International

Canada announces aid package for struggling auto industry
21/12/2008 05:00
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced a 4-billion-Canadian-dollar (about 3.2 billion U.S. dollars) aid package for the country’s struggling auto industry on Saturday. Canada’s Prime Minister...
Jennifer Lopez’s 4-year marriage on the rocks
21/12/2008 05:00
Jennifer Lopez’s four-year marriage to Marc Anthony is at “breaking point.” Singer Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony arrive for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” in New York May...
Actress Zhang Ziyi named China’s "most beautiful person" by media
21/12/2008 05:00
Actress Zhang Ziyi has placed first on a list of the 50 “most beautiful people in China.” Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi shoots new photos for the fashion magazine Bazaar. The fourth annual event was organized by The Beijing News,...
Journal Science selects top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2008
21/12/2008 05:00
In its annual list of the year’s top 10 scientific breakthroughs, the prestige scientific journal Science has given top honors to research that produced “made-to-order” cell lines by reprogramming cells from ill patients. A Gemini adaptive...
E.coli bacteria can be altered to make fuel
21/12/2008 05:00
E.coli, a strain of bacteria found in human digestive tracts, can be genetically altered to make fuel, a new study showed. Colorized electron micrograph of a cluster of E. coli bacteria is shown in this undated handout from the U.S. Department...
Chinese Internet porn sensation detained by police
21/12/2008 05:00
A Chinese woman who became an online sensation after posting a homemade pornographic film of herself on the Internet has been detained in Shanghai, according to state media. The 12-minute-video showed the woman, surnamed Huang, performing “sex...
Japan recession deepens, Ireland bails out banks
21/12/2008 05:00
A businessman passes the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo December 19, 2008. Japan warned Monday it was sliding deeper into recession after exports and business sentiment tumbled, while Ireland became the...