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A Category-2 tropical cyclone off Western Austrlia's Kimberly coastline is continuing to travel southwest towards the Pilbara. Tropical cyclone Christine is currently about 280 kilometres northwest of Broome. The destrucitive weather system is expect
The Art of Smart Guessing Several years ago, interviewing candidates for a job, I grew tired of asking What experience do you have? So I decided on a one-question quiz to find out how resourceful a thinker the new hire might be. Here it is: You are o
Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident
The Federal Government is facing strong opposition from the banks about plans to scrap mortgage exit fees. Banks say they might charge higher interest rates in order to compensate for the lost revenue if the Government goes ahead with the plans. Fede
Leading the news this morning The Prime Minister has made a plea to the Senate to pass the bill that would break the asylum seeker deadlock.It took six hours of emotional debate for the legislation to pass the House of Representatives last night.The
1. Ukraine held a departure ceremony for some of the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. The ceremony was held in an airport in eastern Ukraine before the bodies were flown to Netherlands. 2. Former New York mayor, Mike Bloomberg has
AA: I'm Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them for the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Nautilus adopted an average speed of twenty-six miles per hour, the speed of an express train. 诺第留斯号这时的速度是每小时二十六海里的中常速度,即特别快车的速度。 If it kept up this pace, forty hours would do it
The gruesome task of recovering bodies from the downed Air Asia plane continues. Throughout the weekend bad weather and poor visibility underwater have hampered efforts. But with better conditions, the search for flight data recorders has resumed. An
SFX: Sounds of seagulls, ship hornAA: Im Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them f
The Asian Business Aviation Conference Exhibition in Shanghai is focused on the future of autonomous passenger drones, in-flight digital security, carbon off-setting, and new routes through Asia. Aerospace companies from across the world are competin
but perhaps you are hoping to remotely touch someone you'll never meet 有可能 你会同遥远的未曾相识的人产生联系。 the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers which are on Mars 勇气号 机遇号 好奇号火星探测器。 are ea
China's Air Defense Identification Zone is aimed at controlling and monitoring incoming aircraft, in the interest of national security. But China is definitely not alone. Currently, more than 20 countries and regions have their own Air Defense Identi
Space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station, after a series of weather delays. 奋进号航天飞机已经准备就绪,发射前往国际空间站。在此之前,一连串恶劣的天气推迟了发射。
Tanmen is a small town that sits along the east coast of China's southernmost Hainan Province. With a history of more than 1,000 years, it's a renowned fish market in China, as well as a well-known fishing port. 81-year-old fishermen Su Chengfen has
Outgoing Labor Senator Mark Bishop has lashed out at his party over its very poor showing in WA senate re-election re-run. Senator Bishop called the carbon tax a fail tax and questioned why Labor continued to defend the policy. Meanwhile, Prime Minis
The 50-meter-long Zhiyuan Warship, located 10 nautical miles southwest of Dandong Port, was sunken by the Japanese navy during a Sino-Japanese War about 12 decades ago. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage launched investigation and salvage
They absorb the marine salts, they assimilate the solid elements in the water, 它们吸收了海中的盐,消化了水中的固体物质, and since they create coral and madrepores, they're the true builders of limestone continents! 它们是真正
The American Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered an aircraft carrier to move into the Gulf. A Pentagon official said this was to provide President Obama with flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives and interest