巴拿马揭开大选序幕

PANAMA CITY, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Panamanians will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, vice president and legislators. Seven candidates are registered in the presidential race, with three leading the field -- Jose Domingo Arias from the rul

加拿大前财长突然逝世

OTTAWA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Jim Flaherty, who stepped down as one of Canada's longest-serving finance ministers in March and who served during one of the country's most challenging economic times, died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 64. Today is

中长期铁路网规划发布 高铁里程10年内翻一番

The top economic planner issued China's latest national railway plan Wednesday, with the target to operate a 175,000 km rail network by 2025. 中国高级经济规划部门于上周三发布了我国最新的铁路网规划，目标是到2025年铁路网

民主党的团结危机 桑德斯为希拉里拉票遭嘘

PHILADELPHIA Anger and frustration reigned on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, as a divided party grappled Monday with fallout from a email leak that showed its officials trying to ease Hillary Clintons path to the presidency whil

“胡润华人富豪榜 王健林力压李嘉诚

This is the first year of the list. Spread out over 18 countries and regions, Hurun Research found 1577 individuals with wealth of CNY 2bn, of which 302 were from outside mainland China. Total wealth comes to a staggering US$2.1 trillion, equivalent

王健林欲打造欧洲豪门联赛 与欧冠分庭抗礼

China's wealthiest man is throwing his massive fortune behind a plan to launch a rival to the Uefa Champions League and is offering to make Europe's top clubs even richer. 中国首富正在砸出大笔金钱，以计划给欧洲冠军联赛创造一个

王健林一个亿小目标走红社交网络

You shouldn't be that ambitious. Set a small target first, like earning 100 million yuan. 你可以不用那么雄心勃勃，先定一个小目标，比方说，我先挣它一个亿！ If you hear somebody say that, would it drive you crazy? 如果你

2016胡润百富榜发布 王健林再次问鼎榜首

Chinese property magnate Wang Jianlin has defended his crown as the country's richest man, according to the annual Hurun rich list, fending off Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) founder Jack Ma and new players on the block like Baoneng's Yao Zhenhua

王健林警告特朗普 投资受阻将影响美国2万人的饭碗

Facing calls for a rigorous review of Wanda's acquisitions in the U.S., the chairman and founder of Wanda, Wang Jianlin, has warned that actions intended to curb Chinese investment could put at risk the jobs of 20,000 Americans employed by Dalian Wan

中国首富王健林称儿子王思聪无意接掌万达

The wealthiest man in China needs to find an heir to his $122 billion empire after his son told him he does not want to live a life like that. 中国首富现在需要找个人来接手他那价值1220亿美元的商业帝国，因为他的儿子跟他

布鲁塞尔恐袭首位遇难者身

A mother from Peru was the first victim of last Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels to be identified. 一名来自秘鲁的母亲成为在上周二布鲁塞尔恐怖袭击中第一位身份得以确认的遇难者。 The South American country's For

广电总局出新通知 电视剧不得炒作"未删减版"

Chinese authorities issued new regulations to ban a number of TV networks' inappropriate hype, reported Beijing Daily. 据北京日报报道，中国政府发布了一项新规定，禁止大量电视剧不适当的炒作。 According to the rules to

英语说得地道有什么优势

The last time I wrote about the widespread use of English, a reader commented that those who didnt speak it as a first language often struggled at work. 我上次就英语的普遍使用撰写专栏后，一位读者说，那些母语不是英语的人

HBO官方正式宣布《权利的游戏》将于第八季完结

Game of Thrones - the record-breaking fantasy drama TV series - will end after its eighth season, American broadcaster HBO has confirmed. 美国HBO电视台近日证实，打破收视记录的魔幻电视剧《权力的游戏》将在第八季结束之

现在轮到硅谷来山寨中国企业了

HONG KONG Snapchat and Kik, the messaging services, use bar codes that look like drunken checkerboards to connect people and share information with a snap of their smartphone cameras. Facebook is working on adding the ability to hail rides and make p

深圳海关查获走私iPhone7手机400余台

Shenzhen authorities seized more than 400 smuggled iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus phones on Sept. 16, the first day the phones officially hit shelves. 9月16日，深圳当局没收了400台余走私的iPhone7和iPhone7 plus，这是该手机正式销售的

服装价格上涨导致英国通胀达两年高点

The biggest rise in clothing prices in six years helped to drive the UK's inflation rate up to 1.2% in November, up from 0.9% in October. 六年来服装价格的最大涨幅，导致英国的通货膨胀率在11月上升至1.2％，高于10月份的

人机大战! 百度大脑将参加《最强大脑》!

Baidu Brain, the AI of China's Baidu online search engine will go head to head with a human, competing against each other in voice and image recognition, rather than the traditional methods of algorithm, memory and logic, reports the paper.cn. 据《澎

中国学校允许学生从“分数银行”借分数以通过考试

Many of us have been there: hopelessly unprepared for an exam, wishing we had studied more and certain of a failing mark. Now for students at one school inChina, success is guaranteed, but it comes at a price. 很多人都有这样的经历：考试前

耗时五年 中国终于研究出2.3毫米圆珠笔头!

China's first batch of steel wires for making 2.3-mm ballpoint pen tips recently rolled off the production line of Taiyuan Iron And Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (TISCO), marking a breakthrough in the domestic production of stainless steel balls for ballpo