US Coastal Residents Weather Irene

Hurricane Irene is paying a visit to much of the U.S. East Coast, inspiring worry, fear, frustration, and - in some cases - a little bit of excitement. Irene is a big storm, and it is expected to move up the eastern coast of the United States to New

中国的下一个五年计划

Top Chinese leaders are gathering for a key annual meeting to set the economic blueprint for the country for the next five years. The Fifth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will run through Thursday. The session is

中国新五年计划引关注

Addressing the opening of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang has set China's GDP growth target for this year at between 6.5 to 7 percent. He has also unveiled the draft of the much-anticipated 13th Five Year Pl

网上约车司机禁入标准公布 明确资格审查负面清单

Mentally ill patients and those with criminal records, such as those charged with violent acts, actions that endanger public security, serious violation of laws, and traffic offences, are forbidden to register as online car-hailing drivers, according

土耳其解雇350名警察

土耳其解雇350名警察 ANKARA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey dismissed about 350 police officers in the capital Ankara overnight amid a corruption probe, private Dogan news agency reported Tuesday. The officers were sacked by a government decree iss

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A police public appeal for the whereabouts of a New Zealand man took an unexpected turn on social media when it was met by taunts from the wanted man himself. 警方公开通缉一名下落不明的新西兰男子，谁知这名被通缉的男子自己

每日邮报：纽约警察被目击使用暴力

A member of the New York City Police Department has again been caught possibly using excessive force. 纽约市警察局的警察被目击到可能又一次使用极端暴力。 In a video taken on Thursday evening during rush hour at the Myrtle Aven

最炫酷出租车将退役 装备激光键盘

Jon Barnes Ultimate Taxi is probably the closest that the muggle world will ever get to the Knight Bus in Harry Potters magical universe. Barnes has managed to completely transform a plain old checkered taxi cab into an experience of a lifetime its a

南京率先下调出租车份子钱

Nanjing's municipal government, in setting the bar for other cities in China, has cut monthly franchise fees for taxi drivers by up to 9-percent. Under the changes, taxi drivers who run a single shift in Nanjing will see their monthly fees cut by 600

改革让出租车市场更公平

Wang is a taxi driver in his fifties. He's been driving cabs in Beijing for a long time. He says he made a loss in the first two months of this year, and estimates he'll see another loss in March. Last year, since the popularity of the app, it has be

互联网技术帮出租车升级服务

Shouqi Limousine and Chauffer, a low profile online-hailing service in China, has become the focus of much media coverage after one transport official hailed it as a pioneer for integrating Internet technologies with traditional services. During a hi

105家中央部门预算集中公布 最高法等首次公开

105 central government agencies have disclosed their financial budgets for 2017 so far this year, according to Economic Information Daily, citing data from the Ministry of Finance. 据《经济参考报》引用财政部的数据称，截至目前，今

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美国国会达成预算协议 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chief budget negotiators in the U.S. Congress said Tuesday that they have struck a two-year deal to avoid a government shutdown on Jan. 15. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray a

中国再次降息以提振实体经济

China's central bank is cutting interest rates by 25 basis points as of today. One-year deposit rates are being slashed to 2.25 percent. The one-year lending rate is being set at 5.1-percent. It is the third rate cut by the central bank since Novembe

沃尔玛和麦当劳正在效仿福来鸡的成功策略

Walmart and McDonald's, two of the biggest and oldest brands in the US, have for years faced widespread complaints about poor customer service. 近年来，顾客们普遍抱怨美国两个最大最老品牌沃尔玛和麦当劳的顾客服务差。

Waterpolo: China smashes Germany 15-4

CHANGSHU, China, May 30 (Xinhua) -- China claimed a 15-4 victory over Germany while United States, Russia and Australia kept their winning streak on the second day group matches at the 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final here on Wed

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With the Spring Festival Holiday right around the corner, huge numbers of people are already going online, booking train tickets for the most important vacation of the year. However, the recently updated image Captcha system on 12306.com, china's one

血液生物标志可预测死亡风险

血液生物标志可预测死亡风险 HELSINKI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A joint medical research conducted by Finnish and Estonian researchers found that some biomarkers in blood sample could predict mortality risk to people who appear healthy, Finnish

德国开辟生物制氢研究新途径

BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A study recently published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology opens up new avenues in biohydrogen research, the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) said on Friday. Scientists at the TU Berlin succeeded in expla

最萌“外交官”回国

It was a touching moment at the National Zoo in Washington, US: tens of thousands of people from all over the country, and even the world, came to bid farewell to one of the areas most popular residents. They werent saying goodbye to a person, but to