介绍:
China Hails Iranian Nuclear Deal's "Implementation Day"
China has hailed the "implementation day" of the landmark Iranian nuclear deal reached last July.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it represents a victory for the Iranian people.
He says the implementation day is a sound step towards a final political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.
His remarks came after EU and the U.S. on Saturday announced decisions to lift sanctions on Iran related to its nuclear program.
Wang said the achievement was hard-earned and expressed appreciation towards the work done by Iran and other world powers.
He also urged all parties to continue to earnestly implement the deal in the coming decade.
IS militants kidnap 400 people in Syria's Deir al-Zour
Media reports say the Islamic State militant group kidnapped a total of 400 people from a town its militants had stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour.
The Pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV earlier reports that the IS militants stormed the town of al-Bug-hail-iyeh on Saturday, killing over 280 people, mostly women and children, and tossing their bodies in the Euphrates River, near Iraq.
The IS attack was carried out earlier on Saturday, with several suicide bombers blowing themselves up at government positions.
Syria's state news agency SANA also reported on the mass killing.
UN Security Council condemns deadly terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
The UN Security Council has stronlgly condemned the deadly terrorist attacks on Friday in Burkina Faso, which killed at least 29 people.
Security forces freed 126 hostages from the Splendid Hotel seized by militants from Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and killed four attackers.
The hotel often hosts Westerners, including UN staff and journalists.
And ten foreigners are among the victims, including six Canadians, two French and two Swiss nationals.
Besides expressing condolences to the families of the victims, the council members expressed their solidarity with Burkina Faso and the countries in the region in their fight against terrorism.
They have also stressed the need to intensify regional and international efforts to combat terrorism and violent extremism.
Man detained for murder in central China
A man has been arrested in central China's Hunan on suspicion of murdering five people.
The suspect, surnamed Nie, allegedly killed the son, daughter, nephew and niece of a local villager in Hengshan County on Saturday afternoon.
All four victims were teenagers, with the youngest just 13 years old.
Nie is also suspected of killing another villager, 31-year-old Yu, while he was on the run.
The 27-year-old Nie was caught at around noon Sunday, after a manhunt involving more than 300 police officers.
Harbin gets big Euro loan for renovations
The European Investment Bank has loaned northeast China's Harbin City 50 million euros to renovate residential buildings and school dormitories.
Harbin's bureau of finance said on Sunday that the loans will mature in 18 years, with an interest rate of 0.44 percent.
The rate is much lower than the 4.9-percent mid- and long-term loan rate of the renminbi, China's currency, in domestic banks.
Many of the 806 buildings to be renovated were built in the 1980s and are not energy-efficient.
China's stock market value plummets
China's declining stock market has resulted in a sharp decrease in the market capitalization of the two main bourses.
At close on Friday, the market value of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses had plummeted to around 42.7 trillion yuan, or about 6.5 trillion U.S. dollars, down nearly 9 percent from the previous week.
On Saturday, China's securities watchdog vowed to learn a lesson from the stock market rout.
Xiao Gang, head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, says wild market swings have revealed supervision and management loopholes.
China's has the world's second-most capitalized stock market behind the United States, after overtaking Japan a year ago.
JD.com's Internet finance arm lands $1.01 billion in funding
The finance arm of Beijing based e-commerce enterprise, JD.com has landed 6.7 billion yuan, or over 1 billion US dollars in financing from investors.
The Nasdaq-listed company on Saturday said these investors include Sequoia Capital China, China Harvest Investments and China Taiping Insurance.
Investors value the Internet finance company named JD Finance at 46.7 billion yuan.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016.
China launches crackdown on box office cheats
China's film watchdog will launch a campaign against box office fraud on Wednesday.
Authorities say the action will be divided into three stages, requiring the distributors and cinemas to correct their behavior before national inspections.
Viewers are encouraged to report box office cheats.
大家还在听
