UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres held the lead in the race for the post of the next UN secretary-general, winning 11 encourage votes in the second round of straw poll of the 15-member Security Council, diplomats said on Friday.
MOSCOW Nike Air Max Womens Sale , Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- A new railroad line, which will replace the one that enters Ukrainian territory, could start operating on a regular basis this year, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Tuesday.
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It was reported that the 137 km-long, double-track electrified new railway, connecting the Zhuravka railway station in Russia's Voronezh region, some 32 km from the Ukraine border, and the town of Millerovo in the Rostov region Air Max 90 Womens Sale , avoids passing the border near Ukraine.
The construction of the new railroad aims to increase the safety of travel and cargo transportation, said Sokolov.
In September 2015, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a document on the construction of a railway line to allow Russian trains to bypass the Ukrainian territory on their way to the country's south.
In December 2016, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that there were plans to build a railway line bypassing Ukraine before September 2017.
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Xi'an City, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has introduced official English translations for its five iconic dishes to enhance its brand image, Xi'an Daily reports.
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In the version sanctioned by the city's bureau of quality and technical supervision, the Xi'an meat burger Roujiamo is translated as Rougamo, the flatbread in beef soup Niurou Paomo as Pita bread soaked in beef soup and Qiaomian hele as Hele buckwheat noodles.
The version also includes biangbiang noodles named for biang, the most complex Chinese character with up to 71 strokes, to mimic the sound of flour dough hitting the counter when stretched.
Famed local food Hulutou Air Max 95 Sale , a dish made of pork and chicken, keeps the same Chinese name in the official translation.
The bureau also released detailed specifications for making these five foods.
Guang Yangli, director of the bureau, said it took more than a year for famous cooks in Xi'an to come out with standards to guide the production of classic local cuisine.
The bureau added that neither the standards nor English translations are compulsory for producers.
NEW YORK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar slipped against most major currencies on Wednesday as data from the country came out mixed.
The May purchasing managers' index registered 51.3 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage point from the April reading of 50.8 percent, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Wednesday.
Meanwhile, U.S. construction spending during April 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,133.9 billion U.S. dollars, 1.8 percent below the revised March estimate, reported the Commerce Department Wednesday.
In the previous session, the Commerce Department said that the price index for the personal consumption expenditure (PCE), a gauge for the inflation level preferred by the Federal Reserve, increased 0.3 percent from a month earlier.
The core PCE price index, excluding volatile food and energy, rose 0.2 percent from the previous month and 1.6 percent from a year ago, still below the central bank's target of 2 percent.
Analysts said the mixed data did not support bets on a rate-hike as early as June.
The dollar index, which treasures the greenback against six major peers, was down 0.49 percent at 95.419 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1182 dollars from 1.1139 dollars of the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.4406 dollars from 1.4477 dollars. The Australian dollar went up to 0.7254 dollars from 0.7223 dollars.
The dollar bought 109.51 Japanese yen, lower than 110.54 yen of the previous session. The dollar slipped to 0.9883 Swiss francs from 0.9930 Swiss francs, and it inched down to 1.3072 Canadian dollars from 1.3132 Canadian dollars. Enditem
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the United States will launch their joint annual war games from next week despite the strong opposition from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Air Max 90 Sale , the Combined Forces Command (CFC) said on Tuesday.
The "Key Resolve" command post exercise will be held from March 2 to March 13, mobilizing about 10,000 South Korean troops and 8, 600 U.S. fo.