英国首相梅喊话苏格兰：独立什么的别想了！

Scotland cannot manage without the UK, Theresa May said as she attempts to quash moves for a second independence vote. 特丽莎梅试图取消苏格兰的第二次独立公投，她表示，苏格兰离不开英国。 With 62 per cent of Scots votin

希腊全民公投不接受救助协议

ATHENS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Greek voters' resounding NO to the international creditors' debt deal offer in Sunday's landmark referendum does not mean a rift with Europe, but a YES to a viable agreement, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a te

职场红人必读超级商务英语

1 How about feed-back from your retailers and consumers？ 你们的零售商和消费者的反映怎样？ 2 We have that right here in this report. 在这份报告书内就有。 3 Could you tell me some more about your market analysis？ 请你多告

经济学人176:这回弄巧成拙了

Business 商业报道 Home entertainment 家庭娱乐 Netflix messes up Netflix这回弄巧成拙了 The terror of the film and television business has become a lot less scary 电影和电视业的担忧恐惧都显得微不足道 It seldom pays to a

经济学人177:伊朗与其核计划 对话暂停

Iran and its nuclear plans 伊朗与其核计划 Time out 对话暂停 The West and Iran will negotiate for four more months, but the gap is wide 西方与伊朗将全面谈判对话延长四个月，但双方分歧很大 AFTER some unconvincing last

Europe Evaluates Sanctions on Iran

The European Union has responded with a shrug to Iran's threat to cut off oil exports to some EU members several months before an EU embargo on Iranian oil takes effect. At the same time, Iran has floated an offer to resume talks on its nuclear progr

中国总理，澳大利亚总理每年举行一次会议

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese premier and Australian prime minister will from now on meet annually, Li Keqiang and Julia Gillard announced on Tuesday, following their hour-long talk in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. China would like to wo

伊朗核谈是“糟糕交易”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said negotiations underway between the United States and Iran would guarantee that Tehran would get nuclear weapons, a threat not only to the Middle East but to the world. In an appearance before the U.S. Con

塞浦路斯议会通过救助法案

NICOSIA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Cypriot parliaments on Friday passed emergency bills aimed at clinching a bailout deal with international lenders, but left until Saturday to vote on the contentious deposit tax. The Parliament agreed to creates a so

原油不太可能跌至每桶100美元以下

TEHRAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Wednesday that crude price is unlikely to fall below 100 U.S. dollars per barrel and the downward trend has stopped, Press TV reported. Oil prices below 100 U.S. dollars per barrel

伊朗核谈判重新启动

Negotiations connected to Iran's nuclear program have resumed in Switzerland. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have sat down for the first of what should be three days of meetings in the Swiss city of

伊朗核谈判的“残局”

Negotiations among Iran and the P5+1 in Lausanne, Switzerland are heading into the final push ahead of Tuesday's deadline. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says progress has been made. He's been calling on everyone at the meeting to remain flexible i

叙利亚的和平谈判将继续

叙利亚的和平谈判将继续 GENEVA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Talks for a solution to end conflicts in Syria will continue this weekend, and neither the government delegation nor the opposition is going to withdraw, confirmed the United Nations (UN)

专访：美国尚未准备返回六方会谈

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Despite its intention to work with other partners to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, Washington is currently not quite ready to return to the six-party talks, U.S. experts say. I think the U.S. would

伊朗核会谈艰难进行中

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLANDTwo top foreign ministers helping to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran are sounding confident that an agreement can be reached by Tuesday's deadline. Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Sunday that several elements are missin

Labor Unrest Unsettles Booming Indonesia

Indonesia has some of the cheapest wages in Asia, making it an attractive destination for companies feeling the pinch from rising labor costs in China and elsewhere in the region. The standard minimum wage in Jakarta is $170 a month compared to $240

叙利亚和平谈判步履艰难

叙利亚和平谈判步履艰难 GENEVA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Second round of Geneva II talks between the Syrian government and opposition mediated by an international envoy faltered into the third day Wednesday, seeing increased influence from outsi

奥巴马支持伊朗核协议

President Barack Obama staunchly defended the historic deal that aims to restrain Tehran's nuclear development program Wednesday, saying it represents the world's best means of ensuring Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. Seeking to sell the Iran nuc

China to expand government procurement program

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- China will try to expand the scope and scale of its government procurement program and continue to push for reforms in the area this year, China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday. While pledging to further improve l

经济学人:欧非贸易 政治风向的转变难预测(1)

Finance and Economics 财经 Afirca-EU Trade: Blown off course 欧非贸易：偏离主旨 Another trade deal adrift. 另一项贸易协定又难以尘埃落定。 The winds that waft along the Swahili coast change direction with the seasons, a boon