日期：2012-06-01 Former President George W Bush was in good humour as he returned to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait. 美国前总统乔治W布什返回白宫为他的官方画像举行揭幕仪式，期间他心情大好。 President Barack Obama welcomed his predecessor t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-01 Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition. 委内瑞拉已实行一项新的枪支管理法：禁止武器弹药的商业销售。 Until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company. Under th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-31 Students in Nigeria's main city of Lagos have been involved in angry protests about the president's decision to change the name of their university. 尼日利亚主要城市拉各斯城的学生发起了对总统修改拉各斯大学名称这一决定的愤怒抗争。 Students say the na... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-31 Prime Minister David Cameron's former director of communications Andy Coulson has been charged with perjury. 英国首相大卫卡梅隆的前通讯主任安迪库尔森因伪证罪被起诉。 Mr Coulson, 44, was questioned in Glasgow as part of an investigation into evidence... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-27 An owl sanctuary says it is still feeling the unwanted effect of the Harry Potter films, with high numbers of owls being abandoned. 英国一家猫头鹰收容所称，哈利波特系列电影带来的负面影响仍在继续，大量猫头鹰遭到弃养。 It is claimed owls' popularity a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-27 Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly. 根据《商业评论周刊》年度索引，澳大利亚首富吉娜莱茵哈特盖过沃尔玛女... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-27 Female students at the Cambridge University have submitted risque photographs of their behinds in the hope of clinching the title rear of the year. 剑桥大学一些女生最近向一个独立学生网站提交了她们的美臀艳照，以期夺得这一荣誉年度美臀。 One going by t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-27 David Cameron is facing a complete breakdown in relations with his mandarins as a secret blueprint to break up the civil service is revealed today. 一张有关英国公务员的秘密薪酬地图近日遭到泄露，英国首相大卫-卡梅伦很可能因此和同僚们把关系搞僵。 The p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-27 You'll need a trunk full of cash to park here. The city's first million-dollar parking space is on the market. 想要在这里停车，你需要带一大箱现金来才行。如今纽约首个百万美元停车位即将出售。 The parking spot at this residence on East 11th Street cost... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 With agony and ecstasy in equal measure, the world's most powerful leaders are put through the full gamut of emotions as they watch Chelsea's thrilling win over German rivals Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. 怀着煎熬又欣喜的心情，全球最... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 Hundreds of people cashed in after an ATM machine began paying out double - and a bank said they can keep the unexpected windfall. 英国某地一台ATM机发生故障，在顾客取款时会吐出双倍数额的现金，有数百名顾客趁机取款，但银行表示大家可以留下这份飞来横财... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 Men still make the most money in the average household, but it's women who control the purse strings. 如今在普通家庭中，男人仍然是主要的经济支柱，但女人却掌握着家中的财政大权。 While that's been acknowledged informally for some time in Canada, a new... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 新西兰政府日前宣布，未来四年内烟草税将提高40％；到2016年，平均每包烟的价格将达到20新西兰元（约合人民币95元）。新西兰政府官员表示，希望通过增税和新的限制措施能够让新西兰人逐步放弃吸烟习惯，并能在2025年实现全国无烟。 There are smoke-free bars, smoke-f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 为了一场完美婚礼和加勒比海岛蜜月之旅，美国纽约州一名女子假装成癌症末期患者骗取了周围好心人1.3万多美元的资助。日前，这名女子刚刚服完8周的刑期出狱，她还须将骗来的资金如数还给那些好心人，完成300小时的社区服务，另需监外察看五年。 Jessica Vega, 25, plead... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 美国新泽西州一名女子因胸部过于丰满、衣着过于火辣而被其男性雇主辞退，她于日前向美国公平就业机会委员会提出投诉。 Lauren Odes, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold a press conference at the Omni Hotel in New York, Monday May 21, 2012. A New Jersey... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 上周五，意大利当地媒体报道该国议会委员会提议向猫狗等宠物征税，以帮助饱受债务危机困扰的城镇增加收入。这一消息发布后立即受到各界批评，动物权益保护组织称这一做法会让更多动物被遗弃。 A proposal to levy（征收） a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-24 Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, is to cut 27,000 jobs by end of 2014. 世界最大的个人电脑生产商，惠普公司将在2014年年底之前裁员27000人。 The company said the cuts - about 8% of its workforce - will reduce costs by up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-24 More than 57,000 people are in jail in Cuba, according to a rare report about the prison population published by the Communist Party newspaper, Granma. 古巴共产党报《格拉玛报》罕见地发表了一篇报告，称古巴境内有57000多名囚犯。 Granma said efforts had... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-23 Instability in Yemen has left the country facing a hunger catastrophe, with nearly half of people without enough food, aid groups have warned. 援助机构警告，也门国内不安定的局面使民众面临饥荒灾害的威胁，近半数人口没有充足的食物。 In a joint warning,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-22 Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634m, has opened to the public. 东京天空树世界上最高的广播塔（塔高634米）已向公众开放。 The tower, which took three-and-a-half years to build, stands about twice the height of Tokyo Tower, the... 阅读全文>>