2011-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Hurricane Irene continues to pound the U.S. East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds, leaving at least four people dead in its wake and paralyzing ground and air traffic.U.S. officials say three p

2011-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Hurricane Irene is paying a visit to much of the U.S. East Coast, inspiring worry, fear, frustration, and - in some cases - a little bit of excitement. Irene is a big storm, and it is expected to move

2011-08-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

The conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebel group the PKK continues to escalate as the Turkish armed forces in last few days have being bombarding PKK bases in neighboring northern Iraq.

2011-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Despite very high expectations, the head of the U.S. central bank on Friday did not announce any major steps to bolster the U.S. economy. Speculation had been running high that Federal Reserve Chairm

2011-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Residents of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia voted for a new president Friday, three years after Russia recognized the region, and another breakaway area, South Ossetia, as independent state

2011-08-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

A hurricane warning has been issued for New York City, as the U.S. Northeast braces for what President Barack Obama is calling "an extremely dangerous and costly" storm.Forecasters say the storm, expe

2011-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Apple Inc. shares were down as much as 2 percent in early U.S. trading Thursday, after the company's co-founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs resigned for health reasons on Wednesday.Jobs sa

2011-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Turkey's foreign minister has urged the United Nations to unfreeze Libyan assets to help the North African country move forward following the uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.Ahmet Davu

2011-08-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

Serbians weary of seeing the world’s media focus on their country’s recent wartime past are uniting in praise of a new national hero, Novak Djokovic. Djokovic trained as a young boy amid the chaotic

2011-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Anti-Gadhafi forces in Libya are consolidating their hold on the capital and other parts of the country even as pro-Gadhafi fighters put up fierce resistance. Recent developments have given many Libya

2011-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Thousands of Ukrainian opposition activists have rallied in the capital, Kyiv, to protest the arrest and jailing of their leader, former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, as the country marks its 20th

2011-08-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Some of France's wealthiest people are urging the French government to impose a special tax on the rich to help bring the country's huge debt and deficit under control.A group of 16 executives and w

2011-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

Rebel fighters have seized Moammar Gadhafi's compound in the capital, Tripoli, and are celebrating what they consider a major victory over the Libyan leader and his loyalist troops.The rebel fighters

2011-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked much of the U.S. east coast, shaking buildings and sending panicked office workers into the streets in places like Washington.The earthquake shook the region Tues

2011-08-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

A New York judge has dismissed sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one day after prosecutors moved to have the case dropped.After the dismis

2011-08-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that Libya's people are within reach of the future they deserve as the 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi comes to an end. The president spoke in Martha's Viney

2011-08-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama still opposes sending U.S. ground troops to Libya, Deputy White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.Earnest said the president's posit

2011-08-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange surged to record level on Monday, the sixth straight rise in a row, amid increasing safe- haven dema

2011-08-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to "relinquish power once and for all," saying the momentum against him has reached a tipping point.In a statement late Sunday a

2011-08-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

Norway's King Harald sought to comfort his grieving nation Sunday, as mourners marked the end of a month largely dedicated to honoring the 77 people killed July 22 by a right-wing extremist in a bomb

2011-08-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, strengthens 35 basis points to 6.3997 per U.S. dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading system.In Chin

2011-08-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Obama administration says it will review the cases of more than 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation to determine if they can stay in the United States.In a letter to a group of lawmakers

2011-08-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

The idea that is being proposed is for Uganda's government to distribute future oil revenue through direct cash transfers to Ugandans, money which would then be taxed.Oil revenue accountabilityThe au

2011-08-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

The rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Venezuela's credit rating, citing the country's political risk as a key weakness.S&P lowered the country's sovereign currency rating once notch F

2011-08-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

Global Stocks ended the week lower as fresh worries over a possible U.S. recession and Europe's debt crisis roiled markets anew. The inability of political leaders on both continents to deal with the