Raptors bench records season-low 7 points in loss to Bucks

TORONTO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Toronto Raptors' bench scored a season-low seven points in a 107-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in NBA action on Sunday afternoon. Coming into the game, the Toronto reserves were ranked eighth in the league, averaging

Golden Globe Awards 2013 scores record high ratings

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Helped by a perfect stint from a pair of female hosts and an award buzz surrounding hit films and television series, the 70th Golden Globe Awards ceremony drew 19.7 million viewers, the Nielsen Co. said on Monday. The

China's New Year holiday brings train travel record

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- A record number of passengers traveled via railways during the New Year holiday, the Ministry of Railways said Saturday. From Monday to Thursday, some 22.55 million passengers traveled around the country by train, up by 3.

China's box office sets new record in 2012

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's film industry earned about 16.8 billion yuan(2.69 billion U.S. dollars) in the box office in 2012, with domestic movies contributing less than half of the revenue, the Chongqing Economic Times reported on Thursday.

Real Madrid retain 100 percent record after 12 games of basketball season

MADRID, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid remain top of the ACB Endesa basketball league thanks to a 97-87 win on Sunday. The win means Pablo Laso's side have won all 12 matches this season and have a three-win lead at the top of the table ahead of Val

Olympic champ Sun Yang triumphs with meet record at Asian Championships

DUBAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang shined at the Asian Championships here on Thursday as he claimed the title of men's 200 freestyle event with a new championship record. The 21-year-old Sun, who settled with a silver

China wraps up biennial air show with record deals

ZHUHAI, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- China wrapped up a major air show in Zhuhai in the southern province of Guangdong, on Sunday, with 30 deals worth a record of 11.8 billion U.S. dollars being signed, according to the show organizer. Meanwhile, sales of 202

south Korean speed skater Lee sets new world record in 500m

CALGARY, Canada, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa established herself as the fastest woman on skates Sunday when she set a new world record in the 500 meters at the Essent ISU World Cup speed skating event in Alberta. In a field that fe

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The underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has ended in failure, leaving one of the worlds greatest aviation mysteries unsolved almost three years after the aircraft disappeared. 对失踪的马来西亚航空(Malaysia Airlines)

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At a meeting in the Emergency Situations Ministry on Monday, Alexey Smirnov, Acting Head of the National Centre for Crisis Management, explained the details about the rescue operation's next moves. The third stage of the rescue operation is planned f

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HANOI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The multinational search for the missing Malaysian airplane has entered the fourth day as of Tuesday. Vietnam, Malaysia and China among other countries have sent forces to search for the plane with 239 people onboard. Flig

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Mexico has intensified efforts to find fugitive drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman after he avoided capture on Saturday. The security cabinet says officials believe the drug trafficker injured a leg and his face as he made his getaway. It provided no

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AK-47之父去世享年94岁 MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Mikhail Kalashnikov, designer of the famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, died on Monday in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial town 1,300 km east of Moscow, local media reported. We received

CIA chief meets top Indian official

NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Visiting chief of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) （(美国)中央情报局 ） Leon Panetta Saturday met Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan here to discuss terrorism in Pakistan and Afg

Things to get worse after Schwarzeneggers tenure is over: po

Many voters are disappointed with Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's job six years into his tenure and believe things will get worse, the latest Field Poll showed Sunday. The survey found 59 percent of those surveyed believe the state will

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美国第一夫人3月下旬访问中国 WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is to pay a visit to China from March 19-26, the White House announced Monday. The First Lady will be visiting Beijing from March 20-23, Xi'an on

亚努科维奇不寻求俄军事支持

亚努科维奇不寻求俄军事支持 MOSCOW, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday he would not ask Russia for military support to resolve domestic crisis, but he blamed some Western powers for the chaos in h

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机长病倒 乘客驾机降落 A pilot in England fell ill and became unconscious during a flight and the only one to land the plane was a passenger with instructions over the radio. The BBC's Andy Moore has more on the story. Surrounded by emergenc