparable period in the past 6,000 years. Researchers from the Australian National University

上海采取措施应对海平面上升

Zhang Zhenyu, of the Shanghai Flood Risk Information Center spokesperson, said the seawalls virtually encircle half of the city. These are all the sea walls we have built, including from Hangzhou Bay to up at the top at the border with Jiangsu provin

中国海平面去年上升38毫米 创30年来最高

A report released last Wednesday by China's State Oceanic Administration warned that sea levels monitored last year reached the highest level since 1980. 中国国家海洋局上周三发布的一份报告警告称，去年监测的我国海平面高度

Haikui affects 6 mln people, destroys thousands of houses

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 6 million people had been affected by Typhoon Haikui in four provinces as of 8 a.m. Thursday, the country's flood control authority said. Typhoon Haikui, which made landfall early Wednesday morning in east China'

Snow affects Beijing travel

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Air and road traffic in Beijing has been disrupted after snowfall on Thursday evening and into Friday. Two expressway sections near Beijing were closed after snow fell from around 7 p.m. on Thursday, and the Beijing Meteo

Injuries affect Del Bosque plans

MADRID, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Spain coach Vicente del Bosque faces an injury crisis as he plans for his side's next two qualification（资格,条件 ） matches for the 2012 European Championships. The Spain coach took the decision to rest Barcelona mi

Launch delays "will not affect Shenzhou"

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The unmanned Shenzhou VIII, part of China's first spacecraft rendezvous and docking mission, will be launched in early November. Niu Hongguang, deputy commander-in-chief of the program, said on Tuesday the launch has

Dads' depression affects kids' behavior

BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Kids with a depressed father tend to have more behavior issues than those with a happy father, a latest US study shows. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, used data from home interviews with almost 22,000 f

就是横!金州勇士创造NBA最快50胜!

The Golden State Warriors is the quickest team to 50 wins in NBA history, one game faster than the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who started 50-6. 金州勇士队成为了NBA历史上最快拿下赛季第50胜的球队，比起1995-96赛季的芝加哥公牛队

结婚两个月负债五百万 婚姻法24条让女性很受伤

Recently, the case of a woman being forced to pay her ex-husband's debt has captured the attention of the Chinese public, many of who fear that the current marriage law provides a legal basis for the dispossession of pre-marital property. 最近，一位

Chilean president reshuffles cabinet

SANTIAGO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Friday reshuffled his cabinet（内阁）, replacing ministers of defense, labor and energy, and sacking the minister of transportation. The move followed Defense Minister Jaime Ravi

Chilean defender Gonzalez joins Brazil's Flamengo

SANTIAGO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chile's defender Marcos Gonzalez on Thursday travelled to Brazil to join the Rio de Janeiro based Flamengo on a transfer which will last four years. Gonzalez, one of the stars of Universidad de Chile's team that has been

Chilean coach Borghi fired after friendly loss

SANTIAGO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Claudio Borghi, coach of Chilean national soccer team, was fired after his team lost 3-1 to Serbia in an international friendly played in St Gallen, Switzerland on Wednesday. The bitter loss was just the last straw that

北京市政府机构2017年底迁往通州 带动40万人疏解

The municipal government of Beijing will move to the suburban district of Tongzhou at the end of 2017, a high-ranking official said on Monday. 周一，一位高级官员表示，北京市政府将会于2017年年底搬至近郊通州区。 About 400