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国际英语新闻:Italian Scientists on Trial for Manslaughter in Wake of 2009 Quake

A group of Italian earthquake experts went on trial Tuesday accused of manslaughter for allegedly not properly warning the public before an earthquake struck. The 2009 quake killed more than 300 peop
国际英语新闻 2011-09-21
国际英语新闻:IMF: World Economy Entering 'Dangerous New Phase'

The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy is struggling to overcome "sluggish" growth due to an unresolved government debt crisis and weaknesses in the housing market and household finance
国际英语新闻 2011-09-21
国际英语新闻:President Obama to Release Deficit-Cutting Plan

As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a plan to slash U.S. government deficits by trillions of dollars, a powerful Republican lawmaker is already criticizing key components reportedly contain
国际英语新闻 2011-09-20
国际英语新闻:Obama Proposes $3 Trillion Deficit, Debt Plan

Presenting his second major set of economic proposals in 10 days, President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan for more than $3 trillion in spending reductions over the next decade, saying all Americans
国际英语新闻 2011-09-20
国际英语新闻:S&P Cuts Italy's Credit Rating

Standard & Poors has cut Italy's credit rating, citing weak economic growth and political uncertainty.The credit rating agency cut Italy's rating one notch Monday - from A+ to A.S&P said the country
国际英语新闻 2011-09-20
国际英语新闻:President Obama to Release Deficit-Cutting Plan

As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a plan to slash U.S. government deficits by trillions of dollars, a powerful Republican lawmaker is already criticizing key components reportedly contain
国际英语新闻 2011-09-19
国际英语新闻:Turkey to Freeze EU Ties if Cyprus Gets EU Presidency

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister for Cyprus affairs Besir Atalay says if the European Union gives southern Cyprus the rotating EU presidency in 2012, Turkey will freeze relations with the bloc.Turkey's
国际英语新闻 2011-09-19
国际英语新闻:Greece vows to finalize fresh deficit cutting

ATHENS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government will finalize a fresh package of deficit cutting measures after talks with EU/IMF lenders scheduled for Monday, Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Financ
国际英语新闻 2011-09-19
国际英语新闻:EU Finance Ministers Fail to Agree on New Debt Measures

Anti-austerity protesters put an early end to a two-day European Union finance ministers meeting in Poland that failed to achieve a breakthrough on key measures to tackle Europe's growing financial c
国际英语新闻 2011-09-18
国际英语新闻:GM, UAW Agree on New Contract

General Motors Company and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday in Detroit, Michigan.Details of the settlement are being withheld, pendin
国际英语新闻 2011-09-18
国际英语新闻:Iran Considers Release of US Hikers

The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran says he needs the signature of one more judge on bail papers before his clients can be released. Masoud Shafiei said Saturday he hopes Iran's judiciary wil
国际英语新闻 2011-09-18
国际英语新闻:Obama Signs Patent Reform; Campaigns for Jobs Bill

President Barack Obama has signed legislation to speed the process of approving U.S. patents. The president says the new law is part of his initiative to create jobs and stimulate economic growth. Pr
国际英语新闻 2011-09-17
国际英语新闻:India Announces Another Interest Rate Hike

India's Reserve Bank has raised interest rates in a continuing struggle to control inflation. The rate hike, which was announced Friday, is the 12th increase in the last year-and-a-half. But there
国际英语新闻 2011-09-17
国际英语新闻:High-Speed Trading Changing Stock Market

Wall Street analysts searching for reasons for the U.S. stock market's sharp swings in early August point to high unemployment, the European debt crisis and other basic economic problems. But some al
国际英语新闻 2011-09-17
国际英语新闻:Obama Jobs Plan Faces Congressional Hurdles

One week after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to act swiftly to spur job creation and economic growth, bipartisan backing for his proposals has yet to materialize. The president’s package
国际英语新闻 2011-09-16
国际英语新闻:IMF's Lagarde: Global Economy in 'Dangerous Phase'

The head of the International Monetary Fund says the global economy has entered a "dangerous phase" in which advanced economies risk slipping into a new recession that also would hurt developing natio
国际英语新闻 2011-09-16
国际英语新闻:Trading Scheme Costs Swiss Bank $2 Billion

Police in London say they have arrested a man accused in an unauthorized trading scheme that allegedly cost Swiss bank UBS about $2 billion. Police say Kweku Adoboli, 31, was taken into custody Thursd
国际英语新闻 2011-09-16
国际英语新闻:Palestine's UN status to be decided by member states: Ban

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Thursday that the fate of Palestinian aspirations for statehood or non-member observer statehood is in the hands of memb
国际英语新闻 2011-09-16
国际英语新闻:U.S. president touts jobs bill as boon to small businesses

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday made his latest pitch to urge Congress to pass a 447-billion-dollar jobs bill, saying American small businesses and workers will
国际英语新闻 2011-09-15
国际英语新闻:Europe Scrambles to Contain Debt Problems

French, German and Greek leaders are scheduled to hold a conference call Wednesday on how to contain Europe's deepening financial crisis that also is triggering alarm in other continents. The call by
国际英语新闻 2011-09-15
国际英语新闻:New Gulf Oil Spill Report Levels Most of Blame on BP

A new report by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the British petroleum company BP was "ultimately responsible" for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The
国际英语新闻 2011-09-15
国际英语新闻:Poor Americans Struggle With High Health Care Costs

Census data released Tuesday show that 46 million people live in poverty in the United States. The 2010 census also shows that a slightly higher figure, almost 50 million people, in the U.S. do not ha
国际英语新闻 2011-09-14
国际英语新闻:Merkel: Europe Must Avoid 'Uncontrolled' Greek Default

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the 17-nation bloc that uses the euro currency must do everything it can to avoid an "uncontrolled insolvency" by Greece.The German leader said Tuesday that the ef
国际英语新闻 2011-09-14
国际英语新闻:Russia Slams EU Plan for Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline

Russia has criticized a European Union decision to open discussions with former Soviet states Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on a pipeline project that could deliver the Caspian region's vast natural ga
国际英语新闻 2011-09-14
国际英语新闻:Obama Sends Jobs Bill to Congress, Urges Passage

President Obama is urging the U.S. Congress to act quickly on a $447-billion bill he is sending to Capitol Hill aimed at giving the U.S. economy a jolt by creating jobs. Obama used a Rose Garden event
国际英语新闻 2011-09-13