WASHINGTON Later this week, U.S. lawmakers will hold the first hearings into the prisoner swap that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban detainees. Sergeant Bergdahl is reported to be claiming he was beaten, tortured, and held...
DUBAI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Dubai-based world free zone organization (World FZO) said here on Sunday that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in order to promote the...
After spending her life at the bottom of the heap, Malavath Poorna has finally come out on top. 玛拉瓦普尔纳自出生起就生活在珠峰山脚下，现在她终于站在了山顶上。 The 13-year-old girl from India has become the youngest f...
Scientists at Harvard have confirmed a 19th century book in one of the university's libraries is bound in human skin. 哈佛大学科学家已经证实，该校图书馆一本19世纪图书的封面材料取自人类皮肤。 Conservators at the univ...
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. fixed mortgage rates rose for the first time in six weeks after hitting a seven-month low amid a slowdown in the housing recovery, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) edg...
MOSCOW, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could extend his refugee status in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday. Everything is fine, we are dealing with issues to extend the status, so everything is ok, Interfa...
BERLIN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday met with Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko and pledged support for Ukraine's future development. Speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Poroshenko, Merkel pra...
This is the terrifying moment a group of Indian teenagers narrowly avoided being killed while playing a deadly game of chicken on a railway line. 看看图片中的惊魂一刻吧：一群印度青少年在铁轨上冒险，他们在火车撞上自己前...
A Tennessee bride has defended her curious decision to strap her newborn daughter into the train of her wedding dress as she walked down the aisle, saying the baby was 'awake and well-secured' and that she was 'covered by Christ'. 美国有一位田纳...
图片1 In any other circumstances this charming childish doodle would have been stuck to the fridge by a proud parent. 如果事情发生在其他情况下，这个可爱幼稚的涂鸦可能被父母自豪地贴在冰箱上。 Unfortunately, howeve...
图片1 A white Brazilian man with blonde hair and blue eyes has taken the extraordinary step of undergoing surgery to look like an Asian. 一位金发碧眼的巴西白人男子迈出了惊人的一步，经过多次整容他把自己整成了一张亚...
BANGKOK Thailands military is organizing a public event in support of the May 22nd coup led by the armys chief. It is to occur Wednesday, following a series of small, illegal protests in the capital against the military regime that has voided the con...
TAIPEI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Computex Taipei, the biggest computer expo in Asia, opened here on Tuesday. The five-day event will present the latest designs in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, with two themed zones to launch: T...
The England World Cup squad almost had an extra man aboard their plane on Sunday a comedian who plays a footballer on television. 周日，世界杯英格兰队所在的班机上差点多出一个人有位在电视上扮演足球运动员的喜剧演员...
If you're an obsessive designer, you might have seen a subtle tweak to Google's logo made over the weekend. If you're like the rest of the planet, you missed it. 如果你是个有强迫症的设计师，你可能会注意到谷歌logo在上周末做的...
