Protests linked to the outbreak of cholera in Haiti have spread to parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince. 霍乱的爆发导致海地首都太子港部分地区发生暴动。 Demonstrators vented their anger at the UN mission Police fired tear gas as...
More than 100 people are now known to have died in flooding in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua. 印度尼西亚东部新几内亚省爆发的洪灾已经导致100多人死亡。 Scores more are still missing in Teluk Wondama district af...
South Africa's army has been called in to protect hospitals from striking public sector workers. 南非政府调集军队以保护医院免受国营部门工人罢工的破坏。 More than a million civil servants（公务员） began an indefinite s...
Aircraft giant Boeing has reported a sharp drop in profits between April and June amid falling plane deliveries. 因为飞机交付量下降，飞机制造巨头波音公司四月至六月利润暴跌。 Boeing has high hopes for its new 787 Dreamlin...
There is a coherent and significant connection between radiation from Vatican Radio aerials and childhood cancer, researchers have said. 研究人员称，梵蒂冈电台天线所发出的辐射与儿童癌症之间有明确的重要关联。 From it...
A Colombian beauty queen has been arrested in Argentina on charges of leading a drug trafficking ring. 一名哥伦比亚选美皇后涉嫌领导一个毒品犯罪团伙在阿根廷被捕。 Police had been looking for Ms Sanclemente for months Angie...
Japanese shares fell sharply on Thursday as worries continued over the Greek debt crisis and whether problems would hit other European countries. 受希腊债务危机影响，以及此次危机是否会影响到其他欧洲国家经济的担忧，日本...
It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby. 当你摇动它身体上的拨浪鼓时，它会扭动小脚丫，发...
The Australian government has struck a deal with opposition leaders on a revised carbon trading scheme. 澳大利亚政府与在野党首领达成一项修订版的二氧化碳排放协议。 The emissions trading scheme (ETS), aimed at reducing Australia's carbon footprint, is...
A strand of hair from Elvis Presley, saved by his personal barber, has raised 1,055 at auction. 猫王的私人理发师保存下来的一缕头发，在拍卖会上飚出1055英镑的高价。 In November 2002 a wad of Elvis' hair sold for about 70,000 Homer Gill Gilleland toure...
