2012-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that his administration had decided to reject the proposed Keystone pipeline between Canada and the United States.In a sta

2012-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

As the World Bank warns Wednesday that Europe probably is already in recession, France's government has announced a series of measures to grow the country's economy and make it more competitive.Five

2012-01-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said during a visit to London on Wednesday that he expects to reach an agreement with other European countries, including Germany, on a way out of the current econom

2012-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama says the United States will consult closely with Jordan to advance peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The president met Tuesday in the White House with Jordan’s

2012-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.N. refugee agency reports that 33 unaccompanied children, mostly from East Africa, have left Tunisia's Shousha refugee camp for resettlement in Norway. The children are among 90 who arrived una

2012-01-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

A Dutch company that specializes in salvage operations says it will take weeks to remove the fuel from a cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast.The company, Smit, says it plans to conduct a surv

2012-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

Italian rescuers are again searching for survivors inside the wreck of a luxury cruise ship that hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern Italy.The search restarted Monday afternoon, hours aft

2012-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

European markets reacted nonchalantly Monday after credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded nine countries, including France and Austria, late Friday. The widely followed agency also reduced

2012-01-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ratings agency Standard & Poor's lowered the AAA long-term issuer credit rating of European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), eurozone's rescue fund, to AA+ from AAA o

2012-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

The number of those killed in the Italian cruise ship disaster has risen to five after search crews on Sunday discovered the bodies of two elderly men in the submerged section of the Costa Condordia.T

2012-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

France's top diplomatic envoy met with Burma's leading opposition figure Sunday, as he became the latest Western official to visit the Asian nation following a series of fast-paced reforms. The trip

2012-01-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

Nigeria's labor unions say a nationwide strike will resume Monday if no deal concerning fuel prices is reached through negotiations with the government.Union representatives of the Nigeria Labor Cong

2012-01-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the downgrading of credit ratings of nine European countries shows that the European Union has a "long road" ahead to restore investor confidence.She spoke to repo

2012-01-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

Nigerian union leaders are meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan for talks about the ending of consumer fuel subsidies.The government's move to suspend the subsidies earlier this year has upset t

2012-01-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

Standard & Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy.S&P's downgrade o

2012-01-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for authority to merge a series of federal agencies that deal with trade and commerce.Addressing reporters in the East Room of the White House, he said consol

2012-01-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters.The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inqui

2012-01-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama requested Congress Thursday to raise the federal government's borrowing limit by 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, as the government is facing mou

2012-01-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

Nigeria's president and union leaders say a nationwide strike will continue, despite progress made during their first meeting Thursday since the action began. Officials say the negotiations about whe

2012-01-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

A new report says that most of the world's major economies are likely to slow further, but that U.S., Japanese and Russian economic fortunes are showing signs of improving.The Paris-based Organizatio

2012-01-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

Spanish forces have captured six alleged pirates in the Indian Ocean, after the suspects attacked a Spanish navy ship.The Spanish defense ministry says pirates aboard a skiff (small boat) opened fire

2012-01-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

The European Union is heightening its pressure on Hungary for reforms, saying that it has failed to effectively control its budget deficit and that its new constitution may be unlawful.EU economy mini

2012-01-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

The end of 2011 helped give the world's largest economy a boost although not enough to make a large dent in unemployment.The U.S. central bank issued its so-called "Beige Book" report Wednesday - an

2012-01-12 所属栏目:欧美文化

HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is expected to be about 100 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2012, five dollars per barrel higher than the average price in

2012-01-11 所属栏目:欧美文化

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took a major step Tuesday toward winning the Republican Party’s presidential nomination with a convincing victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary.