In a possible sign of reconciliation, the warring sides in Yemen agreed to a prisoner swap, to take place in the next three weeks. 也门交战双方同意在此后的三周内进行战俘交换,这预示着和解或将达成。 The World Health Or...
After weeks of protests against France's controversial new labour laws, Fran?ois Hollande, the president, forced through the reforms without a parliamentary vote. 自几周前颇具争议的新劳动法通过以来,法国人民便对此抗议不断。...
Politics this week 本周政治要闻 Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election in the Philippines in a landslide victory over Mar Roxas, a former member of the cabinet of the outgoing president, Benigno Aquino. Mr Duterte had been the mayor of D...
Surge pricing also boosts supply, at least locally. The extra money is shared with drivers, who therefore have an incentive to travel to areas with high demand to help relieve the crush. 至少在局部地区动态价格策略增加了供给。司机们...
Free exchange 自由交换 A fare shake 车费的变动 Jacking up prices may not be the only way to balance supply and demand for taxis 提高价格可能并不是满足出租车供需平衡的唯一方法 IT IS a familiar ritual for many: after a l...
During its three weeks of operation, the new GFS remained outclassed. On a standard measurepredicting the altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is half as great as at sea levelit still trails the ECMWF model. 全球预报系统投入运行的三周...
Science and technology Weather forecasting Continental divide 科学技术 天气预报 差距 Europeans do not just talk about the weather more than Americans do. 欧洲人不仅比美国人更喜欢谈论天气, They are better at forecasting it...
Fertility rates have fallen in countries with woeful economies, such as Greece and Italy. But they have also fallen in countries that sailed through the financial crisis, such as Australia and Norway. Although the American baby bust was expected, the...
Demography 人口统计学 The strange case of the missing baby 婴儿的离奇流失 As the financial crisis hit, birth rates fell in rich countries, as expected. But a persistent baby bust is a real puzzle 正如人们所预料那样,金融危机的...
The torrent of mergers in the health-care industry kept flowing. IMS Health and Quintiles agreed to combine in a 9 billion transaction that will integrate the wide range of data services they provide to drug companies, from tracking medical claims to...