2009-06-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

Angelina Jolie has dethroned Oprah Winfrey as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to an annual list compiled by business magazine Forbes.Winfrey, the US television star, topped the list fo

2009-06-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

Japan's bureaucrats may have little to laugh about these days, given opposition charges of misspent tax money, but that has not stopped one ministry offering its officials a unique form of training -

2009-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

In a sign Obama-mania is still going strong, the American Society of Magazine Editors' (ASME) has added a new category in its search for the year's top US magazine covers: the best one featuring Bar

2009-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

A modern-day Romeo finally got his girl on Monday when the northern Italian city of Verona opened up the balcony where Juliet pined for her lover as a venue for weddings.The 13th century mansion of th

2009-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

India has begun printing pictorial health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco products, including photos of diseased lungs and gums, as part of efforts to cut smoking, officials said Monday.Under

2009-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

They have a reputation for having the most fun, but blondes are more likely to have their romantic hopes crushed after a first date, a survey has found.While a third of first dates in Britain end in "

2009-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

The largest ever mainland Chinese buying mission to Taiwan has signed contracts worth $281 million, and up to nine other similar groups are on the way, the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency reported

2009-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

A "see-through" swimsuit that will eliminate tan lines has been developed by British designers.The Tan Through range from Kiniki – launched earlier this month is transparent when held up to the light

2009-06-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle was dealt an unexpected blow when she lost out to a group of young street dancers in the final of the British talent show that made her a global star.Despite win

2009-06-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Disabled pedestrians in Indonesia are required to wear signs identifying them as handicapped under new traffic regulations passed unanimously by parliament Tuesday.Amendments to the Traffic and Transp

2009-05-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum's storytelling to Dad's, researchers said.They conducted a study that showed young

2009-05-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Canada's public broadcaster was wrong to show a skit that joked about the possible assassination of US President Barack Obama and suggested he could be a thief, an industry panel ruled on Monday.The

2009-05-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Liz Bayer is one of those entrepreneurs. She spent decades in retail management positions for companies like Williams-Sonoma and Bath & Body Works, but eventually grew disenchanted with corporate Amer

2009-05-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

A state in eastern Mexico is to erect a statue to a small boy suspected as being the first patient of swine flu here, to be modeled on the famous Manneken Pis statue of a child urinating in Brussels.F

2009-05-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, I wrote about how many unemployed job candidates blow their chances of getting hired by appearing desperate or bitter during the interview process.
在最近的一

2009-05-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a surprise return to her alma mater on Monday, picking up an honorary degree from Yale University 36 years after earning her law degree from the Ivy Leag

2009-05-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

Drink from plastic bottles can raise the body’s levels of a controversial ‘gender-bending’ chemical by more than two thirds, according to tests.Experts have been concerned about the possible health

2009-05-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

Susan Boyle, the dowdy Scottish spinster whose mighty singing voice has catapulted her to global fame thanks to YouTube, won through to the next round of talent show "Britain's Got Talent" Saturday.A

2009-05-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

US small business owners prefer workplace conversations about French toast to other words that start with the same letter.Workplace profanity is offensive and unprofessional, say three-quarters of sma

2009-05-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

This may come as little surprise to most people: In times of crisis, women are more likely to take a shopping spree than in normal times.A new survey finds almost half of UK women are frightened or sc

2009-05-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Forty percent of US workers have dated an office colleague, with 31 percent of them going on to marriage, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
本周二公布的一项调查显示，美国40%的职场人士都曾与自

2009-05-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine, sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air. They said "cheers,

2009-05-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

Hundreds of Japanese students whose schools have been closed this week to contain a swine flu outbreak have instead flocked to karaoke parlours with their friends, club operators said.Authorities in a

2009-05-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

Business is booming for the world's biggest sperm bank, Denmark's Cryos, which is struggling to meet demand despite a soaring number of donors and new offices opening around the world.At Cryos headq

2009-05-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on Earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.L