65th Cannes film festival near end with "Mud"

CANNES, France, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The 65th Cannes film festival has wrapped up its competition screenings on Saturday as the Mississippi river film Mud by Jeff Nichols had its premiere as the last of the 22 films selected for the Palme d'Or race. St

非洲学生在中国跑马拉松可以养家糊口!

Marathons are not only a method to entertain but a way to make a living. 马拉松不仅仅是一种娱乐方式，还是一种谋生手段。 Amid a marathon upsurge in China, many marathons offer a medal bonus which has attracted many African stude

北京举行超级马拉松比赛

Despite temperatures of around 30-degrees on Sunday, hundreds turned out in southwest Beijing to take part in what's known as an ultra-marathon. More than twice the distance of a marathon, which is just over 42-kilometers, ultra-marathons are conside

清远马拉松1.2万例伤病 补给发肥皂遭跑友误食

Runners in a marathon were left with a bad taste in their mouths when they mistook free bars of soap for energy bars in an incident that's been put down to the language barrier. 由于没有中文标识，近日发生了一个小插曲：马拉松选手

美国92岁老太7小时跑完马拉松创纪录

92-year-old Harriette Thompson completed the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego on Sunday, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon. She finished the 42.1-kilometer race in 7 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds. On this course my son was with me

伦敦马拉松如期举行

But first, the organisers of the London Marathon have confirmed that the race will definitely take place in the British capital this weekend despite the deaths of three people following explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Security for the ev

波士顿马拉松爆炸案犯罪嫌疑人不认罪

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) drone on Wednesday completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia, the Navy announced. By evolving an

中国的马拉松热

Every weekend morning, the 10-km track in the Olympic Forest Park in the north of Beijing comes alive with athletes and amateur joggers. They embrace the refreshing, slightly chilly morning air and gamely ignore the capital's pollution in their quest

US Health Panel Recommends Routine HIV Testing

An independent panel of U.S. health experts is recommending that all Americans between the ages of 15 and 65 be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The HIV test would not be mandatory. But experts hope more widespread testing migh

Drop-In Program Gives Drop-Outs a Second Chance

Every school day, about 7,000 students drop out of school(退学) in the United Stars. That's a total of 1.2 million students each year and only about 70 percent of entering high school freshman graduate each year. The problem is especially serious i

Senior Chinese leader urges healthy online culture

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun on Wednesday called for more efforts to strengthen the Internet construction and management and promote a healthy online culture. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political B

日本削减公共债务

TOKYO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Thursday set a new goal of reducing the ratio of Japan's public debt to gross domestic product from fiscal 2021, but the feasibility of the target remained unclear amid ballooning social security

美国的制裁不会阻止俄罗斯

美国的制裁不会阻止俄罗斯 WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- As the U.S. considers implementing additional sanctions against Russia over the latter's recent moves in Ukraine's Crimea, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday tha

中国启动新一轮打击网络侵权盗版专项行动

China last Tuesday kicked off a five-month campaign against the unlicensed distribution of literature and audio and visual products on the Internet. 上周二，我国启动了一项为期5个月的专项行动，整治互联网上未经授权传播文

违法建设导致道路塌方

Illegal Construction Leads to Road Collapse in Downtown Beijing The collapse happened near the northern part of Second Ring Road. According to Beijing's urban planning commission, the owner had dug a basement about 18 meters deep in a courtyard, with

伦比亚北部缉获两吨可卡因

伦比亚北部缉获两吨可卡因 BOGOTA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's anti-narcotic police on Saturday seized two tons of cocaine that allegedly belonged to the criminal gang Los Urabenos at the port of Santa Marta on the country's northern Ca

Hernandez signs new deal with Man United

LONDON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Mexcian striker Javier Hernandez has committed himself to the Premier League champions Manchester United for a further five years as he signed a new deal with the Red Devils. The 23-year-old would stay at Old Trafford unti

JPMorgan Loss Hits $5.8 Billion

The largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase, says it lost $5.8 billion in bad trades this year, nearly triple its original estimate. The Wall Street investment bank said two months ago it estimated that losses originating in its London trading office would

Russia Bans US Officials in Diplomatic Dispute

Russia is banning visits by certain U.S. officials in retaliation for Washington's blacklisting of Russian officials allegedly involved in the prison death of a whistleblower. Russia's Foreign Ministry said on its website Saturday that it is blacklis

U.S. campaign to reduce sugar drink intake

BEIJING, Sep. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A campaign is being launched across U.S. to help lovers of sugar drinks reduce their habit by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This campaign is based on the findings of a new survey conducted by CDC (Cente