The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. The fund says it has saved more than 7 and a half million lives by supporting prevention and treatment programs. However, in November, it announced it had ca...
A team of scientists is urging that agriculture be a top priority in climate change negotiations, saying its vital for global food security and for reducing carbon emissions. The recommendations appear in the January 20th issue of Science magazine. 一...
European leaders hit back Saturday at the downgrade by Standard Poor's of the credit ratings of nine European nations, calling the move unfounded and inconsistent. 欧洲领导人星期六对标准普尔公司(SP)下调9个欧洲国家信用评级的举...
Technology is constantly narrowing the gap between science fiction and reality, bringing fundamental changes into our lives. 日新月异的科技不断缩小科幻小说和科学事实间的差距,还给我们的生活带来根本上的改变。 A...
On Monday, January 16, Americans will pay tribute to the legacy of slain civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the annual national holiday that celebrates his birthday (January 15). More than 50 years ago, King campaigned across the...
On Monday, January 16, Americans will pay tribute to the legacy of slain civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in the annual national holiday that celebrates his birthday (January 15). More than 50 years ago, King campaigned across the...
The Chinese community is in mourning in Italy. Shops are closed and a funeral is to be held Thursday, after a Chinese father and his nine-month-old daughter were gunned down in a robbery that went horribly wrong. 意大利的华人社团悼念在一次...
Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy. 抗议政府取...
At 91, Philip Theil lives in a century-old house in Seattle's University District and that's the way he wants to keep it. 菲利普锡尔今年91岁。这名海军建筑师住在西雅图大学区的一栋百年老屋里。他希望留在那里。 As...
The American Petroleum Institute is urging U.S. lawmakers to end what the trade group considers restrictive regulations that it says will lead to greater energy dependence and fewer jobs for American workers. It also is urging President Obama to appr...