4名中国工人在厄瓜多尔爆炸中丧生

4名中国工人在厄瓜多尔爆炸中丧生 QUITO, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Four Chinese workers were killed by an explosion at the construction site of the Sopladora hydroelectric station in Ecuador, the Chinese embassy has confirmed Wednesday. The bl

厄瓜多尔地震遇难人数升至246人

Slideshow About 10,000 troops and 4,600 police were deployed to search for survivors following the powerful earthquake in Ecuador, with the official death toll rising to 233 on Sunday. 厄瓜多尔发生强烈地震后，该国投入1万军人和4600名

众星捧月! 上海一高校280名男生为全系唯一女生庆生!

Recently a group of photos showing a birthday celebration went viral online. In the photos, what looks like hundreds of male students are holding a birthday party for just one girl. 近日，一组庆生的照片在网上被疯传。在照片中，几百

中国的道路和工作场所似乎变得越来越安全

GOING by the numbers, Chinas notoriously hazardous coal mines have become less perilous in recent years. InJanuary the government said that 538 people had died in mining accidents in 2016, a mere 11% of the death toll a decade earlier. The total numb

古巴批准新的外国投资法

古巴批准新的外国投资法 HAVANA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Cuban parliament on Saturday approved a new foreign investment law aimed at attracting badly needed capital to the island country through tax cuts and facilitation measures. The National

Managers have larger brain: Australia's study

CANBERRA, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Managing other people at work triggers structural changes in the brain, protecting its memory and learning center well into old age, Australia's study revealed on Friday. Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Israeli researchers: Motherhood alters brain functions

JERUSALEM, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A recent study carried out by Israeli researchers showed that the experience of motherhood is caused by alterations in the brain functions that help mothers locate and communicate with their offspring, especially if the

科学家称未来将能记录人类梦境

Scientists think it will be possible to record people's dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record higher level brain activity. Dr Moran Cerf told the journal Nature: W

China to revise organ donor regulations

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) --The amendment(修正案) of China's organ transplant regulations is being prepared and may be out in March after revision, said Vice-Health Minister Huang Jiefu. It will give legal footing to the Red Cross Society of Chi

别样风景! 高速路堵车6小时大妈跳起广场舞!

This is the incredible moment dozens of motorists deserted their vehicles to dance in the middle of a highway during a major traffic jam. 在一场大型交通拥堵中，一些司机扔下自己的交通工具在高速公路中央跳起了广场舞，

More world leaders offer condolences over Chavez's death

CARACAS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- So far 10 leaders from foreign countries have confirmed attendance of the state funeral for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Nearly all the leaders will arrive here tomorrow to attend

Death Toll Rises in Turkey Quake

Rescuers in Turkey have pulled several more survivors from the rubble in the aftermath of Sunday's earthquake that officials say killed 279 people and injured more than 1,000 others. Officials say the magnitude 7.2 quake near Turkey's border with Ira

Gadhafi Death Marks End of NATO Mission

NATO's operations against Moammar Gadhafi's forces began in March, with French and British airstrikes on Libyan army positions. And it was French warplanes that ultimately brought the mission to an end, bombing Gadhafi's convoy as it left his hometow

Gadhafi Son Vows Fight Until Death

One of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons told a Syrian television station late Wednesday he is in the suburbs outside Tripoli and that loyalist commanders have told him their men would fight to the death. Seif al-Islam Gadhafi vowed that he

Obama Announces Death of Osama Bin Laden

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that the world's most wanted terrorist（恐怖分子 ）, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, was killed by U.S. forces on Sunday at a compound deep inside Pakistan. Mr. Obama made the announcement during a liv

Obama: bin Laden Death is 'Good Day for America'

The day after U.S. forces killed terror network leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama said it is a good day for America. And, the presidents top counterterrorism adviser briefed reporters on Monday about the details of the operation that kil

Obama Will Not Release bin Laden Death Photo

President Barack Obama decided Wednesday not to release photographs of al-Qaida terror network leader Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed. The presidents decision ended three days of debate on the issue within his administration. White House

Death Toll Rises From Deadly European Bacteria

European and World Health Organization scientists say a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people is a rare and virulent(致命的) strain of the bacteria. The latest victim died Wednesday night in Germany. The United Nations agen

Death toll from E. coli rises to 30

BERLIN, June 9 (Xinhua) -- A 57-year-old man died of E. coli infection in Germany's Frankfurt Thursday, pushing the death toll from the bacteria to 30. The man had traveled with his wife to the city of Hamburg, an epicenter of the outbreak, Frankfurt

First child death from E. coli reported in Germany

BERLIN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A two-year-old boy became the first child to be killed by the deadly E. coli in Germany on Tuesday, officials said. To date, the terrifying EHEC infection has claimed 36 lives in Germany and one in Sweden. The child, from