Grammar Girl here. Saturday is the Fourth of July, also known as the American holiday Independence Day. I'm American and I think it's fair to say we love the British now--we give British royalty a royal welcome when they visit America--but Saturday i...
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The White House announced Wednesday that British Lieutenant General Nick Parker would serve as acting Commander of NATO's International Security Assistance（援助） Force in Afghanistan until a new U.S. Commander is...
Conservative David Cameron Wins 保守党的戴维卡梅伦获胜 After days of political horse-trading the UK finally has a new government and a new Prime Minister, following the resignation of Labour 's Gordon Brown on Tuesday evening. Since last T...
1 Bronte Sisters 勃朗特三姐妹 Theyve been made into films, acted out on stage for decades, and remain some of the most popular novels of all time. The works of the Bronte sisters remain as fresh and exciting as they were when they were first wr...
British forces turned over command of military operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to US troops on Sunday. A truck bomb that exploded Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, however, indicates that the military situation in many plac...
When were the British National Archives started? 英国国家档案局哪年成立？ Yvonne:Hello, Im Yvonne Archer and this is 6 minute English. And with me today is Callum Robertson. Hello Callum! Callum: Hello Yvonne. Yvonne: Now today's topic is about an e...
In a major speech, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Iran that by continuing to enrich uranium, it faces tougher international sanctions. British PM Gordon Brown addresses diplomats and scientists on nuclear energy and proliferation, during...
Two senior U.S. diplomats are due to arrive in Damascus Saturday in a visit upgrading the level of U.S.-Syrian contacts. Officials here said the Obama administration has no intention of matching the British opening to Hezbollah, which has long been...
In an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the United States to seize the opportunity to expand cooperation with Europe to solve the world economic crisis and tackle other issues. British Pri...
Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is calling for a return to old-fashioned, conservative banking practices. It is a change for Mr. Brown who as Treasury Secretary for a decade was a proponent of the light regulator...
