The American Heart Association is out with a new set of guidelines aimed at preventing heart disease in women. Although, heart disease is thought to mainly affect men, it is actually an equal opportunity killer. These are the first heart-health tips...
Zinc supplements reduce the average cold by about a day and also make symptoms（症状） less severe, according to the latest findings. There's no cure for the common cold, but there's no shortage of ways to treat the symptoms. For a number of year...
Researchers have stumbled across what may turn out to be a miracle（奇迹） treatment for hair loss in humans. The scientists were investigating how stress affects the digestive system when they made the discovery. The team at the University of Ca...
Riot police in Bahrain firing teargas(催泪性毒气) and rubber bullets have stormed the main square of the capital, Manama, driving out hundreds of anti-government protesters who had set up camp and demanded sweeping political changes for the isla...
Thousands of Egyptian workers are on strike Wednesday, demanding better pay and work conditions, following anti-government protests that led to former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. More than 10,000 workers in the country's textile（纺织品）...
The company that operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and other European markets is buying the New York Stock Exchange to form the world's largest market for trading stock and other securities(有价证券). The boards of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Eu...
The UN Children's Fund warns thousands of Ivorian refugees（难民,逃难者）, who have fled to Liberia, are threatened by disease outbreaks. UNICEF says cramped living conditions are increasing health and protection risks for children and women....
BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Dear Premier(总理) Wen, I'd like to tell you the good news first. The problem I brought up at the seminar last year has been solved in Beijing, wrote 34-year-old, wheelchair-bound Li Nan to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on...
BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority（权威,权利） announced on Monday that it has received 7.5 million yuan from the country's Ministry of Finance to strengthen its efforts in fighting persistent drought in some regions...
CAIRO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Monday he intends to nominate himself in Egypt's coming presidential elections, Al Arabia TV reported. Moussa said he will devote the coming months to his presidential campaign（...
TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and Iran aim to boost trade and political ties, the two countries' leaders said Monday during Turkish President Abdullah Gul's visit to Iran. Accompanied by(连同) a large delegation of ministers and businessmen, G...
ROME, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Italian judge Cristina di Censo on Monday asked for more time to determine whether to allow for the fast-track trial that will determine whether Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is guilty of abuse of power and paying...
BRUSSELS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers of eurozone countries downplayed(不予重视) inflation risk in the European single currency club on Monday, despite the recent rises due to higher oil prices. Inflation（通货膨胀） in the euro a...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. base defense budget（预算） -- excluding the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- for the next fiscal year rises to a new record despite a significant（重大的） reduction in overall federal spendin...
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday as investors were digesting the government's budget proposal for fiscal 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama proposed（提议,计划） a budget on Monday, according to which the deficit...
