• Obama hails 'tough regulations' 奥巴马呼吁实行新规定预防经济

    09-09-26 The world's leading nations have agreed tough new regulations to prevent another global financial crisis, US President Barack Obama has said. 美国总统奥巴马称,世界主要领导国家同意使用强硬的新规定来阻止另一场全球经济危机的发生。 These relate to the...

  • One-in-four Japan women 'elderly' 日本女性老龄化加重

    09-09-22 One-quarter of Japanese women are aged 65 or over, official figures indicate, highlighting fears of a looming demographic crisis in the country. 日本官方统计数据显示,四分之一的日本女性达到65岁或之上,人口比例危机日趋严重。 Japan faces increased hea...

  • Even Miss Venezuela can't escape economic crisis 委内瑞拉选

    09-09-21 A file photo shows Stefania Fernandez as Miss Universe 2009 for the first day. Despite a second consecutive victory at this year's Miss Universe, even Venezuela's hugely successful beauty factory is feeling the global pinch. Despite a second consecu...

  • Bank crisis lessons 'not learned' 银行倒闭教训“未被注意”

    09-09-15 A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, a think-tank has warned the lessons of the crisis have not been learned. 雷曼兄弟银行倒闭一年之后,一个智囊团警告道,人们没有吸取此次危机的教训。 Lehman declared bankruptcy in the early hours of 15 September 2...

  • Obama issues warning to bankers 奥巴马提醒银行家戒骄戒躁

    09-09-15 US President Barack Obama has warned bankers against complacency, saying that some in the industry are ignoring the lessons of the financial crisis. 美国总统奥巴马提醒银行家避免自满情绪,称某些人忽视了金融危机的教训。 We will not go back to the days...

  • Crisis 'cost us $10,000 each' 美国:为解救经济危机,人均耗费

    09-09-11 The world's largest economies have spent $10,000 for every person in a bid to fix the financial meltdown of the past year. 世界经济第一强国为解决过去一年的经济危机花费平均每人1万美元。 New calculations by the BBC, based on IMF data given to G20 fina...

  • Market crisis 'will happen again' 经济危机将会“再度来临”

    09-09-10 The world will suffer another financial crisis, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has told the BBC. 前联邦储备局首领Alan Greenspan向BBC透漏,世界将会再次遭受金融危机。 The crisis will happen again but it will be different, he told BBC Two'...

  • In Egypt, financial crisis sinks price of 'Obama' date 埃及

    09-08-30 An Egyptian salesman stands next to his collection of dates at a market in Cairo in 2006. Ramadan tradition dictates that Egypt's fruit-sellers nickname their dates to reflect unofficial popularity ratings, but this year the global recession has for...

  • 'Crisis satellite' returns images “灾害检测卫星”发回第一批

    09-08-11 Britain's latest imaging satellite has returned its first pictures. 英国近期发射的成像卫星发回了第一批照片。 This early image from the UK-DMC2 satellite shows Dallas-Fort Worth airport UK-DMC2 was launched with a twin spacecraft, Deimos-1, on a Dnep...

  • Honduran crisis talks break down 洪都拉斯政治危机谈话失败

    09-07-20 Honduras's interim government has rejected a proposal to solve the country's political crisis, in effect ending talks with the ousted president. 洪都拉斯临时政府拒绝解决国家政治危机的提议,事实上停止与被流放总统的会谈。 Mr Zelaya's supporters say he...