THE HAGUE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Dutch speed skater Jan Bos put an end to his career on Sunday during the World Cup Finals in Heerenveen, the last World Cup skating events of the year. He failed to qualify for the World Single Distances Championships(锦...
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency Renminbi (人民币)( RMB), or the yuan, on Monday strengthened to an all-time high of 6.5651 per U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. Monday's central parity rate of t...
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China aims to basically eradicate(根除) poverty by 2020 while greatly raise its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Sunday. The State Council is drafting a new ten-ye...
CANBERRA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Due to one of the strongest La Nina events, 2010-11 has seen Australia's second wettest summer on record, and above average rainfall is expected to continue, a weather meteorologist(气象学者) said on Monday. National...
LOS ANGEES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Cell phones have become smarter in the past years with its function almost matching a computer, and in the smartphone revolution(革命), Apple's iPhone is a latecomer but has become a rising star, Android Google phone...
LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have successfully used certain microbes to produce biofuels(生物燃料), opening a door to developing cheaper green energy. The discovery was made by researchers at the University of California, Los...
BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The 3D version of Episode 1: The Phantom Menace will be released on Feb. 10, 2012, according to Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox. This film is the first 3D version in Star Wars saga, since Lucasfilm and Fox cla...
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- New data suggest that the epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) and its generic versions increase the risk for the birth defects cleft lip(兔唇) and cleft palate in babies born to women who use the medication during pre...
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China's retailers(零售商) will offer refund(退款) to recent buyers of iPad 1 as price dropped with the debut of iPad 2. Apple released the upgraded version of the tablet on March 3 and announced to lower the price ta...
By 2050, small fish could dominate(控制支配) the oceans because of the rapid decline of larger, predator fish. In a new report, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization finds that one-third of the worlds fisheries are overexploited, depleted or...
The vast majority(大多数) of Americans live in cities and urban life carries special health risks. Overcrowding leads to greater stress, which can lead to violence, according to Dr. Jo Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine. And t...
Every school day, about 7,000 students drop out of school(退学) in the United Stars. That's a total of 1.2 million students each year and only about 70 percent of entering high school freshman graduate each year. The problem is especially serious i...
Football's world governing body, FIFA, is promising new rules to help stop international matches being fixed for betting scams. FIFA President Sepp Blatter pledged(保证抵押) tighter monitoring of referees' assignments as investigations continue i...
MADRID, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid and BBVA Primera Liga leaders both won on Spain's matchday 26 to maintain their personal duel at the top of the league table. Barcelona(巴塞罗那) had opened up a 10 point lead with their 1-0 win in Valencia...
LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More and more American adults are suffering from a decline in overall sleep duration(持续时间), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (疾病防治中心) said on Thursday. It's recommended tha...
