It's never too late to start something new. 去尝试新事物永远都不用在乎年纪。 Anna Stoehr, the oldest resident of Minnesota, signed up for Facebook just in time to get all those happy birthday wall posts when she turns 114 this weekend...
Spanish authorities have started investigations after a Spanish nurse was confirmed as being infected with Ebola. Authorities say they are looking into how the nurse became infected at a hospital with modern health care facilities. The 40-year-old nu...
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- China is considering allowing individuals to directly invest in overseas markets, a central bank official revealed on Thursday. Currently, only institutions can invest abroad under a scheme called Qualified Domestic Instit...
First of allso unexpected, it's something I never thought I would receiveit really touches me. It's made me very emotional.Born in the suburbs of Paris in 1945, Patrick Modiano began to write in his twenties. His first book La Place de l'etoile was p...
The author's Twitter clue about her forthcoming 点击发音 project had 'Harry Potter' fans in a tizzy 点击发音. 作者JK罗琳女士的官方推特透露出她接下来要进行的项目，这使得哈利波特的粉丝们乱作一团。 The pr...
A mother and daughter have made their wedding days extra special - by having a joint ceremony. 一对母女举办了一场与众不同的婚礼，属于她们的共同婚礼。 Kim Milhano, 28, and Susan Scott-Williams, 51, got married together after...
'Embarrassment', 'occasionally' and 'necessary' have been named among the words Brits have most difficulty spelling. 'Embarrassment（尴尬）', 'occasionally（偶尔地）' and 'necessary（必要的）'等词被评选成为英国人觉得最难拼写...
Struggling under the weight of packed bags from luxury stores including Prada and Louis Vuitton, Amy Jiang pauses for breath. Theglittering mall is doing a brisk trade, with queues thronging the popular shops and the most sought-after fashion items s...
Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight. 长期以来节食者们一直信誓旦旦地宣称葡萄柚有助减肥。 Now, scientists are beginning to believe them. 如今科学家们也开始相信他们的论断。 A study has...
One homeowner is resorting to bartering for the latest iPhone as a tactic to sell a beleaguered property in Detroit. 近日，底特律一所房子的主人表示愿意用新款iPhone与这所房子作交换。 The owner has dropped the asking price...
图片1 These daredevil highliners are the ultimate chillseekers - setting up hammocks hundreds of feet in the air. As they inch their way carefully along the thin wire, some are even happy to pull out a guitar and play some tunes. The extreme event,...
The seven princesses who make up the 2015 Rose Parade Royal Court were announced Monday morning in front of hundreds at the Tournament House. 本周一早晨，将参加2015帕萨迪纳市玫瑰花车大游行的7名公主名单揭晓。 The seven pr...
She is, without a shadow of doubt, the most famous ghost at one of Britains most haunted sites. 灰女士无疑是英国众多闹鬼景点中最著名的一个。 But does this murky photograph show the fabled Grey Lady of Dudley Castle or something...
A total lunar eclipse will be visible across much of the Americas and Asia in the coming hours. 亚洲和美洲的大部分地区能够在未来数小时内观测到月全食。 The eclipse starts at 08:00 GMT, reaching totality just before sunrise a...
He's developed a reputation as quite the bad boy. 他作为坏男孩已是名声在外。 But Justin Bieber wasn't always covered in tattoos let alone the defendant in numerous cases involving drag racing and vandalism. 贾斯丁比伯全身刺青，数...
