Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says U.S. economic policies amount to hooliganism.Putin, in his annual address to the Russian parliament, said Wednesday that everything is not so good for our friends in the States. He told the lawmakers to look...
BUENOS AIRES, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Argentine soccer player Juan Roman Riquelme will be inactive for at least three weeks due to an injury in his abdomen. He was injured on Sunday during a match between Boca Juniors and Tigre for the 10th date of the...
BERLIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cologne coach Frank Schaefer has decided to leave the club after the season, both sides stated on Tuesday. His reason for the decision is based on personal matters. He hopes that the team can now fully concentrate on stay...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Recent arrival to Corinthians, Adriano suffered a major setback on Tuesday. In only his second week of workouts with the team, the striker tore his left Achilles tendon. While undergoing a routine session of physi...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Sing Out China, the Chinese edition of wildly popular global television phenomenon The X Factor, was launched on Sunday under the aegis of British TV impresario Simon Cowell, who is serving as lead producer of the Chi...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise will hit Chinese theaters on May 20, as part of a coordinated global premiere of the latest installment of the hugely popular Walt Disney series. P...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- YouTube announced Tuesday that the much-anticipated British royal(王室) wedding of Catherine Middleton and Prince William will be live streamed on the website' s live channel. Next Friday, the live stream will fo...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The case in the Hollywood blockbuster（轰动，炸弹 ） The Social Network continues in real life. Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss on Monday filed another appeal against their Harvard classmate and Facebook fou...
The price of gold edged above a record $1,500 an ounce on Tuesday as investors（投资者） looked for an alternative to the U.S. dollar. The price of gold has risen 31 percent in the last year. It shattered the psychological barrier at $1,500.50 b...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. has sued Samsung Electronics(电子) Co. over patent infringement in a latest suit, U.S. media reported Monday. The suit, filed last Friday in U.S. District Court in Northern California, alleged that Sam...
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Almost one year after the disastrous（灾难性的 ） oil spill, scientists believe that the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal. However, the scientists restrain their optimism about natur...
LOS ANGELES, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Sugarcane（甘蔗） has the effect of cooling temperatures(温度) , thus playing role in stemming global warming, a new study has found. Sugarcane does so by reflecting sunlight back into space and by lowering the...
Pripyat, Ukraine. A dead city. Homes, schoolrooms, playgrounds, and other places are crumbling as wild nature reclaims the land. Pripyat once had some 50,000 residents（居民） . Now they are gone, perhaps forever. Only the artifacts of their live...
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services announced Monday that the United States continues to have a AAA [Triple-A] credit rating, but the rating agency lowered its long-term credit outlook for the U.S. government. SP cited U.S. budget deficits and gover...
Emmanuel Mutai set the course record at the London Marathon Sunday, as Kenyan compatriot Mary Keitany won in her debut in the British capital. Mutai ran the 42.2 kilometer race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 40 seconds. The 26-year-old Kenyan broke compatrio...
