A suicide bomber has killed at least 28 people near Iraq's police academy in Baghdad. The attack occurred as the United States and Britain announced major troop reductions by September. 巴格达一所警察学院附近发生自杀炸弹袭击，导致...
America's banking crisis shows few signs of subsiding, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the federal government to prop up struggling financial institutions and unfreeze tight credit. 美国银行业危机没有出现任何缓和的迹象...
A top Israeli general says Iran is capable of producing a nuclear bomb. 以色列一名高级军官说，伊朗有能力制造核弹。 Israel's military intelligence chief told the country's Cabinet that Iran has crossed the technological threshold...
The U.S. economic gloom deepened Friday with word that the jobless rate soared to 8.1 percent last month, the highest level in 25 years. 美国失业率攀升到8.1%的消息在朝野各界引起剧烈震动。 There is no way to sugarcoat it - the l...
U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. Mr. Obama says it is part of a broader effort to limit political interference in science. 美国总统奥巴马解除对用政...
The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Iraq says he expects to keep about 130,000 American troops in the country through the end of this year, when Iraq has a series of elections planned, and then to make a fairly rapid withdrawal of most of t...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns diarrheal diseases, such as cholera, are on the rise and increasingly becoming a major cause of death throughout the world - especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The Red Cross sa...
U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled the first part of his plan to reform the country's schools. The initial steps would affect all levels of education. 美国总统奥巴马公布了他对美国学校改革计划的第一步。教育改革的初步...
The U.S. Senate has followed the lead of the House of Representatives and approved a $410 billion bill to fund the federal government through September 30. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the measure into law. 美国国会参议院批准了一...
U.S. President Barack Obama is warning of an even greater humanitarian crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The fate of the people of Darfur dominated his talks at the White House with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 美国总统奥巴...
White House budget director Peter Orszag told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that investing in health care is key to creating economic growth. 美国白宫预算办公室主任欧尔萨格星期二在国会表示，对医疗保健的投资是创造经济增长...
President Barack Obama has now reached the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office, a traditional benchmark when new presidents are evaluated on their progress. Mr. Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda that has focused on reviving the weak U.S...
U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on America's allies to further coordinate efforts to jump-start their economies. The president also is expected to sign a bill Wednesday to keep the U.S. government running through September, while calling for r...
North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. 北韩通知国际机构说，它准备在4月上旬按计划发射卫星。 North Korea's launch of a long-range roc...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is deeply concerned over the abductions of three aid workers in Sudan and is calling for their immediate release without harm. 联合国秘书长潘基文说，他对三名援助工作者在苏丹被绑架深感...
