Women who start smoking increase their risk of a heart attack by more than men who take up the habit, according to a review of more than 30 years of research. 一项30多年的研究显示，吸烟的女性心脏病发作几率比男性高很多。 A...
New York City's event planners are gearing up for a surge in business after the Empire State embraced same-sex marriage and hundreds of couples rush to tie the knot. 纽约州同性婚姻近日正式合法化，几百对同性恋人迫不及待要喜结...
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has begun to airlift emergency food supplies to famine-struck Somalia. 世界粮食计划署开始向被饥荒困扰的索马里空运救灾食品。 The first flight, with 10 tonnes of nutritional supplements for...
Climate change poses a major threat to future peace and security, a senior UN official has warned. 一位联合国高级官员警告道，气候变化是未来的和平和安全的一大主要威胁。 Achim Steiner from the UN Environment Programme...
The Pentagon has admitted it suffered a major cyber attack in which thousands of files were taken by foreign hackers. 美国五角大楼证实，他们遭受一次较大的网络袭击，数千资料被外国黑客窃取。 Deputy Defence Secretary W...
Family life is being disrupted because parents and children are overwhelmed by the huge volumes of emails and social messaging updates they are handling each day, according to a new study. 一项新调查发现，由于父母和孩子每日忙于处理...
Chaps, if youre planning a summer getaway with the lady in your life, be warned the flights and hotels may be the cheapest part. 伙计们，如果你正打算和自己的女人夏天外出度假，请注意了：机票和旅馆费可能是度假花费...
Chubu Electric, Japan's third biggest utility, will receive an emergency loan to purchase alternative sources of power, as the country continues to face a shortage. 日本第三大电力公司中部电力公司将收到一笔紧急贷款用于购买替...
Mexican officials say 33 people have been killed in the space of 24 hours in Mexico's industrial capital, Monterrey. 墨西哥官员称，其工业城市蒙特雷，在短短的24小时内已有33人被杀。 Security officials in the northern state...
New data released in Germany strongly suggests that locally produced bean sprouts were, as suspected, the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak. 德国新公布的数据充分显示，当地生产的豆芽是此次致命大肠杆菌爆发的传染源。...
