穆沙拉夫抵达伊斯兰堡

SLAMABAD, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Islamabad late Monday for the first time after he ended his over four-year self-exile and returned home on March 24, local media reported. Musharraf's plane landed a

美国无人机在也门中部杀死五名基地武装分子

SANAA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. drone strike killed at least five al-Qaida militants in Yemen's central province of Dhamar on Wednesday night, an interior ministry official told Xinhua. Five al-Qaida operatives, including its leader in Dhamar prov

中国养老保险基金将投资股市

Amid worries about the pension fund's low investment return over the past years, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) released a draft guideline that allows the fund to be invested in the stock market. Ministry spokesperson Li

我国每年有近50万老人走失

中民社会救助研究院和今日头条寻人公益项目联合发布《中国老年人走失状况白皮书》。调查显示，全国走失老人一年约在50万上下，平均每天走失老人约为1370人，失智和缺乏照料成为老人走

社科院建议从2018年开始实行延迟退休

The 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) proposes progressively raising the retirement age to help address the country's pension pressure and labor short age. 第十三个五年规划(2016-20)提议，为了有效解决养老压力和劳动力短缺，我国将

哈佛大学学生团队来华参访

During the week-long visit from Mar. 12th to the 20th, the 30-person delegation set foot in four cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Beijing. But it was not the natural scenery or the historical sites that filled up their visiting schedu

中国推动建立亚太自由贸易区

Chinese officials are planning to press for the establishment of an Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area at the upcoming APEC meetings in Beijing. There are currently 56 different FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region. Zhang Shaogang with the Chinese Ministry of C

莫斯科地铁发生爆炸 造成多人伤亡

Two explosions blasted Moscow's subway system Monday morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 37 people, emergency officials and news agencies said. Russia's top investigative body said terrorism is suspected in the bl

约旦新政府宣誓就职

AMMAN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II on Saturday swore in a new cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. Ministers of interior, finance, planning and international cooperation, energy, and education were all replaced in the new

中国宣布首艘国产航母正在大连建造

Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a news briefing yesterday that the 50,000-ton vessel is being built in the north-eastern port city of Dalian. He stressed that China remains committed to peaceful development and to a defence policy that is

首尔呼吁平壤对话

SEOUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Thursday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to come to the dialogue table to resolve the political deadlock with its northern neighbor. The suspension in operation of the Kaesong Indu

Moscow fears for adopted Russian boy in U.S.

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia was seriously alarmed by the fate of an adopted Russian child in the United States to whom Russian consulate workers were being denied access, a high-ranking diplomat said Wednesday. We are seriously concerned with

Typhoon-triggered rainstorm leaves 23 dead, 9 missing

WUHAN/SHENYANG/BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said Monday. As

我国财政部安排千亿资金去产能

China's Ministry of Finance said last Wednesday it has earmarked a special fund of 100 billion yuan (15.33 billion U.S. dollars) to subsidize local governments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in reducing steel and coal overcapacity. 我国财政部上

芬兰发布官方“国家表情”

Finland's foreign ministry has launched a set of official emojis, and a once-ubiquitous Nokia handset is among them. 芬兰外交部发布了一组官方表情符号，其中包括曾人手一部的诺基亚手机。 More than 30 icons will be availa

中国生肖设计大赛结果揭晓

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture has recently announced the top award of a 2016 zodiac design competition for the year of Monkey goes to a 21-year old college student from Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication. Xue Jiahui named her contes

奥地利宣布斯诺登庇护申请“无效”

奥地利宣布斯诺登庇护申请无效 VIENNA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian interior ministry confirmed Tuesday that American whistleblower Edward Snowden had made an asylum application to Austria, but government leaders have declared it inval

骇人听闻 我国每年有近50万老人走失

More than 1,300 elderly people go missing in China every day -- 500,000 per year, a new report claims. 一份最新报告显示：我国每年走失老人约50万人，平均每天就有超过1300名老人走失。 Senior citizens aged 65 or over acc

中国有信心处理好与英欧关系

Speaking with the media this week, the Commerce Ministry's Shen Danyang notes the European Union remains China's largest trading partner and an important investment partner, while Britain still holds the distinction of being China's second largest tr

China to promote audio-video coding standard

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China will promote the application and industrialization of its self-developed audio-video coding standard (AVS+) in broadcasting and television, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Friday.