The world's oldest Grammy winner, bluesman Pinetop Perkins, has died at the age of 97 in Austin, Texas. Representatives（众议院） for Perkins said he died in his sleep. Perkins won a Grammy in February for his traditional blues album Joined at t...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Apple Inc. on Tuesday announced that iPad 2, the second-generation of its popular tablet computer, will be available in China's Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore(新加坡) and additional countries and regions in April....
CANBERRA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to 45 native species in Western Australia's Kimberley region will die out within 20 years if no action is taken, latest study showed on Wednesday. The Priority Threat Management to Protect Kimberley Wildlife report,...
The disaster in Japan is expected to affect economies in Southeast Asia, but economists（经济学者） say the damage is likely to be limited. They say the region may even see increased investments from Japan as companies seek to diversify away fr...
BRUSSELS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) finance ministers Monday laid out details of the permanent bailout(紧急救助) fund which will have a capital base of 700 billion euros (987 billion U. S. dollars) to deal with future sovereign deb...
NEW YORK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday on high oil prices and possible earning lost from airline companies because of Japan disaster. With no economic news released on Tuesday, investors（投资者） paid attention to the co...
WELLINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Fuel prices are at their highest level in nearly three years in New Zealand on Wednesday after the four main oil companies increased their prices by 3 cents. Shell, Caltex, BP and Mobil have raised the price of 91 oct...
The president of the World Bank cautioned on Monday that much remains to be done to improve the economies in countries in the Middle East and North Africa where popular uprisings have removed repressive leaders. Regional experts at a conference(会议...
Doctors at a hospital in the eastern city of Boston have performed the first full-face transplant(移植) in the United States on a man who lost most of his face in a crippling electrical accident. In a 15-hour surgery performed last week, patient Da...
Its known as March Madness. That is the nickname for the annual(年度) mens college basketball tournament that decides the champion from among the United States largest [Division 1] colleges and universities. The closely followed tournament and why...
TRIPOLI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- War clouds are gathering over here as Western forces have started launched air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces after a no-fly zone is imposed on Libya. At around 02:30 a.m. local time (00:30 GMT) o...
Modern Geiger counters don't click. As is the case with so many other devices, they have gone digital. At least that is true for the high-tech Japanese Geiger counters here. But they still measure radiation（放射） exposure in the quaint-sounding...
It's been a week since a massive（巨大的） earthquake and tsunami（海啸） devastated a large part of eastern Japan killing at least 6,548 people. While much of the attention remains focused on the crippled Fukushima number one nuclear plant,...
LOS ANGELES, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards, one of the most accurate and reliable predictors of Academy Awards success, will be held on Jan. 21, 2012, in West Los Angeles, California, the Producers Guild of America(PGA)...
LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The moon will move closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years Saturday night, space. com reported on Friday. On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1900 MGT) , the supermoon, as dubbed by...
