Toll-free roads to take Chinese home this Spring Festival

BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- In two-and-a-half months, Chinese people will celebrate the Spring Festival, China's most important traditional festival for family reunions and a time when most people make homebound trips. Chinese car-owners may find th

Iran puts "Rasad" satellite in orbit: report

TEHRAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran puts the Rasad (surveillance) satellite in the orbit on Wednesday, the state IRIB TV website reported. The Rasad satellite will render images to the country, said the report. All the procedure of designing, constructi

Beijing IKEA site fire causes no casualties

Beijing IKEA site fire causes no casualties

Ronaldinho vows "to give everything" to Brazil's cause

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has vowed to give everything he has to re-establish his place in Brazil's national team. Ronaldinho was recalled to Brazil's squad Tuesday by new coach Luiz Felipe

Obama Chief of Staff: US Will Not Default

White House Chief of Staff William Daley says he is confident the United States will not default on its debt. Daley told CNBC television Tuesday that there are a lot of debt reduction plans on the table and everyone is stressed as the August 2 deadli

NW China Road accident death toll rises to 36

YAN'AN, Shaanxi, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from an expressway collision between a bus and a tanker in northwest China has risen to 36, local police said Sunday. The accident happened at around 2 a.m. in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, when a doubl

Scientists to research on noise impact to marine life

PARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Marine scientists and representatives from the private sector and military establishments would meet at UNESCO at the end of this month to measure noise's impact on marine life, the Paris-based UN scientific branch UNESCO s

叙利亚的和平谈判将继续

叙利亚的和平谈判将继续 GENEVA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Talks for a solution to end conflicts in Syria will continue this weekend, and neither the government delegation nor the opposition is going to withdraw, confirmed the United Nations (UN)

Obama: All US Troops Out of Iraq by Year End

President Barack Obama announced on Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of this year. The announcement came after months of negotiations with the Iraqi government on extending a U.S. troop presence there. In a video con

Wounded U.S. Congresswoman breathing on her own: doctors

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was seriously wounded in Saturday's shooting incident in Tucson, Arizona, was breathing on her own three days after being shot in the head, doctors said on Tuesday

China's July CPI eases to 30-month low

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer inflation eased to its lowest rate in two and a half years in July, giving the government more leeway to loosen credit to spur the slowing economy. The consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation,

Life expectancy rises in China

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's average life expectancy rose to 74.83 years as of the end of 2010, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS used data from the sixth national census to calculate the figure, which is 3.43 years

Wall Street buoyed by Caterpillar earnings

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street held its strong gain to the last minute of trading on Monday, buoyed by strong earnings from Caterpillar and hopes on a concrete resolution to the European debt woes. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 1

会说三国语言的日本机器人迎宾小姐

Meet Chihira Junco, a tourist greeter at a shopping mall in Tokyo. 来见见地平Junco(Chihira Junco)吧，她是东京一个购物中心的游客迎宾员。 In her crisp blue button-down shirt, white blazer and pinstripe skirt, she stands in sensi

拉美发展需经济变革

MEXICO CITY, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Latin America needs a new formula to achieve sustainable development, said a regional meeting before ending here on Friday. The 36th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

奥巴马重申对韩国的安全承诺

奥巴马重申对韩国的安全承诺 WASHINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday reiterated defense commitment to South Korea with both conventional and nuclear forces after talks with visiting South Korean leader Park Geun-h

奥巴马讨与英国首相论叙利亚

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss the conflict in Syria, trade, counterterrorism and the upcoming G8 summit with British Prime Minister David Cameron when they meet next Monday at the White House, the presidential

Dow, S&P 500 jump to 5-year highs

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard Poor's 500-stock Index climbing to five-year highs amid mixed economic data. The Dow and SP 500 climbed steadily despite mixed economic

伊朗“成功”试射弹道导弹

伊朗成功试射弹道导弹 TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran has successfully test-fired two missile, one of them a surface-to-surface long-range ballistic missile, official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. The test-fired ballistic missile was