US Vice President Urges Congress to Back Jobs Bill

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the White House will keep acting on its own if congressional Republicans fail to pass the Democratic administrations jobs bill. Republicans are offering their own proposals. Filling in for President Barack Obama to

中国每年过劳死60万人 超日本成过劳死第一大国

China has overtaken Japan topping the charts with the largest population who die from overworking, reaching a total of 600,000 each year. 我国每年过劳死总人数达60万，已超过日本成为过劳死第一大国。 Statistics show that the

手机充电新姿势 划屏幕就能给手机充电

The movement of finger swipes may soon be able to charge our cellphones. 手指滑动的动作可能很快就可以为我们的手机充电了。 Researchers at Michigan State University have created a new way to harvest energy from human motion, usi

英女王亲民访闹市 小伙“胆肥”欲自拍

It is not every day you get a chance to see the Queen of England so when you do, the pressure is on to find a way to remember it forever. For a 14-year-old quick-thinking boy in Belfast, Ireland, that way was to snap a selfie with the very unsuspecti

特朗普会见媒体高层表示 CNN所有人都是骗子

It was like a f???ing firing squad, one source said of the encounter. 有消息透露：就像个死刑执行队。 The source said the meeting started with a typical Trump complaint about the dishonest media, and that he specifically singled out CNN

英国将发行人民币国债

UK's Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne says Britain intends to become the first western country to issue a bond in the Chinese currency. Osborne made the remarks at the 6th annual China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London. CRI's UK corr

澳大利亚研究人员发现老年痴呆症的补救措施

澳大利亚研究人员发现老年痴呆症的补救措施 VIENNA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Austrian scientists have discovered a natural remedy（补救方法） which could play an important role in the future treatment of dementia. The scientists fro

都是报应啊 欧盟制裁谷歌微软暗爽

Microsoft Corp emanated an air of quiet satisfaction on Wednesday as European antitrust regulators readied charges against rival Google Inc for abusing its monopoly power in the online search business. 周三，欧盟反垄断机构准备对谷歌进行

我国对刑法作出重大修改

The National People's Congress Standing Committee on Saturday voted to change the conviction standards for the crime of corruption. The amendment says criminals convicted on serious corruption charges who have received a two-year suspended death sent

英政府神规定 无法驱逐的恐怖分子

An Islamic terrorist has stopped Britain deporting him by refusing to give his name for 21 years. 一名伊斯兰恐怖分子拒绝交代姓名长达21年，从而阻止英国将他驱逐出境。 A judge ruled that the Algerian is a trusted and seni

巴西夫妇寻生母 发现两人竟是亲姐弟

A woman went in search of her long-lost mother - and discovered she has unknowingly married her own brother. 一名女子寻找自己失散多年的母亲，最终却发现自己在不知道的情况下嫁给了自己的亲弟弟。 Adriana, 39, and

中国家庭主机游戏设备销售收入将突破30亿元

The revenue of video-game console facility sales in China is estimated to reach 3.37 billion yuan (488 million U.S. dollars) in 2016, an official said last Sunday. 一位政府官员上周日表示，2016年家庭主机游戏设备在中国的销售收

人民币纳入SDR的障碍

If, 20 or 30 years from now, central banks and sovereign wealth funds hold a significant portion of their reserves in renminbi-denominated assets, financial historians will probably look back on 2015 as a turning point. 如果二、三十年后，各国

Israel Objects to Obama Remarks on Borders

Israel says it will ask President Obama to clarify remarks in his speech Thursday in which he said the future borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines. President Obama's remarks, during a major address on the Middle East, dre

Pirlo to leave AC Milan

MILAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Midfielder Andrea Pirlo has been confirmed by AC Milan to leave the club after 10 seasons, while both Alessandro Nesta and Filippo Inzaghi have agreed to one-year extensions. The 31-year-old had his contract expired(期满)

米歇尔奥巴马的裙子 看似简单却意涵丰富

The first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday was, rightly, not about the clothes: It was about trying to unify the party, rise above the opponent and so on, as many of my colleagues have described. Which is not to say it lacked a f

快播经理涉黄案被审查起诉

Five managers of internet video provider Qvod will face prosecution on suspicion of spreading pornography online. Preliminary investigation finds that the Shenzhen-based company spread a large amount of pornography and pirated content via its video p

亚洲百万富翁现已成为全球最富有人群

Asian millionaires now control more wealth than those in North America, Europe and other regions, according to a report from finance firm Capgemini. 金融企业凯捷顾问发布的一份报告指出，亚洲百万富翁掌握的财富总额现在已经

日本经济连续两个季度衰退

TOKYO The Japanese economy deteriorated more severely than expected in the third quarter, according to government data released on Monday, extending a downturn into a second consecutive three-month period and putting the country in technical recessio

科学家发现让大脑清醒的物质

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- By changing some particular brain chemicals lab mice would become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 percent of their normal time, according to a study released Wednesday by the Imperial College London. The chemicals, hista