14 confirmed dead, 26 missing after SW China mudslide

CHENGDU, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have retrieved 14 bodies from a rain-triggered mudslide in southwest China's Sichuan province on June 28 while 26 others remain missing, sources with the rescue commanding center said Monday. As of 6 p.m. Sunday,

16 confirmed dead, 24 missing in SW China mudslide

CHENGDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Sixteen bodies have been recovered following a rain-triggered mudslide that occurred in southwest China's Sichuan province on June 28, an official from the local rescue command center said Wednesday. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday,

Unicaja Malaga sacks coach Mateo

MADRID, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Spanish ACB basketball side Unicaja Malaga had sacked coach Chus Mateo as a result of his team's disastrous run of recent results, local media reported Tuesday. He left the club after little more than a year in charge, af

European Markets Remain Volatile

European stock markets were volatile Monday despite the European Central Bank saying it intended to buy up government debt. European Commission spokesperson Ollie Bailly said Monday that the measures taken by the European Central Bank should calm inv

U.S. indirectly funding Afghan warlords: report

BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer（纳税人） funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords to secure（保护） convoys carrying supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a congressional

Kids Cafe Fights Childhood Hunger

In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Caf is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious(有营养的) snacks and meals during after-school programs. A

广西某中学教师向毕业学生众筹买车引争议

A teacher who crowdfunded money from students to buy a car in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has paid back all the money, according to Nanguo Today. 据《南国今报》报道，广西一名向学生集资买车的教师已于日前将所筹钱款悉

交不起MBA学费 那就众筹吧

Funding is a significant barrier for many who want to attend business school. Whether you need to raise the cash to cover some or all of your course and other costs, not everyone can rely on their parents or loans. 对于许多想上商学院的人而言

China will continue to swim with tide of times

BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The rise of China is the definitive economic and political story of the time, yet the 1911 Revolution should not be overlooked, as it was the catalyst that enabled the nation to terminate more than 2,000 years of imperial

Movie Highlights Terror at Algerian Monastery

A movie about the lives - and gruesome deaths - of French Cistercian Trappist monks in Algeria has become an unexpected box-office hit in France and has now been released worldwide. Of Gods and Men is set during Algeria's horrific 1990's civil war. T

美国众议院通过“清洁”债务上限法案

美国众议院通过清洁债务上限法案 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua)-- U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority. The legislation, ap

美国众议院否决贸易法案

CAPITOL HILLPresident Barack Obama says the failure of the House of Representatives to pass a measure to help American workers affected by global trade pacts will directly hurt about 100,000 workers and their communities. For the sake of those worker

美众议院通过援叙反对派计划

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's plan to train and equip Syrian rebels as part of efforts to fight the Islamic State militant group. The chamber voted 273-156 to give th

美国众议院无条件通过债务上限法案

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美国众议院议长表示2014年很难通过移民立法

美国众议院议长表示2014年很难通过移民立法 WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday cast uncertainties over the chances of immigration legislation moving forward in 2014, saying that President Barack

美国众议院或限制情报部门监听权

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act that would restrict surveillance of the American public by the National Security Agency (NSA). In a 205-217 vot

美国众议院将就限制政府监视民众权限法案投票

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives will vote on an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act to restrict surveillance of the American public, a House committee announced Tuesday. The House Rules Committee on Tuesday posted

欧洲数千人就移民危机集会

Rallies engulfed Europe on Saturday in response to the escalating refugee crisis. Tens of thousands of people filled central London to protest the British government's position on the migrants' plight. Human rights activists, politicians and performe

法国恐怖袭击后举行大规模集会

Officials say it was the largest demonstration in French history, with turnout across the country estimated to be at least 3.7 million, with nearly half of that total gathering in Paris. French news media say more people showed up in the capital than

奥斯威辛集中营解放70周年

Some 300 Holocaust survivors returned to Auschwitz on Tuesday for a memorial event at the former site of the Nazi death camp, joined by world leaders including the presidents of Poland, France, Germany, Austria and Ukraine. They gathered under an eno