Hollywood musical La La Land has broken the record for the most Golden Globe Awards, winning seven prizes. It won every award it was nominated for - including best musical or comedy film, best director, screenplay, score and song. Its stars...
Two people have been rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island after a US Navy helicopter spotted their SOS sign. The pilots spotted the sign drawn into sand on East Fayu Island in Micronesia and alerted the US Coast Guard. It followed a w...
A series of coordinated blasts across Thailand has targeted tourist towns leaving four dead and many injured, with reports of more explosions. In the popular resort town of Hua Hin four bombs exploded over the past 24 hours. Several blasts a...
Satellite images appear to show China has built aircraft hangars on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images, from late July, were released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and appear to confirm that Chinese military f...
French authorities are restricting the sale of alcohol and drafting in 4,000 extra police in Lille ahead of England and Russia's next Euro 2016 matches. Shops selling alcohol are closed until Friday, while some 350 bars will shut early...
What would prevent you from buying a gun under Florida law? After a 29-year-old gunman opened fire in Pulse Nightclub, killing 49 revellers over the course of a three-hour siege on Sunday, one of the first questions asked was, how did he obt...
The massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub early this morning has been described as a \\\"domestic terror incident,\\\" with at least 50 dead and 53 injured, officials said, making it the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the deadlies...
A solar-powered airplane's journey across the Pacific Ocean ended Saturday with a successful landing in Mountain View, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Swiss aeronaut Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 at Moffett Airfield...
Are you looking for a new job? Well, your LinkedIn profile photo may be as important as your resume. \\\"I think this is especially important for the younger generation of job seeker, who has grown up posting photos with friends to soci...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said an international team 'conclusively confirms debris found on Reunion Island is from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370....
Thailand was at the top of our list of destinations that are expensive to reach, but cheap to stay at, so when we found rooms starting at $12 a night at Khaosan Baan Thai, we had to share as proof. The guesthouse-meets-hostel has 10...
Shenzhou 9 mission noted for China's first manned dockings and first woman astronaut Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending 13 days on a historic space mission that made their country only the third nation ever to do...
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERRENCE PETTY - Associated Press | AP – November 14, 2011 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Several hundred protesters, some wearing goggles and gas masks, marched past authorities in a downtown street Sunday, ho...
Rough weather has jostled a cargo ship stuck off New Zealand's coast and worsened its oil leak fivefold to make it the country's worst-ever maritime environmental disaster, the government said on Oct. 11 (AP) 1. A New Zealand Defenc...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Rescuers(搜救人员) used their bare hands, dogs, and heavy machines Wednesday in an urgent search for survivors still trapped(被困住) in crumbled(崩塌的) buildings more than 24 hours after an earthquake devast...
How to improve your communication skills by speaking better English? Practice makes perfect, especially when you want to improve your communication skills. You can find help to polish(润色) your English in a host of(一大群) environments, and a wide a...
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — Artillery(大炮) fire was heard on Monday on a South Korean island near waters disputed(争议) by North Korea, a Reuters reporter said, signaling(标志着) the start of live-fire drills(军演). The Defense ...
July 2, 2010 In the day's first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands(荷兰) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final(决赛). Both teams seem to be in top form(竞技状态很好) ahea...
Sunday 27 June 2010 22.30 BST One of the most controversial(有争议的) moments of England's football history came back to bite the players of the present generation tonight as they were eliminated from(从……排除) the 2010 World C...
A firefighter works to control the fire that burned all night at the CentralWorld shopping mall on Thursday, May 20. The mall was one of more than two dozen buildings set ablaze by protesters. Operations the day before evicted the protesters ...