U.S. Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to approve Pete Buttigieg as President Joe Biden's transportation secretary. The 86-13 vote has made Buttigieg the first openly gay individual confirmed to lead a Cabinet department in U.S. history. During his confirmation hearing last month, Buttigieg said the Depar......(4802)人阅读时间:2021-02-03U.S. Senate confirms Biden's homeland security pick
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as President Joe Biden's secretary for homeland security. With a 56-43 vote in the upper chamber, Mayorkas will be the first Latino and the first immigrant to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after he is sworn in. Mayo......(4694)人阅读时间:2021-02-03Maldives to vaccinate 10,000 tourism workers against COVID-19
Minister of Tourism of the Maldives Abdulla Mausoom has said the country will vaccinate 10,000 tourism workers against COVID-19, local media reported on Tuesday. "Workers who provide their services directly to guests at closer to 3-foot distance will be our top priority," Mausoom was quoted as sa......(3783)人阅读时间:2021-02-03Myanmar gov't leaders detained, military declares state of emergency for 1 year
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other senior officials have been detained by the military early on Monday, Dr. Myo Nyunt, spokesperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) told Xinhua. "I received internal reports about our state counsellor and p......(5010)人阅读时间:2021-02-03China launches new remote sensing satellites
China launches the second group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 29, 2021. (Photo/China News Service) The satellites were carried by a Long March-4C rocket. It was the 359th flight mission of the Long March......(6345)人阅读时间:2021-02-01China to widen market access for foreign investment: MOC
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Friday pledged to continue widening market access for foreign investment as the sector continues to face a complex and severe situation this year. China will fully implement the new negative list for foreign investment and further lift restrictive measures, Zong Ch......(6140)人阅读时间:2021-01-30China's private consumption to more than double by 2030: report
China is expected to see the size of its private consumption more than double in the next decade, with the share of services slated to outgrow goods, according to a research report from Morgan Stanley. The country's private consumption is likely to reach 12.7 trillion U.S. dollars by 2030, making China......(5841)人阅读时间:2021-01-30Tesla's Shanghai factory Model-3 output exceeds 5,000 per week
Tesla reported record deliveries in 2020 of about half a million cars, aided by the production ramp-up at its Shanghai Gigafactory which could make more than 5,000 Model-3 cars a week, according to the company's financial report released on Wednesday. For the full year, the company produced 509,737 car......(5836)人阅读时间:2021-01-30Boeing responds to EASA approval to resume 737 MAX operations in Europe
Boeing on Wednesday responded to European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to resume 737 MAX operations in Europe. "We continue to work with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, its member states, other global regulators and our customers to safely return the 737-8 and 737-9 to servi......(5840)人阅读时间:2021-01-30Boeing 737-800BCF project in China sees orders top 150
Visitors watch a Boeing plane model at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi) The 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) project in China has received in excess of 150 orders, according to Boeing China on Tuesday. The 737-800BCF ......(5803)人阅读时间:2021-01-30Six more Chinese cities join 1-trillion-yuan GDP club
A mechanic works at a train maintenance workshop in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan) Six more Chinese cities stepped into the 1-trillion-yuan GDP club in 2020, local governments said. The city of Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, reported its ......(4896)人阅读时间:2021-01-30Beijing universities start winter vacation earlier due to COVID-19
Two universities in Beijing announced on Saturday the winter vacation would start earlier than usual, in an effort to reduce the pressure of COVID-19 control on campus. Guo Yong, deputy Party secretary of Tsinghua University, said on Saturday that the winter vacation for undergraduate students would last from......(375)人阅读时间:2021-01-03Mass medical supplies shipped from Wuhan to Europe by rail in 2020
China-Europe freight trains departing from central China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, transported some 5,660 tonnes of anti-epidemic medical supplies to European countries in 2020, according to China Railway's Wuhan branch. The trains carried 770 TEUs of supplies including masks, protective suits and vent......(346)人阅读时间:2021-01-03China to promote crop production, farmland protection in 2021: minister
China will secure crop production, develop the seed industry and strengthen farmland protection in 2021 to promote rural vitalization and accelerate agricultural and rural modernization, the country's agriculture minister said. China will strive to ensure that crop output exceeds 650 billion kg this year ......(337)人阅读时间:2021-01-03China's Mars probe travels 400 mln km
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has traveled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, according to the China National Space Administration....(437)人阅读时间:2021-01-03U.S.Houston opens first public COVID-19 vaccination site
The health department of the U.S. city of Houston opened the city's first public COVID-19 vaccine site on Saturday. "The vaccine is our best shot to help prevent people from getting sick and potentially suffering severe consequences," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Saturday. "We are......(403)人阅读时间:2021-01-03Imported coronavirus variant case reported in Guangdong
An imported coronavirus variant case has been detected in south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial center for disease control and prevention said on Sunday. The individual is an 18-year-old Chinese national who studies in Britain. He arrived in the provincial capital Guangzhou from Britain on Dec.......(390)人阅读时间:2021-01-03Beijing's new airport handles over 16 mln passengers in 2020
The newly built Beijing Daxing International Airport handled more than 16 million passengers in 2020, sources with the airport management said Sunday. Last year, the airport handled over 130,000 inbound and outbound flights, as well as 77,000 tonnes of inbound and outbound cargo. Since beginning operations in......(311)人阅读时间:2021-01-0344 giant panda cubs born in China in 2020
44 giant panda cubs were born in China in 2020, raising the total number of giant pandas in captivity to 633, the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau said on Saturday. The bureau noted that artificial breeding, reintroduction and other experiments were carried out in an orderly manner and achieved high-qua......(341)人阅读时间:2021-01-03Beijing vaccinates 73,537 in two days
Beijing has vaccinated 73,537 people in the two days since it started mass immunization work on Friday and no serious adverse reactions have been observed, a senior official of the city government said at a news conference on Sunday. Starting on Friday, 220 medical service centers in the city started to be us......(320)人阅读时间:2021-01-03China's GBA, Egypt to boost economic ties with USD1.8 billion deals
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