2011-04-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

Japan has defended its food exports as healthy amid global fears that the country’s nuclear disaster has contaminated its dairy products, fruits and vegetables. Leaders of Southeast Asian nations met

2011-04-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers reached a last-minute budget agreement late Friday, averting a potential government shutdown.Less than two hours before the deadline, Democrats and

2011-04-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

Anxiety is filling the air in Washington D.C., as the clock ticks closer to a federal government shutdown with no budget approval. Lawmakers continued the debate Friday, leaving tourists in the nation

2011-04-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

India is facing new difficulties paying for crude oil imports from Iran. In New Delhi, international sanctions against Tehran's controversial nuclear program are at the heart of India's payment trou

2011-04-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

Climate change negotiators from 173 countries have agreed on an agenda after days of bickering over the scope of talks left little time for substantive discussions. The disagreement highlighted deep d

2011-04-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

Portugal has become the third European economy, after Greece and Ireland, to request a bailout from the European Commission. Now there are fears that Spain could be next. It was the moment the Portugu

2011-04-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

Indian health officials have rejected a new medical study warning of widespread drug-resistant bacteria in the country's capital. But the co-author of the study says Delhi is in denial, and warns th

2011-04-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

BERLIN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- German economy will increase 2.8 percent in 2011, according to a joint report issued by Germany's leading economic institutes on Thursday.The expectation was much better t

2011-04-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

BRUSSELS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission confirmed on Wednesday Portugal's intention to request a bailout, pledging to deal with the request as soon as possible."The Portuguese Prime Min

2011-04-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

Developing Asian economies will continue to grow strongly this year but will face the risk of surging prices, says the Asian Development Bank’s annual economic outlook released Wednesday. The bank l

2011-04-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

A Nepalese mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest more times than any other climber, is leading a new expedition to clean up trash left behind on the world's tallest peak.The Sherpa named Apa and

2011-04-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

A new study finds that when high concentrations of HIV, the AIDS virus, turn up in a person's genital secretions, there is a higher risk the virus will be transmitted to that person's heterosexual p

2011-04-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

A World Bank economist in Thailand is warning even if tensions ease in the Middle East, oil prices will remain high due to high demand from China, India and other industrialized countries.High oil and

2011-04-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

An American commercial aerospace company has set the launch date for its new heavy-lift rocket, which will become the world’s most powerful space launch vehicle. The rocket, called the Falcon Heavy,

2011-04-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

Moody's Investor Services downgraded Portugal's credit rating for the second time in less than one month on Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of cuts by major rating agencies. Moody's said Por

2011-04-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

Last September, more than 600,000 volunteers from all over the world participated in International Coastal Cleanup Day. According to a report released recently, they removed more than 3.5 million kilo

2011-04-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

The United Nations says countries need to commit to higher reductions of greenhouse gas emissions before a global treaty expires in 2012. Representatives from 173 countries are discussing emission-re

2011-04-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Against the backdrop of the uneven and fragile global economic recovery, new approaches to tackle the global challenges and global cooperation are badly needed in the p

2011-04-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is forecast to grow by a solid pace of 4.3 percent this year and 4.5 percent next year, the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economi

2011-04-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

Government officials in Japan say it could take months for radiation leaks to be brought under control at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to spew

2011-04-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The head of the Iran Trade Development Organization said Sunday Iran and Belarus will set up joint chamber of commerce to promote their economic ties, the official IRNA new

2011-04-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

SEOUL, April 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign reserves rose to 298.6 billion U.S. dollars in March mainly due to increased conversion value of non-dollar denominated assets, the country's central

2011-04-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The monetary base in Japan surged 16. 9 percent in March from a year earlier, rising for the 31st consecutive month from a 5.6 percent annual increase booked in the previous

2011-04-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama says America can reduce its dependence on foreign oil by as much as a third by 2025. During his weekly address Saturday, Obama said shifting to cleaner fuels will help sta

2011-04-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

TOKYO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Highly radioactive water from a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant seeped into the ocean Saturday as Japan's prime minister toured a town ravaged by the disaster.Japanese