BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Secluded in the mountains for hundreds of years, the Kongshen Miao ethnic group remained little known until 1996, when their unique costumes came under the spotlight（聚光灯） at a festival in Rongjiang county, Gui...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Legendary Hollywood actor Tony Curtis died on Wednesday night. He was 85. The veteran star, who was best known for his role in Some Like It Hot, died of cardiac arrest（心搏停止） at his Las Vegas home, the Los...
Vancouver, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Canada's entry into Miss World contest（竞赛） is hoping that her gown made by a noted Chinese-Canadian dressmaker （女装裁缝师） will make a difference in helping her to secure the crown. Denise Garrido, a...
BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab（修复） to seek treatment in a live-in facility in Southern California, according to TMZ reports on Wednesday. The source said that she made the deci...
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Faye Wong has started to practice with her team in preparation for her upcoming solo concert tour, which will be performed（执行,表演） in Beijing and Shanghai. Hailed as the pop diva's comeback(复原) tour, th...
MADRID, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Spain chose film Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain) on Tuesday as the country's candidate（候选人） for an Oscar next year in the category（种类,分类） Best non-English Language Film.Tambien la Lluvia held off s...
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The highly- anticipated（预期的 ） martial-arts saga Reign of Assassins (Jian Yu) premiered in Beijing on Sunday with its star-studded cast and crew in attendance（出席）. John Woo, one of the best-known Chin...
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices jumped on Wednesday as U.S. crude inventories fell last week. Commercial crude（原油 ） inventories decreased by 500,000 barrels to 357.9 million barrels, according to the Energy Information Administrat...
CANBERRA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian federal government（联邦政府） on Thursday announced it will immediately lift a freeze on the processing of claims from Afghanistan（阿富汗） asylum seekers. The six-month freeze on processing, whi...
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic（民主的 ） People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held rare working-level military talks Thursday, the first time in nearly two years, the defense ministry said. Three officials from both sid...
HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The annual（每年的） general debate in the 192-member General Assembly concluded on Wednesday after six days of discourse on topics ranging from the global economy to UN reform, from peacekeeping to nuclear n...
BEIJING, Sep.27 (Xinhuanet) --? As thousands of demonstrators（示威者 ） marched in European capitals on Wednesday to protest recent austerity measures, officials in Brussels proposed stiffening sanctions（制裁） for governments that fail to...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Deiss, the president of the 65th UN General Assembly (GA) session, on Wednesday called for efforts to turn words into actions so as not to disappoint the expectations（期望,预期） of the millions of m...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives（众议院） on Wednesday passed a bill to press China to let its currency rise faster, amid accusations that China suppressed the value of its currency and placed a drag on U.S. jo...
