Tunisia announces curfew following unrest

TUNIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Interior Ministry announced curfew in Grand Tunis region starting from 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) Thursday following unrest spread to the capital on Wednesday. The move came after violen

车臣前军人承认刺杀涅姆佐夫

MOSCOWA Russian judge said Sunday a former Chechen police commander has confessed to his involvement in the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, while authorities continue their investigation of four other suspects. All five appeared in a Mosc

车臣恐怖分子头目乌马罗夫被确认身亡

MOSCOW, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia's secret service confirmed Tuesday that Doku Umarov, listed as a terrorist by both Russia and the United States, had been killed in an anti-terror operation. In the first quarter of 2014, the activity of Umarov, the

中国最高法院公开审理乔丹商标争议行政纠纷案

China's highest court on Tuesday tried the trademark case lodged by US basketball legend Michael Jordan against Qiaodan Sports Co, a Chinese sportswear and shoe manufacturer. 我国最高法院上周二审理了美国篮球传奇人物迈克尔乔丹起

雄鹿击沉快船,小乔丹独木难支!

A late comeback and a 22 point, 17 rebound effort from DeAndre weren't enough, as the Clippers fall to the Bucks. 迟来的反扑，即便小乔丹贡献22分17个篮板，依旧未能帮助球队免于被雄鹿击败。 Blake Griffin misses the pote

中国服务业日渐成为外资新宠

China's fast-growing service sector has become a new magnet for overseas investors looking for opportunities in the country, a report from Industrial Bank Co said. 兴业银行的一份报告称，我国迅速增长的服务业已成为吸引在中国寻

1岁半"小碧昂斯"：美丽要从婴儿培养

She only learnt to walk five months ago, but 'Baby Beyonc' is already strutting her stuff on stage at pageants. 虽然她五个月之前才刚学会走路，但是这个被人们称作宝贝碧昂斯的小宝宝已经开始在各种盛会的舞台上展

New York battered by record amount of snow in January

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday that the city had experienced the snowiest January in history after a thick blanket of snow covered the city. During a press conference to update the city's snow rem

毕业季来临 二手书交易火爆进行

The Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary is among the top 10 bestselling second-hand textbooks that fresh graduates are trading in an online flea market, Hong Kong Economic Times reported. 根据《香港经济日报》报道，《牛津

Amazon web-services partially recover

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Xinhua) - Amazon's web-services disruption issues have not been completely resolved Friday morning, as some websites still in slow recovery. Amazon said in an update early Friday that meaningful progress has been made and is

Lost tribe found in Brazil's Amazon rainforests

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A lost tribe has been spotted in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, according to the media report Monday. The discovery was confirmed by National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) of Brazil, a government body overseeing indigen

Amazon reported to roll out smartphone in 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Online retail giant Amazon is working on a smartphone scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of 2012, U.S. media reported Thursday. A note from Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney obtained by technology news site

Gucci五折甩卖：专柜扫荡秒变菜市场

Gucci is shedding all signs of Frida Giannini, a process thats been sped up thanks to this epic Gucci sale happening in China. 古奇正在清理所有弗里达贾娜妮设计的款型，多亏了这次在中国具有史诗般意义的促销，清理库

Anne Hathaway engaged to Adam Shulman

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway is engaged to boyfriend and fellow actor Adam Shulman, according to media reports quoting her spokesman Stephen Huvane Monday. Low-key Shulman was initially Hathaway's rebound roma

Merkel defends legal action against fiscal profligacy

BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended on Thursday Germany's insistence on empowering the European Commission to prosecute over-spending governments under the fiscal compact. It would be logical, if the Commission ... co

Wen holds talks with Merkel

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday exchanged views with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on major bilateral issues. After the closed-door meeting, Wen said this year, the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the

NASA's probe confirms Einstein space-time theories

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Wednesday that its Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission has confirmed two key predictions（预测预言 ） derived from Albert Einstein's general theory

By Hiring Mom and Dad, Young Entrepreneurs Shake Up 'Family Business'

NEW YORK Most businesses in the United States are small, family-owned enterprises. Typically, a son or daughter joins a parents company but, increasingly, young entrepreneurs are hiring their parents. That's the case with Alexandra Ferguson's home de

Health authorities reiterate ban on surrogate motherhood

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An official from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stressed on Tuesday that surrogate motherhood remains banned in China. While responding to questions on surrogate motherhood from the public and press, the official said, The

李嘉诚拟竞购英国天然气配送业务

Asian tycoon Li Ka-shing is assembling a bid for a majority stake in the gas distribution business of National Grid, the UK electricity network operator, bringing an experienced UK infrastructure investor to the auction that is expected to value the