US Fines Search Engine Google for Privacy Violation

The U.S. consumer watchdog agency has imposed its biggest fine ever - on Google, the popular Internet search engine. The Federal Trade Commission fined the American technology giant $22.5 million Thursday as settlement of charges that it violated peo

电梯坠落如何逃生？

Let's say you're an international spy and a dastardly villain has just used his laser eye to cut the cable to your elevator car, sending you plunging hundreds of stories to your death. Everyone knows the best way to survive such a fate would be to ju

电梯维修员随电梯从32层楼坠下 居然大难不死

Two maintenance workers in Nanjing survived a heart-pounding elevator descent, which occurred suddenly as they were making repairs to the elevator's cables. 近日，南京两名电梯维修工人在维修电缆时电梯突然坠落，但是他们却在

Low-altitude airspace to open up across China from 2013

SHENYANG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will relax the ban on the use of low-altitude airspace across the country starting in 2013, the country's air traffic authorities said Thursday. A series of reforms will be implemented in five to ten years, creatin

全球变暖的福利 花香浓九倍

Its most ardent advocates say that global warming is gradually ruining our parts of our planet. 环境保护者们在奔走相告，警告我们全球变暖会毁掉地球上的人居环境。 But the effects of the phenomenon might be felt more posi

完美老板 福利待遇太好了吧

Tech companies are notorious for offering job perks that function like gilded handcuffs: fancy benefits like free meals and laundry that keep you tied to the office for long hours. 技术公司在提供金手铐般束缚员工的工作福利这方面臭

卫生工作者成冲突袭击目标

Health workers are frequently becoming targets in countries undergoing conflict or civil unrest. A new report says since 2012, hundreds have been attacked in dozens of countries.Human Rights Watch and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition joi

北京招募控烟志愿者

Two months after Beijing introduced the new smoking ban local authorities describe the control efforts as satisfactory. However, they are confronted with a shortage of personnel- there are more than 4 million smokers in the city, but only around 1,00

志愿者是田径赛事重要组成部分

Over 27-hundred volunteers, dubbed the New Generation at the Bird's Nest, are activated among different posts at the IAAF Championships. Xie Junyan heads a group of 72 volunteers. His team is dealing with security. Our volunteers are here as an impor

《人物》最佳着装榜 阿凡达女郎登榜

Avatar star Zoe Saldana, who played a sexy blue alien in the 3D extravaganza(巨制), made People magazine's annual best-dressed list on Wednesday, alongside Glee actress Lea Michele and Prince William's girlfriend. Singers Gwen Stefani and Rihanna a

New Gulf Oil Spill Report Levels Most of Blame on BP

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P Reports 2011 Gains As It Braces for Oil Spill Trial

British oil giant BP says it made nearly $40 billion in profits last year even as it prepares for the opening of a massive trial later this month about damages that resulted from the company's 2010 oil rig explosion off the southern U.S. coastline. W

Lucio close to deal with Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil captain Lucio is close to sealing a deal with Brazilian club Sao Paulo as the 34- year-old rescinded Monday his contract with Italian champions Juventus after failing to secure a first-team place. The defe

U.S. Fed sees economic recovery at modest pace

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. central bank saw the country's economic activity continued to rise, but at a modest pace, according to the latest Federal Reserve（联邦储备系统） survey released on Wednesday. The survey（调查）, k

中国零售商推出网上购物模式

中国零售商推出网上购物模式 China's retail tycoon Suning, which has a history of 23 years, proposed Cloud Shopping scheme this year. It wants to integrate online and offline retailing businesses, to create new values for consumers and the

儿子不接电话 辣妈开发APP控制手机

Fed up with her son's failure to pick up the phone when she calls and his ability to never answer her texts, the discerning Houston mom decided, with the ways of modern technology, surely she could do something about it. 受够了儿子永远不接电话

周杰伦世界巡演香港开唱

Taiwan-born pop icon Jay Chou has wrapped up the Hong Kong leg of his Opus 2 World Tour. Chou says it's a sad feeling to approach the end of the tour: [I'm] very sorry to see it end. If we could add a few more dates [we would], but I'm afraid to lose

周杰伦昆凌英国完婚 婚纱照如在仙境

Jay Chou and Hannah Quinlivan held their wedding ceremony in England on January 17th. The reception took place on the lavish grounds of Castle Howard, with 50 family and friends in attendance. 周杰伦和昆凌于1月17日在英国举行了他们的婚

八达岭长城下方将建京张高铁站 为世界"最深"车站

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外媒看中国：为什么长城在渐渐消失？

Around 30 percent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities -- including stealing the bricks to build houses -- erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported. 据官