"P Storm" tops daily China box office
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong action thriller "P Storm" was the highest grossing film on the Chinese mainland market on Saturday, according to China Movie Data Information Network. The 4th i
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"P Storm" tops daily China box office
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong action thriller "P Storm" was the highest grossing film on the Chinese mainland market on Saturday, according to China Movie Data Information Network. The 4th i
Chinese telescope collects more than 11 ...
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China has released 11.25 million spectra of celestial objects acquired by the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) to astronomers worldwide
U.S. to become net energy exporter by en...
HOUSTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States will be a net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products in the fourth quarter of 2020, with an export level of about 0.9 million barrels per day (b/
U.S. med-tech giant buys Israeli firm in...
JERUSALEM, March 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. medical technology giant Stryker has acquired the Israeli orthopedic device company OrthoSpace for 220 million U.S. dollars, both companies announced Thursday. Th
More than 12 mln entry, exit trips made ...
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Border inspection agencies across China have seen more than 12.5 million entry and exit trips made during the week-long Spring Festival holiday that started Monday, an in
UN seeks 920 mln USD in joint response t...
GENEVA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Various UN agencies and their partner NGOs on Friday launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, which is aiming to raise 920 million U.S.
Romantic film "More than Blue" leads Chi...
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Romantic film "More than Blue" directed by Gavin Lin remained the highest grossing film on the Chinese mainland in the week ending March 24, China Film News reported Tue
China's mobile-payment users reach 583 m...
About 583 million people used mobile payment in China in 2018, up 10.7 percent over 2017, according to a report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). A total of 600 million peo
Determined AI nabs $11M Series A to demo...
Deep learning involves a highly iterative process where data scientists build models and test them on GPU-powered systems until they get something they can work with. It can be expensive and time-cons
Australia launches new tourism campaign ...
Australia has launched a new campaign to attract more young Chinese travelers. According to local media the Sydney Morning Herald, the new 5-million-Australian-dollar (3.5 million U.S. dollars) adve
Turkey hosts over 3.2 mln foreign visito...
ANKARA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkey hosted more than 3.2 million foreign visitors during the first two months of 2019, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said Friday.According to data released on its o
WFP secures 4.5 mln USD to provide human...
JUBA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Thursday it has received an additional 4.5 million U.S. dollars contribution to provide humanitarian support to more than 7 million So
Qatar supports Somalia's budget with 20 ...
DOHA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Qatar on Wednesday decided to support Somalia's state budget in 2019 with a total of 73 million Qatari riyals (20.05 million U.S. dollars). Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Ha
TradingView acquires TradeIt to add inst...
After raising $37 million to bring its on-the-spot stock market analytics tools to a wider range of publishers and other internet partners, TradingView today has announced its first acquisition to sup
AI photo startup Polarr raises an $11.5 ...
Bay Area photography startup Polarr announced this morning that it has raised an $11.5 million Series A. The new round of funding, led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Pear Ventures and C
Brunei allots 306 mln USD for proposed s...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Brunei earmarked a total of 414.7 million Brunei dollars (306.3 million U.S. dollars) to finance the establishment of the sultanate's stock exchange, of whic
3 mln-euro cash heist in Paris suburb: r...
PARIS, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An employee of Loomis, a cash handling company, stole around 3 million euros (3.39 million U.S. dollars) in cash, which he was supposed to deliver in Aubervilliers, northea
Spanish police nab 2 gangs of fuel fraud...
MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Spanish police on Thursday detained 21 people and dismantled two criminal gangs which defrauded 150 million euros (168.3 million U.S. dollars) through the illegal sale of
Myanmar's migrant workers working overse...
YANGON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The number of Myanmar's migrant workers working overseas has hit 5 million, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Wednesday. Among them, about 3 million are yo
NFL salary cap rises to 188.2 million do...
The NFL will raise its salary cap from 177.2 million U.S. dollars to 188.2 million dollar for the 2019 season, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. If that comes true, it will be the sixth