World Affairs

BBC Learning English Weekender World Affairs Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and in todays programme we re going to be talking to a BBC journalist who reports from all over the world. Mark Doyle works for the BBC World Service as a World Affairs Correspo

趣味职场：偶尔偷偷懒，也能成为好员工

Sometimes youre at work and you just have to watch that one cute cat-/dog-/panda-playing-in-the-snow video. And then you spot that girl from high school on your Facebook feed and wonder what shes been up to all these years Would you look at that? Its

美国禁止八国乘客在赴美航班上携带大型电子产品

The US is banning electronic devices such as laptops and tablets from cabin baggage on flights from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries. 日前，美国明令禁止中东和北非8个国家的游客，在赴美航班上随身携带如笔记

夜猫子不爱运动是有原因的

Why night owls shun exercise: Waking up late 'makes it harder to keep a fitness regime' 夜猫子不运动是有原因的：晚睡晚起很难做到坚持健身 Late sleepers more sedentary and find it harder to exercise, study found. 研究表明，晚

广东通报2例H7N9病例

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The number of H7N9 human cases in south China's Guangdong Province reached 30 since the start of the year with two more cases reported, local health authorities said Saturday. A 48-year-old man from Jieyang City died on

加拿大的犯罪率降至40年最低水平

OTTAWA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian police services reported nearly 2 million criminal incidents in 2012, a 3 percent drop from 2011, or 36,000 fewer than in the previous year, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. The crime rate is the lowest level

北京'毒跑道'事件在网络上引起热议

Beijing authorities have ordered the inspection of all school running tracks and synthetic sports fields in the Chinese capital, state media said. It comes after parents at one primary school reported that their children suffered nose bleeds, allergi

脱欧几小时后 英国人疯狂的谷歌什么是欧盟

The whole world is reeling after a milestone referendum in Britain to leave the European unx. And although leaders of the campaign to exit Europe are crowing over their victory it seems many Britons may not even know what they had actually voted for.

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

Iran says US woman arrested for spying

TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian border police said Saturday that they have arrested an American woman suspected of spying, local media reported, contradicting earlier reports. Deputy(副的) commander of state border police Ahmad Geravand said at

台湾地区发现H7N9病例（双语）

According to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, 5 suspected cases of the H7N9 strain have been reported but 3 have since been ruled out while the other two are still being verified. Two epidemiology experts from Taiwans CDC have arrived in Shang

每日一词【1072】Uptick：上升

今天我们要学的词是uptick。 Uptick, 名词，意思是上升。 There has been an uptick in violent crimes in the past year, 过去一年里暴力犯罪有所上升。Local retailers expect to see a sales uptick in this year's holiday shoppi

每日一词【412】shuteye：睡眠

今天我们要学的词是shuteye。 Shuteye, 是睡眠的意思。Catch a little shuteye, 是小睡一会儿的意思。美国全国睡眠基金会的最新研究发现，Roughly one-third of those surveyed admitted catching some shuteye or becomin

Two-time Olympic champion Alekseyev dies

MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Olympic weightlifting champion Vasily Alekseyev has died from heart problems, local media reported Friday. The 69-year-old Alekseyev, who passed away in a clinic in Munich, Germany, won Olympic gold medals in 1972 a

Asian births on the rise in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- One in every eight women giving birth in a New Zealand hospital last year was Asian, local media reported Sunday. In the country's most populous(人口稠密的) city, Auckland, 5,149 Asian women gave birth, more than d

Stakes high as Afghans go to vote

Millions of Afghans have begun voting in the country's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. Militants have threatened(威胁) to disrupt the polls, in which President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term. Some 300,000 Afgha

Accidents down during Spring Festival in China

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Traffic accidents during this year's Spring Festival were down about 50 percent from last year, according to a Saturday statement from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). It noted that no heavy or large-scale traffic c

中国首例MERS患者背后的故事

On May 29, the Chinese public was put on alert by a notice issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission. 5月29日，国家计生委的一条消息让中国民众警觉起来。 It was about Chinas first case of Middle East respirator

Tunisian security forces arrest eight foreign nationals

TUNIS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian army and security forces（保安部队） arrested eight foreign nationals including four Germans, the Tunisian television reported Sunday. Tunisian TV showed footage of the men arrested, as well weapons, maps

U.S. student arrested over shooting threat

HOUSTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A student was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to shoot inside a school in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, local media reported. Police arrested Sammy Chavez, 18, in the early morning at a residence in west Bartlesvi