There is growing concern from the international community about the four-day Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, after the territory's only power station shut down for lack of fuel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has phoned Israeli leaders to warn...
The British prime minister has wrapped up a two-day visit to India with a call for sweeping reform of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank. The British leader's visit to India is part of efforts to build closer economi...
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan says instability is threatening progress in public health. Dr. Chan reviewed the global health situation in an opening speech to the 34-member WHO Executive Board, which is meeting...
Thailand has an elected parliament this week for the first time since 2006, the year former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed in a military coup. The new parliament includes many Thaksin allies, indicating the exiled leader could be poise...
Australia's wool industry faces a chronic lack of sheep shearers. They are being lured to better paid jobs in the booming mining sector, just as demand from China, which buys about 60 percent of Australian wool, is soaring. 澳大利亚的羊毛业长期...
Google's philanthropic arm has announced $25 million in new grants and investment to help make the world a better place. The computer search engine is focusing on projects that include disease and disaster prevention, helping small and medium-sized e...
President Bush says it is a challenging time for the U.S. economy, so he wants as much as $150 billion in tax relief to help. Opposition Democrats say an economic stimulus package should include greater spending on social programs. 美国总统布什说...
Arizona Senator John McCain has won the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina. In Columbia, McCain won 33 percent support, over 30 percent for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. 亚利桑那州国会参议员麦凯恩赢得了共和党...
The CIA has blamed al Qaida-linked militants operating in Pakistan's mountainous tribal region for the assassination last month of former Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The Pakistani government is tightening security around the...
Two anti-whaling protesters who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean have been released. The transfer defuses a tense situation on the Antarctic seas, but activists say they will continue to harass the Japanese fleet. 两名登上日本...
