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Cuban Jabulani juggler sitting pretty 古巴人坐颠普天同庆球创纪录 Cuban Erick Hernandez on Thursday said he had set a world record for juggling the Jabulani World Cup ball, while sitting down. 古巴人埃里克赫尔南德兹于上周四称...
Men less engaged in work than women Men in Britain are less engaged in their work compared with women until the final years of employment when they get a late surge of enthusiasm, according to a survey. 一项调查显示,英国男性的工作热情不...
Gum boots designed with a blast to charge mobile phones Modern festival-goers who dread ending up with a dead mobile phone battery after days stuck in a muddy field with no electric plug power points may now have a solution -- power boots. 喜爱参加...
An octopus in Germany called Paul who has shot to stardom for his spot-on World Cup predictions forecast on Tuesday a quarter-final win by Germany over Argentina. But in view perhaps of the tougher opposition that Diego Maradona's side will pose Germ...
Robert Pattinson, the star of the Twlight film franchise, has been named one of the most powerful celebrities in the world after appearing on the Forbes list for the first time. The 24-year-old, who plays the vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight Sag...
Commanders do not allow sexual intercourse on the International Space Station, it has been disclosed. We are a group of professionals, said Alan Poindexter, a NASA commander, during a visit to Tokyo, when asked about the consequences if astronauts bo...
The shaggy manes and bushy moustaches of soccer days past have been replaced by bleached beards, city boy crops and headbands at the World Cup in South Africa. Players hairdos are a perennial talking point at soccer's biggest spectacle and players fa...
The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions. The Morning Challenge campaign, unveiled by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premis...
Sony took a cheeky swipe at France's disastrous World Cup team Wednesday with a full-page newspaper ad for Playstation showing a cock with its head blown off above the words Game Over. The video game console ad did not make specific reference to the...
A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York's Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. The V-J Day picture of the white-clad Edith Shain by phot...
With obesity rates on the rise among Americans and their pets, two Californian women have come up with an all-in-one solution - a doggy bootcamp where dog owners and their canine friends work out together. Thank Dog! Bootcamp is the nation's first ou...
With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying I do for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family. Divorce ceremonies were pioneered about a year ago by a former s...
The rich grew richer last year, even as the world endured the worst recession in decades. A stock market rebound helped the world's ranks of millionaires climb 17 percent to 10 million, while their collective wealth surged 19 percent to $39 trillion,...
In honor of the World Cup, Britain's most luxurious bus stop has been given a football-themed makeover. Kitted out with a sofa, cushions, a TV, a phone and flowers, the shelter attracts thousands of tourists every year - and even boasts a hot snacks...
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe led groups of excited kids dressed in Hogwarts uniforms as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park officially opened on Friday to long lines and snarled traffic. Radcliffe, Rupert Grint who plays the boy wiza...