日期：2009-09-17 Jay-Z is set to score his 11th American number one album, overtaking Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most chart-toppers in US chart history. Jay-Z将成为美国排行榜历史上第十一位专辑销量第一的、上榜次数最多的单人歌手，超过了Elvis Presley的记... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 A pregnant Scottish woman who had to be flown to Sweden for life-saving treatment for swine flu has spoken for the first time of her ordeal. 一位曾经被飞机运送到瑞典接受猪流感治疗的苏格兰怀孕妇女，就此次痛苦的经历首次发表感想。 Ms Pentleton woke up... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 Climate change will be a serious barrier to growth in poorer nations and must be curbed, says the World Bank. 世界银行表示，气候变化将是贫穷国家经济增长的一个重要障碍，必须要想方设法补救。 Extreme weather is straining poorer countries' finances, the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 A new high-speed undersea cable connecting East Africa with the rest of the world is poised to go live, Kenya's top internet official has told the BBC. 肯尼亚顶级因特网官员向BBC透露，一条新的连接东非和世界的高速海底电缆将随时准备开通。 The launch of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 Desperate Housewives actress Kathryn Joosten is facing a battle with lung cancer for the second time. 绝望的主妇女演员Kathryn Joosten将要面临与肺癌的第二次战斗。 Joosten began her acting career at the age of 42 Joosten, who plays Mrs McCluskey in th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 Golden Girls actress Betty White is to receive a lifetime achievement honour at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards next year, it has been announced. 报道称，Golden Girls女演员Betty White明年将会接受美国演员工会授予的终身成就奖。 White won an Emmy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 An undercover investigation has found that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo. 刚果共和国的奎卢地区进行的一项秘密调查发现，每周多达两只大猩猩作为野味被杀和出售。 A target for po... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 The fact that children raised in homes without a dad have sex earlier is down to their genes, say US researchers. 美国研究人员称，没有父亲的家庭中长大的孩子过早接触到性是由于他们的基因问题。 Early education about sex and relationships is key, say ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 Trials are under way of a UK service allowing people to contact emergency services by text message. 英国正在进行一项允许人们用短信联系紧急服务机构的试验。 The SMS triggers a relay call service to the emergency services The system is aimed at people... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 Sir Elton John cannot adopt a 14-month-old boy because he is not married and too old, a Ukrainian minister has said. 一位乌克兰大臣称，Elton John爵士因为没有结婚、年纪太大而不能领养一个14月大的幼童。 The star, 62, said on Saturday that he hoped to a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 US writer and musician Jim Carroll, best know for writing The Basketball Diaries, has died in New York aged 60 following a heart attack. 美国作家、音乐家、因创作篮球日记而闻名的Jim Carroll，因心脏病发作逝于纽约，享年60岁。 Carroll wrote about his wi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 Dirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze has died aged 57, his publicist says. 辣身舞影星Patrick Swayze的发言人证实，Patrick Swayze因胰腺癌逝世，享年57岁。 Patrick Swayze had planned to write the book with his wife, Lisa Niemi Annett Wolf said that th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-14 A senior pro-China figure in Hong Kong has said he will convey concerns about alleged police brutality against Hong Kong journalists to Beijing. 香港的一位前中国高级官员表示对大陆警察粗鲁对待香港记者一事表示担忧。 The Hong Kong protest was backed by... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-14 Norman Borlaug, the man known as the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture, has died in the US state of Texas aged 95. Norman Borlaug--农业绿色革命之父，在美国德克萨斯州逝世，享年95岁。 Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize and US Congressional... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-13 The UN children's agency says child mortality is decreasing, but the rate of decline is not enough. 联合儿童署称儿童死亡率在下降，但是下降率仍不够。 Unicef says preventable diseases are the biggest killers of children A new report says more than eig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-13 Sir Elton John has said he wants to adopt a toddler he met during a visit to an orphanage in Ukraine. Elton John爵士表示他想要收养乌克兰之行中访问的一座孤儿院里的一个刚学会走路的孩子。 Sir Elton said he and partner David Furnish had often discussed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-13 French Labour Minister Xavier Darcos is to meet the head of the country's main telecommunications company to discuss a number of suicides among its staff. 法国工党部长Xavier Darcos将要会见国家主要通信公司领导商谈其若干员工自杀事件。 Unions blame Fra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-12 Alexandra Kim, left, curator of the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, and conservator Maria Jordan, right, hold a pair of bloomers and matching chemise, which once belonged to Britain's Queen Victoria, as they pose for the photographer at Kensingto... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-12 Former US president George W. Bush topped a poll of the worst examples of mangled English, followed closely by Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here, and Donald Rumsfeld. Former US president George W. Bush topped a poll of the worst examples of mangled E... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-12 Michelle Obama shows off her toned arms. When Mrs Obama first stepped on to the international stage, her arms made almost as many headlines as her husband's policies. How does a woman of 45, an age at which most ladies banish sleeveless items to the... 阅读全文>>