BBC：苹果公司持续火热 iPhone销量创新高

The technology giant sold 47.5 million iPhones in the quarter to 27 June, up 35% on a year ago, with Mac computer sales up 9% to 4.8 million. The performance resulted in what chief executive Tim Cook called an amazing quarter.Profits rose by 38% to $

奥巴马将访问非洲联盟总部

U.S. President Barack Obama visits the African Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa on Tuesday after spending a day focusing on Ethiopia and South Sudan. Obama met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in the Ethiopian capital on Monday,

以色列大力发展中国旅游市场

The Israeli government, still reeling from a drop-off in visitors following last summers war with Gaza, is betting on China to jump-start the nations flagging tourism industry. 去年夏天加沙地带的战争导致前往以色列的游客人数骤减

全球股市创20年来最差开年纪录

More than $2.3tn was wiped off global stocks this week as Chinas slowing economy and currency depreciations spooked investors around the world, leading to the worst start to a year for markets in at least two decades. 由于全球投资者对中国经济

中国将在伦敦发行短期债券

China is to issue short term debt in London, the first time it has done so outside the country. 中国计划在伦敦发行短期债券，这将是中国首次在海外发行短期债券。 George Osborne, on a visit to Beijing, hailed the move as a

Strange "rodent-fever" claims two lives in Ghana

ACCRA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A strange disease has hit inhabitants of the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, near Kumasi, 270 km north of the capital, claiming two lives, health officials said here on Monday. Director of Public Healt

立冬啦 关于冬天不可不知的3个单词

A polar vortex, also known as a circumpolar vortex, is a wind current that circulates above the North and South Poles. The currents sit like spinning hats above the Poles. 极地涡旋，又叫环极涡旋，是环绕在南极和北极上空的一股气

中美合作 全球都受益

During an exclusive interview with China Radio International, Bertrand Marc-Allen said he is excited about the visit by President Xi. The opportunity to host the president is historic--the 1970s, 1990s, 2006--this is just the fourth time in four deca

美联储不加息决定将市场焦点转向中国

This is what it sounds like when doves cry. By the time the Federal Reserve announced that its target interest rates would not, after all, be rising this month, it came as little surprise. But its reasoning did, and means that investors focus will mo

发照片 做外星人认识的第一个地球人

NASA wants to send your messages to aliens. 美国国家航空航天局想要将你的消息发给外星人。 Back in the 1970s the Voyager 1 probe was sent out into space containing a record of images and words selected by Carl Sagan and others. Th

让地球见证 男子太空求婚感动女友

Jason Hakala is a video specialist, so his marriage proposal was probably always going to be a recording. 杰森哈卡拉是一位视讯专家，所以他的求婚仪式大概也会通过录制一段视频的方式。 The Seattle man Hakala has now g

外星移民不是梦 超级地球被确认存在

Astronomers believe mysterious signals - previously dismissed as stellar bursts - are coming from an Earth-like planet. 早前被认为是由附近星体出现磁场爆炸造成的光的Gliese 581d近日被天文学家确认存在。 The Gliese 581d

模拟了一年火星生活 6位科学家终于"重返地球"

Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation. 近日，六名科学家在夏威夷一个近乎完全隔绝的圆顶屋中完成了为期一年的火星模拟生活。 For the past ye

地球白天时间越来越长 670万年增加1分钟

Earth's days are getting longer but you're not likely to notice any time soon it would take about 6.7 million years to gain just one minute, according to a study published last Wednesday. 据上周三公布的一份报告显示，地球的白天时间正

中国三大电信运营商将扩大4G服务

China's top three telecom operators unveiled their plans last Tuesday to improve 4G services as part of the country's efforts to update its information infrastructure. 上周二，我国三大电信运营商公布了提升4G服务的方案，以此作为

土耳其在叙利亚边境附近击落俄战机

The Turkish military have reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. 据报道，土耳其军方在其与叙利亚接壤地区击落一架俄罗斯军用飞机。 Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on

中国计划在2017年部署12架J-20隐身战机

China on track to 12 operational J-20stealth fighters in 2017 for airpower edge over other countries in Asia 中国计划在2017年部署12架J-20隐身战机以取得对其他亚洲国家的空中优势 In July 2016,the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation

奥巴马会见国会领导人

奥巴马会见国会领导人 WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (Xinhua)-- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Monday afternoon, as a partial government shutdown entered its 14th day and the threat of a debt defa

Temple gunman died of self-inflicted wound: FBI

CHICAGO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Wade Michael Page, the lone suspect in last weekend's shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, died of a self-inflicted wound, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) said Wednesday. At a televised news conference, FBI

Death toll in communal violence rises to 77 in northeast India

NEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from communal violence in the northeast Indian state of Assam has risen to 77 after four more bodies were recovered Wednesday, reported Press Trust of India. Two bodies, that of a male and a female from th