WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, ending its nearly 27-year flying career as the world's most- traveled spaceship（宇宙飞船）. According to NASA, Disc...
JOHANNESBURG, March 8 (Xinhua) -- In order to combat piracy and to improve maritime safety, South African authorities（当局官方） have begun using a sophisticated（复杂的精细的 ） navigation satellite system, it was announced on Tuesday...
NEW YORK, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday, the two-year anniversary of the beginning of a bull market, as concerns(关于) of oil prices and Middle East unrest continued to weigh on investors' minds. U.S. crude oil price dipp...
Scientists have identified a unique genetic mutation in about 10 percent of people with type 2 diabetes(糖尿病) studied in the United States and Europe. The discovery could help some people learn if they are at risk of developing diabetes so they...
Many South Korean families spend thousands of dollars a year on English language education for their children. Students attend private academies(学院) often until late at night everyday. Most such schools hire teachers from abroad, but a team of en...
As more Americans try to adopt healthy lifestyles and environmentally friendly practices(实践), the idea of growing their own food has become increasingly popular among city dwellers. That interest was evident at a recent urban gardening forum in W...
More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The World's largest coffeehouse company Starbucks on Tuesday rolled out its new logo to celebrate its upcoming 40-year birthday. The Seattle-based company said in a statement that the new logo removes the Starbucks...
TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core machinery(机械) orders rose 4.2 percent in January from the previous month, marking the second rise in five months, the Cabinet Office said in a report on Wednesday. According to the government data, orders i...
NEW YORK, March 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rebounded on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial（工业的） average achieving three-digit gains as oil prices eased from its fresh multi-year high, soothing concerns that surging oil could hurt economi...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will create a dominant...
Computer hackers have attacked and infiltrated some 150 computers in the French Finance Ministry（财政部 ）, stealing sensitive information related to the country's leadership of the Group of 20 economic group. Budget Minister Francois Baroin sa...
A college education is out of reach for most state and federal prisoners. Californias San Quentin is one of the few prisons in the country that offers college-level courses. Jody Lewen has run the facilitys college program for over a decade and she's...
The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success...
MADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid kept their calmness under pressure(面临压力) to produce a convincing 3-1 win away to Racing Santander to remain seven points behind FC Barcelona at the end of Spain's 27th round on Sunday. Real Madrid trave...
