(China Daily)
A pair of young lovers almost broke up because of the girl’s mobile phone ring tone in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, last Thursday.
The couple, Cui and Chen, who have been dating for more than a year, are an…
(China Daily)
A pair of young lovers almost broke up because of the girl’s mobile phone ring tone in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, last Thursday.
The couple, Cui and Chen, who have been dating for more than a year, are an…
(China Daily)
A domesticated goose was almost mistaken for a wild swan because of its superb flying skills.
After buying the goose from a market in Donggang, Liaoning province, Liu, its owner, tried to eat it for dinner on Monday. Seeing Liu’s…
(China Daily)
A male penguin got the sack late last week after failing to hatch an egg laid by a female penguin at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
Early last month, a female penguin laid an egg, the first at the…
Men are 12 times more likely than women to be bitten by another person, most commonly by other men in late-night drunken brawls, according to Irish research.
Writing in the Emergency Medicine Journal, researchers analyzed the cases of 92 people who…
WASHINGTON - Women who have a male twin are less likely to marry and have children, perhaps because of being exposed to their brother,s testosterone for nine months in the womb, researchers reported on Monday.
A study of Finnish twins showed…
CHICAGO - A deadly gene,s path can hide in a family tree when a woman has few aunts and older sisters, making it appear that her breast cancer struck out of nowhere when it really came from Dad.
A new study…
(China Daily)
The pets of a couple saved them from possible death in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang Province.
The couple in their 60s had placed a coal-burning heater in their room and were soon overcome by the fumes.
Their pets, a dog and a cat,…
(xinhua.net)
Winter is a slack season for milk, but cows of a dairy farm in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, are keeping up supplies with the help of classical music.
By placing speakers in the barns beaming music by Schubert and Strauss, the annual…
(China Daily)
A photograph of a dog is being shown on the streets of Jiaozhuo, Henan Province, by its owner.The reason: he is seeking a mate for the dog.
The dog’s owner surnamed Mu said his female Tibetan mastiff named Sha Sha…
(China Daily)
Many people who go through divorce procedure in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, feel embarrassed because they are required to read a declaration.
Li, a local woman who got divorced last week, said reading the declaration was torture as it made her…
(China Daily)
A 100 yuan ($13.58) banknote was rejected by many stores in Haikou, Hainan Province, because of a lonely hearts message written on one side of it.
The message was written by a man living in Shanghai. He was traced through…
(Nanhainet.com)
A dog causes many curious pedestrians to stop in their tracks as it helps its mistress to buy a newspaper every morning in Qionghai, Hainan Province.
The dog, named A Xiong, is seen carrying a bag in its mouth with a…
(Guizhou Metropolitan News)
A man driving without a license recently tried to bribe the policeman who pulled him over with several disks of pornography in Guiyang, Guizhou Province.
But his offer was refused, and he was fined 1,000 yuan ($133).
…
(New Economic Daily)
A 38-year-old man in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, finds it difficult to mingle with people outside his family. Xiao Bing has stayed at home for the past 10 years watching TV and surfing the Internet with the curtains drawn…
(Changjiang Commercial News)
A school in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has sparked controversy after it requested more than 30 students to undergo cosmetic surgery before graduation.
The surgery was for double-fold eyelids, breast enlargement and the removal of moles.
It was to make the…
Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia ?a forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn,t enough, and she,d recently put on 20 pounds.
Then…
(HealthDay News) - When some young children become frustrated, they throw temper tantrums. To help a child learn to deal with his or her emotions in a healthier way, follow these suggestions from the Nemours Foundation:
Help your child express what…
(HealthDay News) - Sun protection factor (SPF) is a rating given to sunscreens to help gauge the amount of protection they provide against the sun,s damaging UV rays. An SPF of 15 means you,ll have 15 times the amount of…
WASHINGTON - U.S. troops would no longer be asked to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon. The idea stems from the finding that service members avoid needed counseling…
The remains of a lunch at a shop north of Honoi, Vietnam, on May 15, 2007. Food safety is a daily issue in Asia where hot weather, a lack of refrigeration and the demand for cheap street food drives vendors…