70小时550公里 印度11岁女孩游恒河

KANPUR: Swimming wonder Shraddha Shukla, popularly known as Nanhi Jalpari, will spread her clean Ganga message by covering 550-km distance between Kanpur and Varanasi in 70 hours. 为了呼吁大家保持恒河的干净，游泳奇人沙得拉舒克拉

印度网友热议博尔特被建议吃牛肉

NEW DELHI: BJP MP and Dalit leader Udit Raj raised a few eyebrows on Monday with a tweet which suggested that champion Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt went on to win nine Olympics gold despite being born in poverty after his trainer advised him to eat be

Seedorf says Brazil can attract other European stars

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf says his signing with Rio de Janeiro club Botafogo could pave the way for other established European stars to play in Brazil. The 36-year-old gave his first pre

Shandong unbeaten, Beijing handed first defeat

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Shandong Gold bombarded Liaoning Hengye with 18 three-pointers to reap their fifth straight win in the Chinese Basketball Association League on Wednesday, while defending champions the Beijing Ducks suffered their first de

Stekelenburg agrees contract with AS Roma

THE HAGUE, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg reached a personal agreement with AS Roma on Saturday. On Friday Ajax and Roma already practically agreed on the transfer fee of around six million euros, but both clubs are still t

Bologna beat Cagliari to move clear of relegation

ROME, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Bologna beat Cagliari 1-0 for a crucial win at home on Thursday to move away from the relegation zone of Serie A. Alessandro Diamanti scored the winner of the game in the 54th minute as Stefano Pioli's side moved six points

Flamengo and Botafogo draw

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Under the watchful eye of Flamengo's new head coach Joel Santana, the team battled to a scoreless draw against rival Botafogo on Sunday in the first half of the 2012 Rio de Janeiro state championship. Despite a matc

Inter's Fabricio and Datolo deny Flamengo

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Second-half wonder goals from Fabricio and Datolo earned Internacional a 3-3 draw against Flamengo in the Brazilian championship on Saturday. An Airton strike and Ronaldinho penalty had given Flamengo a 2-0 lead aft

China leads world in power generation: official

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China has taken a lead in power generation by producing a total of 4.8 terawatts of electricity last year, an energy official said here Tuesday. China also has the world's second largest installed generation capacity, whi

Apple eyes further China expansion as CEO visits Beijing

BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. said it was eyeing greater investment and growth in China on Monday as its chief executive Tim Cook visited Beijing. The U.S. electronics giant confirmed that Cook had meetings with Chinese officials when the

China's Internet users go mobile

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- China is going mobile as mobile phones have overtaken desktop computers as the primary source of Internet access in the country, a report showed Thursday. Some 388 million Chinese were connected to the Internet through mo

US Senate Moves to Boost Trade with Russia

WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Wednesday approved a bill that would give Russian goods the same low-tariffs as exports from other nations, ending restrictions that were put in place during the Cold War. Supporters say the measure could

Turkish Army's Economic Might Under Growing Scrutiny

ISTANBUL Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has forced the countrys once all-powerful army firmly back into the barracks and out of political life. The army's considerable business interests are now coming under growing scrutiny. In Turkey

Obama meets Bulgarian PM at White House

Obama meets Bulgarian PM at White House

Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

Credit Downgrade Highlights India's Economic Challenges

The U.S.-based financial ratings agency Standard Poors has revised its credit outlook for India from stable to negative. The downgrade has brought into sharp focus the challenges of India's slowing economy. Standard Poors revised outlook for India fr

"The Artist' a Big Winner at Oscars

The black-and-white film The Artist was the big winner at Sunday's 84th Annual Academy Awards -- the Oscars -- capturing best picture and major awards for its director and lead actor. Frenchman Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role

Hollywood gearing up for academy awards

BEIJING, Feb.24 (Xinhuanet) -- The 84th annual academy awards are set to be handed out at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Nine movies are up for best film but silent movie The Artist has cemented itself as firm favorite after cleani

美国巴尔的摩市长发布宵禁令

Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers just hours after the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, a black man who died from a mysterious spinal injury sustai

德国球迷搬沙发进球场 打造观战“客厅”

Fans in Germany have found a novel way to celebrate this months feast of football from their own living room... sort of. 德国球迷找到了一种新奇的方式在自己的客厅里庆祝本月的足球盛事世界杯，呃，如果还能称之为客