Bonn climate talks see little progress

BONN, Germany, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The latest United Nations (UN) climate talks ended here on Friday with no surprise -- some technical issues saw some progress, as delegates usually said, while major disagreements remained. The two-week UN climate n

Drought causes water shortage, parches crops in China

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Lingering drought has left more than 8.57 million people short of drinking water and huge areas of farmland parched in China, the nation's top drought-relief authority said Friday. As of Friday, droughts have affected 3.

China's business climate index falls in Q3

China's business climate index falls in Q3 BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's business climate index, a major gauge of the country's macroeconomic outlook, continued to fall in the third quarter, according to a latest survey. The quarterly index dr

外媒:贵阳超越上海成中国最佳表现城市

Guiyang, the capital of China's poor-but-fast-growing Guizhou, edged out financial capital Shanghai as the nation's top performer, a ranking by the California-based think tank Milken Institute shows. 总部位于加利福尼亚州的智库米尔肯研究

哥伦比亚民族解放军拒绝解除武装

BOGOTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's second largest guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) Monday rejected a call by the Catholic Church to lay down arms as a precondition for peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.

美国暂停向埃及交付F-16战机

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration has decided to suspend delivery of F-16 fighter planes to Egypt, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Given the current situation in Egypt, we do not believe it is appropriate to move fo

以巴领导人呼吁为和平妥协

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Monday called upon both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make the difficult compromises that will promote stability and ensure long-term security in the region. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandze

囧发明 科学家发明会发光的可爱多

It may be a la mode to create lighter versions of our favourite snacks but one company has taken the trend rather literally. 创意美食，点亮生活。不过，一家公司当真做到了把那些最受人们欢迎的副食点亮了。 The world'

欧盟与越南达成自贸协定

The European Union and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle for a new free trade agreement after two and a half years of negotiations. The agreement is the first of its kind the EU has concluded with a developing country. EU Trade Commissio

Hurricane Isaac weakens to tropical storm, threats remain

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Isaac weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday afternoon with storm surge and inland flooding still threatening, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destruct

Sources of persistent sheen in Gulf of Mexico remain unknown

HOUSTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday that underwater inspections at the site of BP's 2010 rig explosion have failed to identify the sources of a persistent sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, it said th

Police help Apple hunt lost iPhone

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- San Francisco police said they had helped Apple search for a lost item, following reports saying that a prototype of Apple's yet-to-be-released iPhone 5 had gone missing in July. Last week, technology news website CNET

The View From Japan's Nuclear 'Hot Zone'

Modern Geiger counters don't click. As is the case with so many other devices, they have gone digital. At least that is true for the high-tech Japanese Geiger counters here. But they still measure radiation（放射） exposure in the quaint-sounding

Egyptian Banks Reopen After Strikes, Unrest

Egyptian（埃及） banks have reopened after being shut for most of last week, as Egypt struggles to revive an economy damaged by labor protests and an uprising the toppled its president earlier this month. The banks opened for business as usual Su

Debris of suspected bomber of Egyptian church blast found

CAIRO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian police has found debris of the suspect of a church blast in New Year's Eve, Egyptian local media reported Tuesday. Criminal lab experts have collected the debris of a person whom they accused to be the perpetrat

SW China quake kills 4, injures over 100

KUNMING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have been killed and over 100 others injured after an earthquake hit a mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday. The magnitude-5.7 quake, which struck the border

俄罗斯不支持对叙利亚的新的联合国决议

MOSCOW, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia will vote against a new draft U.N. resolution on Syria, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The document, prepared by a number of countries and to be voted soon at the U.N. General Assembly, is obviously biased and

警员德州枪战中丧生

警员德州枪战中丧生 HOUSTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. police officer was killed and another wounded in a shootout with a gunman in central Texas, local media reported Sunday. Police officers went to an apartment complex in Killeen, a city 3

China strives to reduce air pollutants

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday. A national obligatory target will be set to limit PM 2.5 emission, which is a fine particulate matt

American Archer Has High Hopes for Olympic Gold

WASHINGTON - Archer Brady Ellison of the United States was only 19 when he competed in his first Olympics four years ago in Beijing. Now 23, he is the world's top-ranked male recurve archer and is a favorite for the mens individual gold medal at the