2011-09-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

Turkey's foreign minister says his government plans to apply to the International Court of Justice this week for an investigation into Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. The move is expected to fu

2011-09-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an extension of the transportation bill to prevent nearly one million workers from losing their jobs. During his weekly address Saturday, Preside

2011-09-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Friday that it has completed the third review of Ireland's economic performance that enables the immediate disbursement

2011-09-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

MOSCOW, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Fitch international rating agency confirmed long-term ratings of Russia in national and foreign currency at the BBB level, the agency said Friday.Fitch's forecast rema

2011-09-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. job growth ground to a halt in August as government layoffs erased meager gains in the private sector. The Labor Department says American businesses added only 17,000 jobs last month, far short o

2011-09-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

Greece says its recessionary economy may shrink 5 percent this year, making it more difficult for the debt-ridden government to meet its pledge to reduce its deficit.The country's economic plight led

2011-09-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

Turkey has expelled Israel's ambassador to Ankara. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced Ankara's expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, along with a suspension of all military agreements

2011-09-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

White House economists predicted Thursday that U.S. unemployment will stay at or near its present level throughout next year. They also say that economic growth will be slower than previously projecte

2011-09-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama will go before a joint session of Congress and a nationwide television audience next Thursday, September 8 to announce his plan to boost the struggling U.S. economy. The preside

2011-09-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

New reports show that manufacturing slowed across much of the globe in August, fueling new fears of a worldwide economic downturn.One survey Thursday showed that manufacturing in the United States, th

2011-09-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

The anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has confirmed reports of a security breach that has led to a massive amount of U.S. diplomatic cables being released onto the Internet with the names of sources reve

2011-09-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

One of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons told a Syrian television station late Wednesday he is in the suburbs outside Tripoli and that loyalist commanders have told him their men would figh

2011-09-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to extend transportation bills about to expire next month in a bid to create badly needed jobs for the econo

2011-09-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street closed moderately higher on Wednesday, ending a volatile August as investors hope that the Federal Reserve will add more liquidity to the market.On the econom

2011-09-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Justice Department of the United States on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT& T's acquisition of T-Mobile, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole sai

2011-08-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene has risen sharply to at least 40 as of Tuesday, as more bodies were pulled from floodwaters, according to state a

2011-08-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

Finland has thrown an obstacle in the path of Greece's new $158 billion international bailout, demanding that it get collateral from Athens to secure its investment in the deal.Barely a month ago, th

2011-08-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

Two of the world's largest energy companies have agreed to jointly search for oil in the Russian Arctic.U.S.-based ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, and Rosneft, the top Russian crude-oil

2011-08-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

Separate reports on U.S. consumer confidence and European economic sentiment added to the volatility in global markets Tuesday. In the U.S., consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in 16 months,

2011-08-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Cabinet resigned early Tuesday, making way for Yoshihiko Noda to be confirmed by parliament as the nation's new prime minister.Outgoing finance minister Noda

2011-08-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

In the middle of a weak U.S. economic recovery, President Obama has named a new chairman for his Council of Economic Advisers. Princeton University economist Alan Krueger will be tasked with finding w

2011-08-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Scotland's government has responded to criticism of its decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a day after media organization CNN found him bedridden at his villa in Tripoli. A

2011-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Irene, which had been downgraded to tropical storm status from category one hurricane, remains "a dangerous storm" as th

2011-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Days after withstanding a rare earthquake, large swaths of the densely populated U.S. East Coast have weathered Irene, a once-powerful hurricane later downgraded to a tropical storm. Irene drenched Ne

2011-08-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Since the beginning of 2011, China has taken a series of measures to cool rising prices, such as introducing a prudent monetary policy, boosting supply and containing i