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香港出租开始使用支付宝

日期：2017-10-31 Ant Financial has announced that taxicabs in Hong Kong are now accepting Alipay. 蚂蚁金融宣布，香港的出租车现在也可以使用支付宝。 Dozens of cabs are now linked to Alipay. Users can scan the QR codes for either Alipay or Alipay Hong Kong. Most of Hon... 阅读全文>>

特斯拉将在挪威建造欧洲最大的充电站

日期：2017-10-30 Electric car maker Tesla will build Europes largest charging station in Norway this year, public broadcaster NRK reported Saturday. 挪威广播公司周六报道，特斯拉将于今年在挪威建造欧洲最大的充电站。 The station, with 42 specially designed charging poi... 阅读全文>>

菲律宾办公室白领必须定时“起立”休息

日期：2017-10-29 Office workers in the Philippines, you may now stand up. In fact, you have to stand up. Regularly. 菲律宾的办公室白领们，你们现在可以站起来了。事实上，你们必须站起来。而且是定时起立。 The countrys Department of Labor and Employment has introduced ne... 阅读全文>>

英国警方不再调查低级别犯罪案件

日期：2017-10-29 Britains largest police force will no longer investigate thousands of burglaries, thefts and some assaults, it has been revealed. 据报道，英国最大的警察机构伦敦警察厅今后将不再调查数千起入室盗窃、偷窃和袭击等犯罪行为。 The Metropolitan Police have s... 阅读全文>>

中国将完善产品质量可追溯系统

日期：2017-10-24 China will complete its product quality traceability system by 2020. 中国将于2020年前完善产品质量可追溯系统。 A recent guideline, jointly issued by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and nine other central departments, said the traceability system would... 阅读全文>>

宁泽涛参观联合国总部

日期：2017-10-22 Chinese champion swimmer Ning Zetao has paid a visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York. 中国游泳冠军宁泽涛受邀参观纽约联合国总部。 The 24-year-old met and chatted with Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and... 阅读全文>>

京沪复兴号运行首月载客46万人

日期：2017-10-22 The new high-speed trains, Fuxing, carried 460,000 passengers between Beijing and Shanghai in their first full month of operations at maximum speed, Beijing railway bureau said Saturday. 北京铁路局周六表示，从北京发至上海的复兴号新式高铁全速运行首月... 阅读全文>>

中国移动互联网用户达到12亿

日期：2017-10-22 As of the end of September, the number of the mobile phone users in China has reached 1.3 billion, up 72 million through the year, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. 中国工信部公布的数据显示，... 阅读全文>>

美国五任前总统同台筹集善款

日期：2017-10-22 All five living former presidents of the United States took to the stage Saturday night at a benefit concert here to raise funds for the victims of recent hurricanes that hit various parts of the country. 本周六晚，美国在世的五任前总统在一场慈善音乐... 阅读全文>>

1400年历史银杏树成旅游景点

日期：2017-10-20 A tree that is 1,400 years old in Chinas Shaanxi Province is drawing tens of thousands of people from all over the country, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. 《北京青年报》报道，陕西省一棵有1400多年历史的古树吸引了全国各地数以万计的人们前来观看。 Cro... 阅读全文>>

深圳与中山将建海底隧道

日期：2017-10-19 A sea tunnel linking south Chinas Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be completed by 2024, the Guangdong provincial transportation group said Wednesday. 广东省交通局周三表示，一条连接深圳与中山的海底隧道将于2024年完工。 The construction is expected to get... 阅读全文>>

北大校内将建小型自然保护区

日期：2017-10-19 Peking University in Beijing is officially reviewing a proposal to set up a mini nature reserve on the campus to protect the ecosystem, reports the Beijing Youth Daily. 《北京青年报》报道，北京大学正在考虑一项在校内建立一座小型自然保护区以保护生态环... 阅读全文>>

麦当劳推出手机寄存柜

日期：2017-10-18 McDonalds has introduced mobile phone lockers, in a bid to get customers to put their phones away, and start talking to each other again. 麦当劳推出了手机寄存柜，目的就是让顾客们将手机收起来，大家一起聊天。 One of its outlets in Singapore, at Marine... 阅读全文>>

泰国要在20处海滩全面禁烟

日期：2017-10-18 Thailand is to ban smoking on some of the countrys most popular tourist beaches, with the prospect of up to a year in prison for those caught lighting up, according to reports by local media. 据当地媒体报道，泰国将在该国一些最有名的旅游海滩禁烟。违... 阅读全文>>

台风卡努在华南登陆

日期：2017-10-16 Typhoon Khanun made landfall early Monday morning in Xuwen county, Guangdong Province. 台风卡努周一凌晨在广东省徐闻县登陆。 The 20th typhoon this year has drenched parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hainan and Taiwan. Electricity supplier Southern Grid i... 阅读全文>>