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Working in a well-ventilated 'green' office can help boost your brainpower, researchers have found. 研究人员发现，通风良好的绿色办公室有助于提升脑力。 People whose desk space is well ventilated with below average indoor pollu

克里访问哥伦比亚

BOGOTA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Colombia next week to discuss trade and security issues with the Colombian leaders, Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Kerry will come to

与MERS患者密接者仍有13人未找到

According to health authorities in Guangdong, the condition of China's first MERS patient has worsened and more medical experts have been dispatched. The patient, a South Korean national, is now receiving medical treatment in Huizhou City after testi

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欧盟承诺加强核安全 BRUSSELS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) remains strongly committed to reinforcing nuclear safety and security. Barroso made the remarks

Microsoft quarterly results beat estimates

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted quarterly revenue and earnings that both beat analysts' expectations. In its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended on March 31, the software giant reported revenue of 16.43 billion U.S.

Obama Urges Congress to Put Americans First

President Barack Obama says it is time for members of Congress to put aside political brinksmanship in order to boost the United States' sluggish economic recovery and create more jobs. During his weekly address Saturday, Obama said too many American

15名士兵在哥伦比亚革命武装力量伏击中丧生

BOGOTA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday that a total of 15 soldiers died in an ambush by the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the northwestern department of Arauca. The soldie

韩国不再褒奖工作狂

Park Hee-jung, a 34-year-old pharmaceutical researcher, took an 11-day holiday in May to travel to Croatia and Bosnia with his girlfriend a relatively long vacation inconceivable for many South Koreans who remain world champion workaholics. 5月份，

Mexican IMF Contender Visits Brazil

The head of Mexico's central bank says Latin American countries deserve greater representation at the International Monetary Fund. Agustin Carstens made the comments Wednesday in Brazil, where he is seeking support for his bid to become the next mana

China warns of severe floods this year

BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The national flood and drought prevention office has warned that severe floods are more likely to occur this year due to markedly increased rainfall, according to Sunday media reports. Floods may cause greater damage this

Obama Says Fixing US Economy Will Take Time

U.S. President Barack Obama says fixing the American economy could take years, calling it a long term process. In a television interview to be broadcast on Sunday, Obama said the structural problems in the economy have been building for two decades a

Int'l film festival kicks off in Russia's Siberia

IRKUTSK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An international film festival opened Friday in Russia's small Siberian city of Kansk, attracting 1,460 applicant works, including five from Russia. In the nine-day International Kansk video festival, 55 films, made by di

European Summit Splits Bloc, May Not Solve Problems

European leaders took steps to deal with some of their long term financial problems at a summit in Brussels last week. But they are moving ahead without one of the continent's largest economies Britain, and they left some important problems unresolve

Tens of Thousands Protest Alleged Voter Fraud in Russia

Protesters came out across the worlds largest country to demand clean elections and to say what, only one week ago, was unsayable. Russia Without Putin was the favorite chant of thousands of demonstrators who marched within earshot of the Kremlin in

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老外说心情不好的10种方式 以下是老美在不同场合中表达心情不爽很爱使用的十句话： 1. He was so hard on me last night。 他昨晚对我很凶。 2. I have a hard time with my girlfriend。 我跟我女友关系非常不

U.S. says al-Qaeda no. 2 killed: report

WASHINGTON, June 5 (www.tingvoa.com) -- U.S. officials on Tuesday was quoted as saying Abu Yahya al-Libi, al-Qaeda's number two leader, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan. CNN quoted an anonymous U.S. official as saying the attack too

311 counties to pilot China's hospital reform

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- China has nominated 311 counties or county-level cities in a program to pilot reform of the country's public healthcare facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The national initiative includes 83 counties

Tropical storm Kai-Tak approaches south China

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, is approaching China's southern regions, the country's meteorological authority forecast Tuesday. Kai-Tak, moving northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour, will graze or l

Thousands Mourn Victims of Russian Hockey Plane Crash

An estimated 100,000 people gathered Saturday in Russia's western city of Yaroslavl to honor the victims of a plane crash that devastated a local ice hockey team. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin joined the mourners for a ceremony at a hockey ar

Vietnam's Move to Publish Earnings Hailed

HANOI - Mired by mismanagement and debt, state-owned enterprises are the bane of the Vietnamese economy. But a recent move to publicize earnings is being hailed as a revolutionary step towards reform. When Vietnamese police issued an arrest warrant f