火星你好!中国首个火星车计划于2020年发射

China on Tuesday released images of a Mars probe and rover which the country plans to send to the Red Planet within five years. 上周二，中国发布了火星探测器和火星车的图片，并计划在五年内将其发射到火星上。 China p

英酒店雷人规定 敢发差评罚款千元

Trading standards are investigating after a couple who stayed at a hotel claimed to have been fined ?100 by a hotel which they described as a rotten stinking hovel on TripAdvisor. 一对外出旅游的夫妻因对所住酒店不满而在网站上发表

上海通用被中国处以反垄断罚款

BEIJING General Motorss main joint venture in China was fined $29 million on Friday on charges that it suppressed competition by enforcing minimum sales prices for dealers. It is the latest in a string of penalties against non-Chinese auto brands und

穆迪:全球经济复苏失去动力

LONDON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Global economic recovery has lost momentum over the past three months, with several economies still facing significant challenges and are unlikely to resume normal growth rates soon, the investors service of international c

Judge Rules Against Occupy Wall Street

The Occupy Wall Street movement has suffered a legal setback that prevents protesters from using an encampment in a New York City park to spread its message. The ruling distinguishes between free speech and the occupation of a park used by the genera

National campaign to send street children home

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has launched a one-year inter-agency national campaign aiming to return most street children home, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said Monday. The MCA will lead the campaign, which is joined by the ministries o

Wall Street rebounds on Greece relief

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Wall Street rebounded from Friday's loss and rose broadly higher on Monday after Greece approved steep financial cuts in exchange for a second round of bailout money to avert a disastrous default. The Dow Jones indus

"21 Jump Street" vaults to top of North America box office

LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Xinhua) -- 21 Jump Street opened in the first place this weekend, garnering 35 million U.S. dollars in ticket receipts as was widely expected. Holdover Dr. Seuss' The Lorax continued to cast a spell on moviegoers, as it finishe

21 Jump Street" vaults to top of North America box office

LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Xinhua) -- 21 Jump Street opened in the first place this weekend, garnering 35 million U.S. dollars in ticket receipts as was widely expected. Holdover Dr. Seuss' The Lorax continued to cast a spell on moviegoers, as it finishe

Obama urges Congress to implement Wall Street reform

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to finish implementing Wall Street reform by finally putting in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago, in order to protect U.S. consumers and help th

假期旅游促进宠物经济

Travelling with your pets can be time-consuming and expensive, but people like Catherine Zhao say their pets are not just animals, and leaving them behind is out of the question. It's a rather natural thing for me, to just include the dogs wherever w

Big 3 lead Heat to victory over Raptors

TORONTO, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and Lebron James combined to score 86 points for the Miami Heat in a 113-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. The victory was the Heat's second victory in as many nights, after de

'J.Edgar' Centers on Controversial FBI Director

Academy award-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood has teamed up with actor Leonardo DiCaprio on J. Edgar, a biopic of the former FBI head, J.Edgar Hoover, who died in 1972. The film focuses on J.Edgar's controversial personality. It follows him as he ma

被拐16年后成选美冠军 少女终与家人团聚

A beauty queen who was sold by gypsies after being kidnapped has been reunited with her family sixteen years after she disappeared. 一名少女在被拐卖给吉普赛人16年后成为了选美冠军，并终于与家人团聚。 图片1 Olga Romano

英国选出改变世界的40名女性

The Queen, Margaret Thatcher and J.K. Rowling have been celebrated in a list of the top 40 women who changed the world. 在全球40位改变世界的女性榜单中，英女王、前首相撒切尔夫人和作家JK罗琳等均在榜单之列。 The l

高空的浪漫 美国夫妇的热气球婚礼

Suspended 2000ft above the ground, a Georgia bride and groom were literally floating on air on their big day as they tied the knot on a hot air balloon. 在距离地面2000英尺（约609米）的热气球上，佐治亚州的一对夫妇在空中举办

英公司招表情符号翻译专家

A company in London has advertised for an emoji translator in what is thought to be the first such job worldwide. 伦敦一家公司已经在招募表情符号翻译者，这应该是世界上第一个这种类型的工作。 The role will involve ex

Wenzhou's small firms still struggle to obtain loans

BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Medium- and small-sized enterprises in Wenzhou are finding bank loans increasingly hard to obtain as the city's banks face a rising non-performing loan (NPL) ratio. The NPL ratio of the banking industry in the east China c

疯狂母亲送8岁女儿巨额整容券

While most eight-year-olds dream of getting a new bike or maybe a doll for their birthday, little Poppy Burge will be getting something more extravagant - ?8,000 of vouchers to spend on plastic surgery. 大部分8岁孩子的生日梦想还是得到一

"The Lorax" cashes in with multiple box office records

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Universal Studio's latest animated film The Lorax has opened atop the North America box office with multiple record-shattering achievements including the highest opening for the studio's animated flick. The film, prod