2010-07-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

Chelsea Clinton's hush-hush wedding may as well be classified but one thing is no secret: There will be tears.The only child of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wi

2010-07-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

As Germany wilts in sweltering temperatures, a manager in a Berlin government office told his 260 sweating workers to go home, a newspaper reported Friday, undermining Germans' reputation for efficie

2010-07-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Business Secretary Vince Cable is to propose a graduate tax linked to post-university earnings, replacing the current system of tuition fees, as part of major reforms to higher education.Under the pla

2010-07-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Seven-years has traditionally been the time when love and affection give way to disillusion and disappointment.But couples who manage to survive the seven-year itch would be wise not to get complacent

2010-07-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Argentina has become the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage.The move grants homosexual couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage gives hetero

2010-07-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Life on Earth is wiped out every 27 million years – and we have about 16 million years left until the next extinction, according to scientists.Research into so-called ‘extinction events’ for our pl

2010-07-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Scientists in Britain think it was probably the chicken, after using new computer technology to try and crack the age-old riddle.Researchers at the Universitie

2010-07-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Twenty percent of Britons have managed to send racy texts to the wrong person, and nearly one in 10 has been caught red-handed "sexting," according to a poll on Tuesday.Under-25s are the most careless

2010-07-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a rever

2010-07-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

"Vuvuzela" has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said Monday the tournament will be best remembered for the name of South Africa's deafening trumpet."Long after individual

2010-07-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Paul the oracle octopus was given a replica of the World Cup on Monday as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in picking matches as bettors worldwide collected their winnings based on his

2010-07-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame on a British TV talent show in 2009, is searching for a duet partner to appear on her new album."I thought that what I would like more than anything this

2010-07-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

A thunderous roar erupted across the Spanish capital and fans danced in the streets chanting "Viva Espana!" as the country's first ever World Cup trophy sparked a nationwide fiesta.The centre of Madr

2010-07-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

In a bid to plug dwindling domestic consumption by tapping into overseas markets, some of Japan's big-name retailers are telling their employees to start speaking English -- or find another job.As Ja

2010-07-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain

2010-07-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi urges Italians to vacation in their own homeland of "skies, sun and sea" in a new television advertisement aimed at boosting an economy struggling to emerge fr

2010-07-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

After a hugely disappointing World Cup, England striker Wayne Rooney is unlikely to be cheered by his latest accolade: ugliest footballer on the planet.The Manchester United goal machine, who flopped

2010-07-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

British schoolboy Kyle Kane has been crowned the world's strongest 12-year-old after lifting a 22-stone weight at a junior bodybuilding event.The youngster smashed the previous record by over five st

2010-07-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

Soccer fans across Germany will be hoping a "psychic" cephalopod's fabled skills of prophecy have failed him after Paul the octopus predicted a German loss in their World Cup semi-final with Spain.Wi

2010-07-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

Germany coach Joachim Loew will continue to wear his trademark blue sweater at matches and won't have it cleaned while his team keeps winning.He claimed on Monday he was not superstitious but admitte

2010-07-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Cristiano Ronaldo’s baby son was born to an American woman in June, according to reports in Portugal.The Real Madrid winger, 25, announced that he had become a father on Facebook and Twitter during t

2010-07-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Finland continued to reign in the world wife-carrying championships on Saturday as Taisto Miettinen sprinted fastest along 253-metres (832-feet) track, carrying Kristiina Haapanen upside-down on his b

2010-07-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Diego Maradona and his Argentina team received a warm welcome from thousands of fans who turned out to greet them Sunday despite the side's World Cup quarter-finals elimination.Fans, dressed in the b

2010-07-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Cuban Erick Hernandez on Thursday said he had set a world record for juggling the Jabulani World Cup ball, while sitting down.Hernandez told reporters he had juggled the Jabulani -- which some World C

2010-07-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

It takes a brave creature to disagree with Paul, Germany's soothsaying octopus, who has an impeccable track record on World Cup predictions to date.But step (or swim) forward Sayco, the dolphin from