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Despite the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran expiring last week, the window for further negotiations between Washington and Tehran toward a final deal "is not closed", Pakistan's envoy to the United Nations said. 尽管美国和伊朗之间的谅解备忘录已于上周到期，但巴基斯坦驻联合国大使表示，华盛顿与德黑兰之间为进一步达成最终协议而进行谈判的窗口“并未关闭”。 Asim Iftikhar Ahma...

President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue and relief efforts after a mudslide on Wednesday in Nepal caused heavy casualties and left many people missing at a border port in the Xizang autonomous region. 8月26日，尼泊尔境内发生的一场泥石流造成重大人员伤亡，并致使西藏自治区一处边境口岸多人失踪，国家主席习近平作出重要指示，要求全力开展搜救救援工作。 Xi, who is also general secretary of the Comm...

The United States imposed a new wave of sanctions on Iran on Monday, which it said would cut off the economic lifeline that sustains the country. Experts said the move appears unlikely to force Tehran to bow down, but will further strain the global economy. 美国8月24日宣布对伊朗实施新一轮制裁，称将切断维系该国运转的经济命脉。专家表示，此举似乎不太可能迫使德黑兰屈服，反而将进一步对全球经济造成压力...

Dove, a chocolate brand of United States-based Mars Inc, issued a public apology on Tuesday after a short video advertisement sparked widespread outrage in China for appearing to endorse infidelity and undermine relationship values. 美国玛氏公司旗下巧克力品牌德芙8月25日公开发布致歉声明。此前，一则短视频广告因被指纵容出轨、破坏感情价值观而在中国引发广泛愤怒。 The controversial clip, posted around t...

Chinese lawmakers started reviewing on Tuesday a draft law aimed at combating cross-border corruption as part of a broader initiative to strengthen legal tools for repatriating fugitives, recovering assets and addressing corruption cases with international cooperation. 中国立法机关8月25日开始审议一份旨在打击跨境腐败的法律草案，这是加强法治工具以遣返逃犯、追缴资产及通过国际合作处理腐败案件的一项更...

The latest public opinion poll in Japan is a caution to the Sanae Takaichi government that it shouldn't allow the military buildup to consume the country's economic vigor. The Takaichi Cabinet's approval rating has fallen to 50.2 percent, its lowest level since she took office, while 71.7 percent of respondents say they are worried about Japan's fiscal health. 日本最新民意调查是对高市早苗政府的一...

Torrential rains fueled by Typhoon Narra, the year's 19th typhoon, have triggered widespread severe flooding across South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, prompting civilian evacuations and full-scale disaster relief operations since Saturday. 今年第19号台风“纳拉”带来的强降雨已在中国南方广西壮族自治区引发大范围严重洪涝灾害，自周六起已启动民众疏散和全面救灾行动。 Relentless downpours hamme...

Alibaba Group is seeking to raise about HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) through a new share placement in Hong Kong, which, if completed, would become the world's third-largest primary follow-on offering this year, behind only those placed by Alphabet and Intel. 阿里巴巴集团正寻求通过在香港进行新股配售筹集约800亿港元（约合102亿美元）。若顺利完成，这将成为今年全球第三大主要增发融资，仅次于Alphabet和英...

"China's pet industry is evolving at a pace unmatched worldwide, with consumer and industrial upgrades that take five to seven years in mature markets compressed into just one to two years locally," Ganesh Ramani, general manager of Mars Pet Nutrition China, said in an exclusive interview with China Daily. 玛氏宠物营养中国总经理甘尼斯·拉马尼在接受《中国日报》独家专访时表示：“中国宠物行业的发展速度...

It is an incontrovertible fact that China is becoming increasingly adept at translating technological ideas into real-world applications. This was underscored on Wednesday by three concurrent developments: Unitree Robotics' stock market debut in Shanghai, the opening of the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, and the first successful land-based recovery of the first stage of the reusable Zhuqu...

As companies pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence while cutting jobs, fears of human replacement are mounting. Oracle is reportedly preparing another round of layoffs ahead of Sept 1, according to Business Insider. But the 2026 Stanford AI Index shows that AI is reshaping the labor market without yet causing mass job displacement. 随着各大企业一边向人工智能砸入数十亿美元，一边削减...

Xu Jiayin, former chairman of China's property developer Evergrande Group, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for a string of financial and corporate crimes, while the group and its property arm were fined a combined 15.82 billion yuan ($2.35 billion), according to the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. 据深圳市中级人民法院消息，中国房地产开发商恒大集团前董事长许家印因多项金融及企业...

More than 3,000 cuttingedge robots and related products packed the 2026 World Robot Conference, which opened in Beijing on Wednesday, the same day that Unitree Robotics made its debut on the STAR Market in Shanghai and surged 629.44 percent to 1,100 yuan ($163) per share from its initial public offering price. 2026年世界机器人大会于周三在北京开幕，展会汇集3000余台前沿机器人及相关产品。就在同一天，...

In a landmark moment for China's space sector, a huge rocket booster gently touched down on China's northwestern desert terrain on Wednesday morning, marking the country's firstever successful land recovery of a rocket. 对于中国航天领域而言，这是一个具有里程碑意义的时刻。周三上午，一枚大型火箭助推器平稳降落在中国西北荒漠地带，标志着我国首次实现火箭陆地回收。 Footage from surveillance drones flying...

The remains of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji were cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and other senior Party and State leaders, including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng, bade farewell to Zhu at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in the morning. Amid solemn music, they walked slowly toward Zhu's remains and stood in silent tribute...

US President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 33 percent, the lowest level of his presidency, amid public concerns over the US war against Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded Monday. 根据8月17日结束的路透社/益普索民意调查，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持率跌至33%，为其总统任期内的最低水平，主要原因是公众对美国对伊朗战争的担忧。 Just 33 percent of respondents in the four-day su...

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are finding a foothold in the United States' autonomous-driving market as suppliers of purpose-built vehicle platforms, even as steep tariffs and security restrictions keep Chinese-branded EVs out of US showrooms. 尽管高额关税和安全限制使中国品牌电动汽车无法进入美国展厅，但中国电动汽车制造商正以专用车辆平台供应商的身份，在美国自动驾驶市场找到了立足点。 Since...

Amid record numbers of new university graduates and a persistent labor mismatch across China, a fast-growing number of degree holders are turning to vocational training to acquire practical workplace skills, plugging long-standing gaps between theoretical university learning and on-the-job requirements. 全国高校毕业生规模创历史新高，劳动力供需错配问题长期存在。越来越多拥有本科学历的毕业生选择参加...

New energy vehicles accounted for more than 60 percent of China's new vehicle sales for the first time in July, consolidating the segment's position as the main growth engine of the country's auto industry, latest industry data showed. 最新行业数据显示，7月新能源汽车占中国新车销量的比重首次突破60%，巩固了其作为中国汽车产业主要增长引擎的地位。 Data released by the China Association of Automobile Ma...

Shanghai is expanding overseas access to computing power and foundational artificial intelligence models to boost the city's trade in services, with a new plan setting a goal of increasing the sector's scale to more than $300 billion by 2030. 上海正面向海外开放算力以及基础人工智能模型资源，以此拉动本市服务贸易；一份全新规划定下目标：2030年前服务贸易规模突破3000亿美元。 Experts said that the move w...

“I can live without a partner, but I must have a dazi.” This has become a kind of social manifesto for today‘s young people. From meal dazi and workout dazi to study dazi and travel dazi, a new form of lightweight socializing—known as “dazi socializing”—is spreading rapidly among young people. In this episode of CD Voice, we start with a striking statistic: over 70% of young respondents said...

China has ample room to introduce pro-consumption policies in the second half of the year, as consumer prices maintained a moderate overall increase in July, experts said. 专家表示，由于7月居民消费价格总体保持温和上涨，中国在下半年推出促消费政策仍有充足空间。 The country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.5 percent year-on-year last month, according to data released by the N...

Former premier Zhu Rongji passed away in Beijing on Wednesday. He was 98. Zhu, who had served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, died of illness, according to an official obituary. The obituary was jointly issued by the CPC Central Committee; the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress,...

Heavy rain continued to batter parts of central and eastern China on Wednesday as the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin combined with other weather systems, prompting authorities to maintain orange alerts for torrential rain and geological disasters. 8月12日，台风“白海豚”残余云系与其他天气系统共同影响，持续侵袭中国中东部部分地区，促使有关部门维持暴雨和地质灾害橙色预警。 The National Meteorological Cente...

Various measures have been taken to confront risks of landslides, urban waterlogging and reservoir dam breaches as Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds to Central and North China on Tuesday. 周二，台风“白海豚”给我国华中、华北地区带来强降雨与大风天气，各地已采取多项举措，防范山体滑坡、城市内涝、水库溃坝风险。 After the typhoon, the 13th of this year, made landfall in East China's Zhe...