LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Over 20 million tickets were applied for with around 1.8 million people submitting requests for tickets, revealed the LOCOG after the application（应用,运用） process for London 2012 Olympic tickets closed at 1am on...
LOS ANGELES, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Air pollution poses a threat to the health of about 154 million Americans -- or more than half of the U.S. population, the American Lung Association (ALA) said on Wednesday. The air is so polluted in some areas that...
This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t...
American charter schools are public schools that are run by private educational(教育的) enterprises, under special rules, or charters, from state or local school boards. Many charter schools have specialized areas of study such as science, mass me...
BERLIN, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United swept Schalke 2-0 in their Champions League semifinal first leg in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday. Ryan Giggs broke 67 minutes of deadlock and Wayne Rooney added the second three minutes later after...
MADRID, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano has claimed that Jose Mourinho had proven to be the ideal choice to coach the galacticos and get the best out of their star-studded squad. The Portuguese tactician was appointed...
BRASILIA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A survey conducted by Brazil's Ministry of Health showed Tuesday that half of Brazilians aged over 55 have hypertension(高血压). According to the research, which has been carried out annually since 2006, the proporti...
A study by the Asian Development Bank finds that domestic food prices in many regional（地方的，区域的） economies have risen on average 10 percent in early 2011. Xianbin Yao, director general of the Regional and Sustainable Development Depa...
Pneumonia and diarrheal disease are the two leading killers of children in the developing world, killing more children each year than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. This week, people around the world are taking action to put an end to d...
NEW YORK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Tuesday that the current U.S. fiscal deficit（国库赤字） problems were manageable and bipartisan efforts were required to address the challenge. (The fiscal deficit...
SHEFFIELD, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Mark Selby comfortably won the opening frame of the last session with Stephen Hendry on Monday, which was enough for him to grab a quarterfinal place in 13-4 at the Snooker World Champoinships held in Crucible Theatre...
BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Hertha Berlin climb into German Bundesliga, the first division, three days before the end of season 2010/2011 thanks to the winner from striker Adrian Ramos over Duisburg on Monday. Berlin staged a faultless but unspectac...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo Inc. on Monday announced that it has acquired IntoNow, a startup company whose technology can let users almost instantly recognize TV content and share favorite programs with their friends. IntoNow has built...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Oracle Corp. on Monday announced that its co-president Safra Catz is taking the additional position as the software giant's chief financial officer (CFO), following the resignation of its current CFO Jeff Epstein....
Almost 25,000 troops fanned out along Japan's devastated northeast coast Monday in a grim search for some of the thousands of bodies still missing since a March 11 earthquake and tsunami（海啸） . Dozens of aircraft, boats and navy divers took pa...
