Two decades passed and, in 2009, Henri Loyrette, the Louvre's director at the time, called it a masterpiece. When you ask visitors why they are at the Louvre, he said, they generally give three answers: the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Pyramid.
Twenty-eight major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the neighboring provinces of Shandong, Shanxi and Henan set targets to cut air pollution from October to March and reduce winter smog. Based on these targets, the average PM2.5 concentration was to fall by up to 25 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.
URUMQI - Horgos, a port in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region that borders Kazakhstan, has seen a record daily number of outbound cargo trains as well as a record high of cargo export and import volume on a single day.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the same day urged the public to exchange their gold and dollars for the lira to help fight "a national, domestic battle," while telling them "to have no worries."
UK's Winton Group to develop onshore investment products within 2 months
UL's Feng said the Belt and Road Initiative will lead to notable prospective benefits to both China and other parts of the world as it has proved to be a strong force linking people and economies via cross-border activities with the potential that many regions can achieve social prosperity.
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Twitch Prime is another in the buffet of “all-you-can-eat” benefits available to subscribers of the per year Prime service. Free two-day shipping has always been Prime’s bread and butter, but now members also get access to vast video and music libraries, audio programming, and Prime Now same-day shipping. Amazon is also courting non-committal customers with a .99 monthly subscription.?Prime customers can get discounted smartphones in exchange for putting up with personalized Amazon ads on the lock screen.
Two Interesting Stories created by artist Clint Hansen is on permanent display at the museum of The World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, IW. MAY ZHOU / CHINA DAILY
UCCA celebrates septuagenarian docent, proving it's never too late to learn something new, Wang Qian reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced support for Azerbaijan on Sunday, claiming that Armenia is "the biggest threat to peace and security in the region".