Gilberto Silva undergoes surgery on broken nose

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Gremio's Gilberto Silva, former star fullback at Panathinaikos-GRE and Arsena-ENG, underwent surgery on Saturday to correct his recently suffered broken nose. Silva received a vicious elbow during his team's 4-0 w

Anne Hathaway wins Golden Globe award of best supporting actress

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Actress Anne Hathaway wins Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Les Miserables at the 70th annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony which is underway at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood, California Sun

Third Forum on Development of Tibet concludes in Athens

ATHENS, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The third Forum on the Development of Tibet concluded here on Friday after discussions on efforts to promote the world's understanding of Tibet and enhance the cooperation between China and the rest of the world with regar

"Twilight" Nikki Reed plans wedding

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Twilight actress Nikki Reed is busily planning her wedding to former American Idol contestant Paul McDonald. Although she loved the beautiful nuptials in her new movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, she prefe

胖妞进选美决赛 主办方取消其资格

A beauty pageant contestant who labelled herself 'terribly ugly' has been disqualified after being voted through to the final because organisers thought she had tampered with the vote. 俄罗斯一项选美比赛的一名自认为长得很丑的参赛者

2016社会心态蓝皮书发布 一、四线城市不宜居

While people in first-tier cities are under more pressure, smaller cities may not be the ideal place to live either, according to the 2016 Annual Report on Social Mentality of China by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 中国社会科学院近日

China's Huawei sues Motorola for IPR breach

SYDNEY, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Huawei Technologies, on Monday asked a U.S. District Court to prevent Motorola(摩托罗拉) from illegally transferring Huawei's intellectual property (IP) to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), officials of Huawei told Xinhua

Forbidden city to publicize catalogue of its collections

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Palace Museum will publicize a catalogue of all its collections of cultural relics, the museum's curator Shan Jixiang said Friday. The museum had completed cataloguing all the relics in its archives in June after s

Real, Barca both win to retain gap

MADRID, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid retained their seven point lead at the top of Spain's BBVA Primera Liga on Saturday with a hard-fought 1-0 away win at Getafe, while second-placed Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1. Sergio Ramos' header gave Real

Barca beat Gijon 3-1 without Messi

MADRID, March 3 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona survived being without the suspended Leo Messi and playing the second half of their game with 10 men after Gerard Pique was sent off to defeat Sporting Gijon 3-1 in the Camp Nou. The win takes Barca to within

Barca extend contracts of B-teamers Muniesa and Sanchez

MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona this Wednesday announced that the club has extended the contracts of B-team players Marc Muniesa and Ilie Sanchez. 20-year-old Muniesa has been a regular with the B-team for the past three years and has spent

Neymar rejects Barca talk

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Neymar has rejected the latest reports linking him with a move to Barcelona by insisting he has still not considered leaving Brazilian club Santos. Last week Barcelona defender and Neymar's Brazil teammate Daniel A

Staying rainfall to hit more regions

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Rainfall will persist in regions south of the Yangtze River, southern parts of China and some southwestern regions, while gradually spreading north, the National Meteorological Center said Sunday. The western parts of Gua

Trading Scheme Costs Swiss Bank $2 Billion

Police in London say they have arrested a man accused in an unauthorized trading scheme that allegedly cost Swiss bank UBS about $2 billion. Police say Kweku Adoboli, 31, was taken into custody Thursday on the suspicion of abusing his position to com

Ajax beat Dinamo Zagreb to continue in Europe

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ajax beat Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 on Wednesday in Champions League Group D. In the same group Real Madrid defeated Olympique Lyon and already qualified for the next phase with two match rounds remaining. The m

Ajax moves closer to Dutch title

THE HAGUE, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Ajax enlarged the margin with the other title contenders in the Dutch Eredivisie to six points by beating De Graafschap 3-1 on Sunday in Amsterdam. Derk Boerrigter scored two goals, Christian Eriksen added one and Mich

Ajax take control in Netherlands after loss for PSV

THE HAGUE, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Ajax captured the top spot in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday by beating PEC Zwolle 3-0, while former league leaders PSV lost 2-1 to sc Heerenveen on Saturday. Reigning champions Ajax had an easy afternoon in Amsterdam

Italy qualify for Euro 2012 with win over Slovenia

FLORENCE, Italy, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Giampaolo Pazzini came off the bench to score a late goal and gave Italy a 1-0 win over Slovenia and qualification for Euro 2012 on Tuesday. The hosts could not convert their numerous chances into goals until the

梁振英宣布不竞逐连任香港特区行政长官

Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung has said he will not seek re-election in March, citing family reasons for the surprise announcement. 香港首席行政长官梁振英日前宣布，出于家庭原因，自己将不会在明年3月的特区选举中寻

中国销毁六吨非法象牙

中国销毁六吨非法象牙 Chinese authorities displayed a pile of ornaments, carvings and tusks before pulverizing them with crushing machines. Forestry officials organized the destruction, which they said was the country's first such large-scal