2011-12-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Hundreds of thousands of medical workers, teachers, border guards and other public sector employees went on strike Wednesday in Britain to protest government plans to reduce their pension benefits.Mos

2011-12-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Stocks soared after the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks agreed to make it easier to borrow dollars overseas, in a bid to ease the fallout of the European debt crisis. The move came

2011-12-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks soared on Wednesday, with major indexes hitting a two-week high, after the world's major central banks took coordinated action to boost liquidity in the worl

2011-11-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran Tuesday following new British economic sanctions against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program. The protesters pushed their way past se

2011-11-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

As European leaders attempt to defuse the continent's debt crisis, they are confronting contentious issues over national identity, vastly different economies and how much power should be centralized

2011-11-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure a deal with pilots to cut labor costs.The nation's third largest airline said Tuesday it sought b

2011-11-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone are holding another set of talks Tuesday and Wednesday on salvaging their common currency, amid more grim financial news. New governments in Greece and It

2011-11-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Egyptians lined up for hours Monday to take part in the nation's first post-revolution parliamentary elections. While logistics for the staggered, three-month process are daunting, so far, voters see

2011-11-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks soared on Monday, with the S&P 500 snapping a seven-day losing streak, as investors were encouraged by strong holiday sales and new hopes for a more radic

2011-11-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Key European leaders pledged at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday that they will push for closer economic integration of the 17-nation eurozone to help resolve the continent's burgeon

2011-11-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Russia's Vladimir Putin has formally accepted his ruling party's nomination to return to the presidency, in an address in which he warned the West against funding his political opponents.Putin, who

2011-11-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Durban, South Africa, to negotiate strategies for dealing with climate change, including how to extend the soon-to-expire Kyoto Protocol.Effo

2011-11-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Thousands of German police stepped in Sunday to remove anti-nuclear protesters at several points along a railway line carrying a controversial shipment of spent nuclear fuel rods from France to a stor

2011-11-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Russia’s upper house of parliament formally set March 4, 2012 as the date for the country’s presidential election. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely expected to return to the job for a

2011-11-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

A national strike in Britain set for Wednesday threatens to paralyze operations at Europe's busiest airport and cut many public services throughout the country.British Airport Authorities warned airl

2011-11-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Hungary has condemned a decision by the Moody's Corporation to downgrade the country's credit rating to a non-investment "junk" status. Moody's decision was made after Hungary asked the Internation

2011-11-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.S. holiday shopping season has officially begun, with shoppers crowding stores for post-Thanksgiving sales in a yearly event nicknamed "Black Friday." The competition for the best deals took an

2011-11-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

A French train carrying 11 containers of reprocessed nuclear waste entered Germany Friday on its way to a storage site. French authorities had stopped the train Thursday before it reached the German

2011-11-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Italy had to pay nearly double the interest rates to borrow money in a six-month bond auction Friday, reflecting new fears about economic problems in the countries that use the common European currenc

2011-11-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

French and German leaders met with Italy's new prime minister Thursday, promising to change EU treaties to allow for closer financial integration. They hope such changes will prevent future economic

2011-11-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Hopes were dashed this week for bold congressional action to slow the growth of America’s $15 trillion national debt. A special bipartisan committee failed to agree on ways to trim the deficit by $1.

2011-11-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Former Olympus Corp. CEO Michael Woodford on Thursday said that he believed authorities would uncover the truth about the firm's involvement in covering up massive investme

2011-11-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

Anti-government protests in Egypt continued for a fifth day Wednesday in-and around the iconic Tahrir Square in Cairo, despite concessions announced by the head of the ruling military council designed

2011-11-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administrator in Medicare agency, a key player in carrying out the healthcare reform, will resign after his nomination was blocked by Sen

2011-11-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- European Commission chief on Wednesday firmly defended the proposals for jointly issuing "Stability Bonds," otherwise known as eurobonds.The bonds are "an example of rein