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国际英语新闻:NASA Sets Final Shuttle Launch for July 8

The U.S. space agency completed a day-long readiness review of the space shuttle Atlantis and set July 8 as the targeted launch date for its final flight. It is a historic last mission of the 30-yea
国际英语新闻 2011-06-29
国际英语新闻:US Charges Madagascar Doing Little to Stop Forced Labor

A U.S. report on human trafficking has placed Madagascar in the lowest category and claims the country's de facto government has done nothing to crack down on the practice of sending thousands of wom
国际英语新闻 2011-06-29
国际英语新闻:Indian Automaker to Take Land Dispute to Top Court

Indian automaker Tata Motors says it will ask the country's highest court to block a state government's decision to return land for a factory back to farmers.West Bengal's state legislature passed
国际英语新闻 2011-06-29
国际英语新闻:Obama Enters Talks on US Debt, Spending Cuts

With a little more than a month until a deadline to raise the nation's debt limit, President Barack Obama met on Monday with the top U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leaders to try to narrow dif
国际英语新闻 2011-06-28
国际英语新闻:France to Invest $1.4 Billion in Nuclear Power

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France plans to invest $1.4 billion for the development of nuclear power plants.The announcement comes amid French concerns about the safety of nuclear energy fol
国际英语新闻 2011-06-28
国际英语新闻:Commercial banks misuse 58 bln yuan of policy loans

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese auditors found the country's five commercial banks, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), misallocated 58 billion yuan (8.9 billion U.S. d
国际英语新闻 2011-06-28
国际英语新闻:Thailand Withdraws From World Heritage Convention Over Temple Dispute

Thailand on Sunday withdrew from the World Heritage Convention as Cambodia prepared to present management plans for a 900-year-old temple to a meeting of the committee in Paris. The Thai government sa
国际英语新闻 2011-06-27
国际英语新闻:Suicide Bomber in Wheelchair Kills Two at Iraqi Police Station

Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber in a wheelchair has attacked a police station near the capital, Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding 18 others.Authorities say the bomber blew himself
国际英语新闻 2011-06-27
国际英语新闻:Palestinian leadership asserts decision to get UN recognition

RAMALLAH, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian leadership on Sunday asserted that it will seek recognition of Palestinian statehood from the United Nations in September.The decision was taken during a
国际英语新闻 2011-06-27
国际英语新闻:Obama: Tech Innovations Can Spur Job Growth

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a renewed emphasis on cutting-edge research and technological advances as a way to spur the country's sluggish job growth.In his weekly radio and Internet a
国际英语新闻 2011-06-26
国际英语新闻:US Probes Google's Business Practices

The U.S. government has launched an investigation into whether Internet search engine Google is using its dominance to promote its products while blocking competitors.Google controls more than 65 perc
国际英语新闻 2011-06-26
国际英语新闻:Obama says investment at home can help lift U.S. economy

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday touted investment at home as a key to propping up the world's largest economy, despite the ongoing deficit reduction efforts.Bu
国际英语新闻 2011-06-26
国际英语新闻:EU Leaders Agree on Second Bailout for Greece

Stock markets rallied Friday after European Union leaders agreed on a new bailout for Greece, provided that Athens commits to more austerity measures. But the Greek deal fails to address fundamental p
国际英语新闻 2011-06-25
国际英语新闻:Money Invested in Arts Shows a Return

Even in a recession, communities across the United States are discovering that money invested in the arts can provide a return. That's the case in Rosslyn, Virginia, just a few miles from the nation
国际英语新闻 2011-06-25
国际英语新闻:Industrial rebound evident at Paris Air Show

PARIS, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Clouds in Paris skies over the 49th Air Show in Le Bourget receded Friday after aerospace industry players bagged streams of orders halfway through the air show that kicked
国际英语新闻 2011-06-25
国际英语新闻:Obama Visits Troops After Announcing Afghanistan Drawdown

A day after announcing the beginning of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Thursday visited soldiers and their families at Fort Drum, New York, home to one of the most fre
国际英语新闻 2011-06-24
国际英语新闻:G20 Farm Ministers Take Steps to Control Food Prices

The world's top 20 economic powers agreed Thursday on measures aimed at controlling high and volatile food prices. Farm ministers from the G20 group of leading and emerging economies met for the firs
国际英语新闻 2011-06-24
国际英语新闻:US to Release Oil from Emergency Reserves

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the United States’ emergency reserve to offset production lost because of the fighting in Libya. The U
国际英语新闻 2011-06-24
国际英语新闻:Obama Cuts US 'Surge' Troops in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama plans to withdraw one-third of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by late 2012. The president said Wednesday the recent increase in troop strength is meeting its goals.President Obam
国际英语新闻 2011-06-23
国际英语新闻:Fed: US Economy Growing More Slowly Than Expected

The head of the U.S. central bank says the economy is growing more slowly than expected. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday that the slower growth is due to temporary problems such a
国际英语新闻 2011-06-23
国际英语新闻:Tata Motors Fights Indian Government on Land Grab

At the High Court in Kolkata, India, lawyers for Tata Motors contested a new law that allows the government to cancel its lease for a large plot of land that was to be used to produce the world's che
国际英语新闻 2011-06-23
国际英语新闻:Greece Readies Tough Austerity Package for Bailout

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is now pushing for approval of unpopular austerity measures that are aimed at securing emergency international bailout funds to keep the country from defaulting
国际英语新闻 2011-06-23
国际英语新闻:Obama to Announce Decision on Afghanistan Troop Drawdown

President Barack Obama will announce his plan for implementing the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in a speech scheduled to begin at 00:00 UTC Thursday. Mr. Obama will say he is
国际英语新闻 2011-06-22
国际英语新闻:Ghana, Brazil Leaders Share World Food Prize

The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade.Ghana's President John A
国际英语新闻 2011-06-22
国际英语新闻:Protests Rile Southern Europe Threatening Continent's Unity

Social unrest is sweeping southern Europe, with protesters taking to streets in Spain and Greece, angry about high unemployment, welfare cuts and their governments' handling of the economic crisis. W
国际英语新闻 2011-06-22