2011-05-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.S. space agency NASA said Monday that it has "extremely high confidence" that technicians have fixed the problem that canceled the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour late last month.Endeavour

2011-05-10 所属栏目:欧美文化

The American company Apple is the world’s most valuable brand, according to new data published Monday. Apple beat the Internet giant Google to the top spot, and according to the rankings, emerging m

2011-05-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama says he ordered the raid against al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden after deciding that the risks were outweighed by the possibility of "finally getting our man."Mr. Obama sai

2011-05-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

Climate change is already beginning to hurt maize and wheat production, according to a new study.

Higher average growing season temperatures in most major grain-producing countries are beginning t

2011-05-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

When the United States and China on Monday begin two days of talks in Washington, U.S. officials are expected to discuss the value of China’s currency, the yuan, and Chinese officials will likely rai

2011-05-09 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), or the yuan, Monday gained 15 basis points from the previous trading day to hit a new high of 6.4988 per U.S. dollar.The yuan first brok

2011-05-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed by American commandos on Monday was an active command and control center for al-Qaida, and that bin

2011-05-08 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama has renewed his call for pursuing clean energy sources, like biofuels and natural gas, to break the U.S. dependence on foreign oil while growing the economy.Delivering his

2011-05-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama has met behind closed doors with some of the secret special operations forces who killed Osama bin Laden. The president Friday thanked the units who carried out the operation ag

2011-05-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is recovering, after the nation added more jobs than expected in April. The government jobs report released Friday shows a net gain of 244,000 jobs in the

2011-05-07 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Friday that global shortages of food and spiraling prices threaten widespread destabilization. She spoke at the Rome headquarters of the United Natio

2011-05-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. officials say an initial review of documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound shows al-Qaida considered carrying out a terrorist plot against the United States on the 10th anniversary of t

2011-05-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says rising food and fuel prices are challenging sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the global financial crisis.The IMF says economic growth in sub-Saharan Afric

2011-05-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

In Bangladesh, the supreme court has dismissed a final attempt by microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus to challenge his sacking as head of Grameen Bank, which he founded three decades ago.After a brief

2011-05-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

A United Nations economic survey for Asia Pacific says the region is now a leading driver of global economic growth, continuing a dramatic recovery from last year. U.N. economists warn that rising oi

2011-05-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama decided Wednesday not to release photographs of al-Qaida terror network leader Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed. The president’s decision ended three days of debat

2011-05-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

As government officials from eight Arctic nations - the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland - prepare to meet in Greenland next week to discuss the challenges

2011-05-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Asian Development Bank says as many as three billion more people in Asia could be well off by the middle of the century if growth rates continue and a host of challenges are met. The Asian Develo

2011-05-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

With southern Europe struggling under public debt, inflation and scant growth, Spain has broken a European record for unemployment. More than one in five Spaniards are out of work, posing a threat to

2011-05-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Children who regularly have meals with their families tend to enjoy better health and have a considerably lower risk of obesity, an article in Monday's issue of Pediatri

2011-05-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control

2011-05-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Mona Lisa with her enigmatic smile hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris but to this day the woman who was used as the model for Leonardo da Vinci's portrait remains a mystery. Now, a group of Ital

2011-05-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

The fortunes of American and Japanese automakers are reversing.The three big automakers in the United States - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - all are profitable now after struggling financially d

2011-05-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

The day after U.S. forces killed terror network leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama said it is a good day for America. And, the president’s top counterterrorism adviser briefed reporters

2011-05-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

A ban on smoking in most public places in China goes into effect Sunday, a move that health experts say will help raise awareness of the dangers of smoking in a country where tobacco use is deeply ing