姚明接受贝爷挑战 将参加《越野千里》!

To promote man-and-nature harmony, retired basketball star Yao Ming has embraced the challenge from British outdoor adventurer Bear Grylls to join the shooting of a wilderness-survival TV reality show. 为了促进人类和自然的和谐相处，退役

水果姐将领衔超级碗中场秀

While Taylor Swift was dancing at the American Music Awards, the NFL confirmed that Katy Perry will perform during halftime of Super Bowl XLIX. Perry and Pepsi, the Super Bowl XLIX halftime sponsor, celebrated the announcement by releasing a video to

水果姐凯蒂·佩里将助力天猫双11晚会

US pop sensation Fruit Sister Katy Perry is coming to China next month, for a concert sponsored by online shopping platform T-mall. 美国流行天后水果姐凯蒂佩里将于下月来华，为网络购物平台天猫主办的音乐会献唱。 The

There are lots of different diets

There are lots of different diets. On of them is called the low-carb diet. If you were on a low-carb diet you would eat... 节食方法有很多种，有一种叫做低碳水化合物饮食，若你就是这种情况，你会吃什么呢？ a) less fish b) less pasta（意大利面条） c) les

以色列，巴勒斯坦举行新一轮会谈

以色列，巴勒斯坦举行新一轮会谈 RAMALLAH, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiation(谈判) teams are to hold a new round of talks on Tuesday, according to Israel Radio, without specifying the venue of the meeting. T

乌克兰排除了与俄罗斯双边会谈

KIEV, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Kiev on Wednesday ruled out the possibility to hold bilateral talks with Russia over crisis in eastern Ukraine.P In today's environment, I believe that bilateral negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are not on the agenda,

西单女孩身价过亿 自主创业卖牙膏

Ren Yueli was once a street singer in an underground passage in Xidan, in downtown Beijing. Her interpretation of the song Angel's Wings went viral online in 2009. Netizens named her the Xidan girl. 任月丽曾经是北京西单地下通道的街头歌

美国参议院确认普利茨克为商务部长

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed hotel magnate Penny Pritzker as the new secretary of commerce. The Senate backed President Barack Obama's pick of Pritzker by a sweeping vote of 97-1. I am pleased the Senate took bi

Researchers Stumble Across Hair Growth Treatment

Researchers have stumbled across what may turn out to be a miracle（奇迹） treatment for hair loss in humans. The scientists were investigating how stress affects the digestive system when they made the discovery. The team at the University of Ca

IMF Head Says Growth No Longer Enough

Even as countries around the world are posting better economic growth rates two years after a global recession, officials from the International Monetary Fund say that is not enough to improve the livelihood of most people. Global finance chiefs at t

Obama: Tech Innovations Can Spur Job Growth

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a renewed emphasis on cutting-edge research and technological advances as a way to spur the country's sluggish job growth. In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said a new partnership he h

India Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Slow Growth

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Monday in a bid to curb inflation, despite pressure to cut rates to spur lagging economic growth. The Reserve Bank kept the rate at 8 percent, and the cash reserve rate for banks at 4.75 percent. The

China 2012 growth eases to 7.8 pct

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's economic expansion slowed to 7.8 percent year on year in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday. The growth rate, the weakest expansion in a decade,

G20 vows to support financial stability, sustainable growth

MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 (G20) on Saturday pledged to strengthen financial stability and promote sustainable growth at the conclusion of a two-day meeting here. In a joint communique issued

China targets 7.5-pct GDP growth

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government announced Tuesday that its GDP growth target will remain around 7.5 percent this year to leave room for economic restructuring. The target is intended to help create jobs and improve people's well-b

EU leaders hold broad talks on growth

BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Top leaders of the European Union (EU) Thursday held broad talks on growth without making concrete decisions on the first day of the two-day spring summit in Brussels, against the backdrop of easing market pressure but

Inter-city rail projects cleared

Beijing, August 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)（国家发改委） on Friday approved a batch of inter-city rail transit networks, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers, to accelerate（加速） regional integ

Kenya Plans 'Silicon Savannah' to Build on Tech Growth

It is hard to escape the images of Konza City in Kenya. Advertisements promoting the future high-tech hub, or technopolis, appear daily in the country's newspapers and show regularly on the state television network. The ambitious plan is the work of

China's CPI growth dips to 4.1 pct in December 2011

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.1 percent year-on-year in December, down 0.1 percentage point from November on falling non-food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Th

Growth Expected to Slow in World's Largest Economies

Growth for the world's biggest economies is expected to stall in the last three months of this year, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The new findings come before a key meeting of finance ministers f