南苏丹和平谈判艰难开启

南苏丹和平谈判艰难开启 South Sudan's warring factions have opened peace talks in Ethiopia, as violence continues in at least two regions of South Sudan. The two sides were set to hold a face-to-face meeting in Addis Ababa Sunday, following

研究称维生素D可缓解多发性硬化症症状

研究称维生素D可缓解多发性硬化症症状 WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) could stave off disease symptoms by increasing their vitamin D intake, U.S. researchers said Monday. The stud

China, Austria pledge law enforcement cooperation

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang met Friday with visiting Austrian Federal Minister of Justice Beatrix Karl and pledged to enhance cooperation between the two nations on law enforcement. Zhou, a member of the Standing

港交所启用波动调节机制

Hong Kongs stock market has moved into line with global peers, with the exchange operators launch yesterday of a circuit breaker to prevent extreme volatility. 香港股市昨日启用市场波动调节机制以防止极端波动，此举使其与全球

港交所明年在内地推金属交易平台

The owner of the London Metal Exchange aims to target Chinese commodity traders concerned by speculative excesses on the countrys domestic bourses, with plans to establish a physical metals trading platform in mainland China next year. 伦敦金属交易

China orders no extravagance during holidays

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC), as well as the government's supervisory authority, have called for efforts to halt extravagance during the upcoming holiday season. The use of public funds

No world record attempt for Makau in Frankfurt

NAIROBI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- World marathon record holder Patrick Makau has ruled out attacking the world record when he lines up at the Frankfurt marathon on Oct. 28. Makau, who is eying to bounce back after he was overlooked by the Kenyan authoriti

欧盟欢迎英法海底隧道的计划

BRUSSELS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) said on Monday it welcomes Eurotunnel's announcement to cut charges imposed on rail freight operators by up to 50 percent. I welcome Eurotunnel's announcement because it should pave the way for m

Interpol Foils World Cup Terror Plot

Interpol says it has stopped a possible terrorist attack on the cricket World Cup, which is underway in South Asia. Interpol chief Ronald Noble told reporters in Islamabad Thursday that the agency was able last week to identify, locate and arrest a t

告别堵车:飞行汽车明年上市

Finally, the long-awaited flying car is almost here. 终于，人们期待已久的飞行汽车就要面世了。 AeroMobil, a Slovakian company, plans to start selling its creation, the AeroMobil 3.0, in 2017. 斯洛伐克公司AeroMobil计划在201

西班牙脱轨列车司机事发时正在打电话

He hit the brakes too late. The train, carrying 218 passengers in eight carriages, hurtled off the tracks and slammed into a concrete wall, killing 79 people. On Tuesday, investigators looking into the crash announced their preliminary findings from

中国西北干旱影响约4.35亿人

LANZHOU, March 26 (Xinhua) -- About 4.35 million people in northwest China's Gansu Province have been affected by a weeklong drought, provincial authorities said Tuesday. A lack of precipitation and increasingly dusty weather conditions have affected

柯洁:阿尔法狗终将击败人类

Ke Jie says the machine is improving its play every day, which is hard for human beings to achieve. I said before that I could beat AlphaGo easily and now I still believe I have more chances to win the match against AlphaGo. But the thing is AlphaGo

终极人机大战 天才少年柯洁下月迎战'阿尔法狗'

It's just over a year since Google's DeepMind unit stunned the world when its AlphaGo AI beat Go legend Lee Se-dol 4-1 in a five-game match; the result demonstrated mastery of a feat that had eluded computer scientists for decades and sparked a flood

武汉一父亲用GPS追踪孩子信息引争议

A father in Wuhan, Hubei province reportedly installed three GPS trackers on his little one in an attempt to stay informed of his child's coordinates at any given time. 据报道，湖北武汉一名父亲在自己孩子身上放置了3个GPS追踪器，

Thunder's Ibaka fined $25,000 for hitting Griffin

NEW YORK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka was fined 25,000 dollars for striking Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin in the groin during a game on Sunday, the NBA said Tuesday. Ibaka was initially whistled a level

个人认购大额存单门槛降至20万元

China's central bank lowered the minimum amount of certificates of deposit (CDs) by individual investors from 300,000 to 200,000 to give more people access to this investment channel. 日前，央行将个人投资人认购大额存单起点金额从

巴黎圣母院附近现可疑煤气罐车 车主已被拘留

Paris police have arrested a man on the terrorism watch list after his car was found near the Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas cylinders inside. 巴黎警方日前逮捕了恐怖主义观察名单上的一名男子，他的车停在圣母院大教堂

China reiterates proactive fiscal policy stance in 2012

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- China will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy this year amid complicated economic environments both at home and abroad, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren said Wednesday. In an article published on the ministry's

朝鲜警告战争,美国称其为社会弃儿

GENEVA North Korea said on Tuesday it would pursue its nuclear deterrent and weapons program as huge U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises it says model a pre-emptive nuclear attack against Pyongyang continued. 日内瓦--朝鲜于周四说美-韩