A small Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday while taking off from an airport near the capital, Tehran, state media reported. The country's state-run news agency said 40 people were feared killed in the crash. 伊朗国家电视台10日报道，已有...
A dramatic supermoon is set to accompany this years Perseid meteor shower, one of the most anticipated events on the skywatchers calendar. 2014年度最大圆月，将和天文爱好者十分期待的英仙座流星雨同时出现。 图片1 Given a...
Shaoxing in east China's Zhejiang Province and Taiyuan in western Shanxi are the latest Chinese cities to have loosened home purchase restrictions. Over half of the cities that imposed restrictions three years ago to curb soaring housing prices have...
Of course it is still not realistic to anticipate bottles of Chinese wine to flood Australian or European supermarket shelves anytime soon. But some of the attendees at a recent international grape conference in Beijing say they have tasted some fine...
Industry insiders are suggesting the Chinese government's anti-monopoly investigations of some foreign luxury car brands sold in China are coming to an end. It's being reported that local authorities in Shanghai and Hubei have confirmed infractions b...
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed little changed Wednesday after toggling in and out of negative territory, as investors weighed escalating geopolitical tensions in Ukraine against smaller-than-expected U.S. trade deficit. The Dow Jones...
A gunman dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on allied troops, killing a US army two-star major general and wounding 15 coalition troops, including a German brigadier general and two Afghan generals. 一名身穿阿富汗军服的枪手向联...
Snorkelling and scuba diving were once the only way to see wild reefs and tropical fish up close, and then came a handful of sea-adjacent aquariums. But at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, travellers can see the wonders of the water world without...
A group of fishermen have been criticised after they forced a fish to smoke a cigarette before posting a video of the cruel joke online. 一群渔夫强迫一条鱼吸烟，还把这个残酷的恶作剧拍成视频发布到了网络上，他们受到人...
A mother left unable to walk or talk after suffering a massive stroke has defied the odds to complete a university degree - by blinking. 一位母亲在一次严重的中风后失去了走路和说话的能力，然而她却通过眨眼拿到了本科学...
Whenever identical twins or triplets are born their parents will often be met with a cry of 'how do you tell them apart?' 每当有双胞胎或三胞胎降临人世，他们的父母总会面临这样一个问题怎么区分他们？ Well, one family...
Even in death, a couple married for nearly 62 years were inseparable. 一对夫妻结婚近62年，即使死亡也没有将他们分开。 Don and Maxine Simpson from Bakersfield, California, died four hours apart on adjoining beds, holding hands dur...
This summer, the new Studio Ghibli movie When Marnie Was There directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi could be Ghibli's last. 由米林宏昌执导的电影《回忆中的玛妮》是吉卜力工作室今年夏天推出的最新力作，而这部作品或将...
Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip. 以色列宣布将从加沙地带撤出全部军队，并保持防御状态。 Israel claims the main aim of the conflict - to destroy militants'...
China has deployed 2,500 soldiers to the south-western province of Yunnan to help search for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 398 people. 中国西南省份云南日前发生地震，目前已造成至少398人死亡，政府已出动250...
