Real crush Zaragoza 6-0 to open up La Liga

MADRID, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid kicked off the Spanish La Liga season with a 6-0 win away to Zaragoza on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick while Marcelo, Xabi Alonso and Kaka also got on the score sheet as Jose Mourinho's side romp

Famine Spreads to New Region in Somalia

The United Nations says more than half of Somalia's population, four million people, is now in crisis as famine spreads, and 750,000 are at risk of death. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia reported Monday that fa

China marks 100th birth anniversary of late diplomat

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 100th birth anniversary of former Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Huang Hua was marked Friday in Beijing. A veteran diplomat, Huang led negotiations with the United States on the establishment of diplomatic relation

Chinese SOE profits down 11.6 pct Jan-June

BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The profits of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) fell 11.6 percent year on year to 1.02 trillion yuan (161.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2012, showed data released on Monday. On a monthly basis, the SO

Foreign holdings of U.S. debt hit record high in June

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities rose to a new high in June, indicating strong international demand for U.S. government debt amid the simmering eurozone debt crisis, the U.S. Treasury Department repor

Obama Seeks to Merge Trade, Commerce Agencies

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for authority to merge a series of federal agencies that deal with trade and commerce. Addressing reporters in the East Room of the White House, he said consolidating the U.S. Commerce Department with several

iPhone SE上市表现不佳 仅占iPhone销量0.1%

The new iPhone SE failed to impress with its sales the first weekend after its release, according to statistics from Localytics. 根据Localytics近日发布的数据显示，新机型iPhone SE上市后首周末的销售表现不佳。 The sales in t

'The King's Speech' Wins Coveted Best Picture Oscar

The British drama The King's Speech took top honors at the Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday evening, earning the Oscar(奥斯卡金像奖) for best picture, and awards for lead actor Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper. The film was also honored fo

Romney to Call for Restoring 'The Promise of America' in Speech

U. S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pledge to restore the Promise of America when he takes the stage to accept his party's nomination Thursday night. Aides have been touting Thursday's address to the Republican National Conventio

Breakaway Georgian Region Elects President

Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent states. Three candidates are hoping to replace Presiden

Chinese president sends condolences to Obama over school shooting

BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday sent a message of condolences to U.S. President Barak Obama following the shooting incident at an elementary school in Newtown in the U.S. state of Connecticut on Friday. Hu express

U.S. student arrested over shooting threat

HOUSTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A student was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to shoot inside a school in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, local media reported. Police arrested Sammy Chavez, 18, in the early morning at a residence in west Bartlesvi

Russia launches rocket with Chinese satellite

MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket was launched on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with a Chinese communications satellite AsiaSat-7, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. Roscosmos' live

4 dead, 8 injured in van-truck accident in east China

4 dead, 8 injured in van-truck accident in east China HEFEI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Four people have been killed and another eight injured after a van hit an oil tanker head-on in east China's Anhui Province on Friday, authorities said. The accident hap

Messi injured as Barca draw with Benfica

MADRID, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Leo Messi was carried off the pitch as FC Barcelona drew 0-0 at home to Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The Argentinean striker, who is just one goal off the record of Gerd Muller of scoring 85 goals in

美国政府建议禁止加工食品使用人造反式脂肪

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Heracles reaches first ever Dutch Cup final

THE HAGUE, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Heracles Almelo surprisingly secured its first ever final berth in the Dutch Cup on Thursday evening by beating AZ 4-2 in Alkmaar. Heracles took an early lead through a header by Everton, but halfway the first half AZ

奥巴马会见叙利亚反对派领导人

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with the leader of Syria's main rebel group on Tuesday, in a display of U.S. support to the moderate opposition in the war-torn country. On Tuesday afternoon, Obama joined National Securi

奥巴马援助叙温和反对派

Well, President Obama recently gave a major foreign policy speech at the West Point Military Academy in which he outlined his plan to forge counterterrorism partnerships with US allies in different regions of the world. The White House is now seeking

US to Release Oil from Emergency Reserves

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the United States emergency reserve to offset production lost because of the fighting in Libya. The U.S. oil will be about half of a 60 million barrel int