WHO CREATED THE NOBEL PRIZES?
誰創辦諾貝爾獎？
The prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite. The first awards were handed out in 1901, five years after Nobel’s death. The economics award was created by Sweden’s central bank in 1968.
A Canadian Conservative election candidate who was caught on camera urinating into a coffee mug is no longer running for the party, a party spokesman said on Monday.
一位加拿大保守黨候選人被鏡頭抓到在一個咖啡馬克杯裡尿尿，他已不再代表該黨參選，保守黨發言人週一說。
Jerry Bance had been a candidate for the ruling Conservatives in a Toronto-area district ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.
Canada, India, Singapore and Egypt are "seriously" interested in buying France’s two Mistral warships, a senior French official has said, after Paris scrapped a deal to sell the vessels to Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
巴黎當局因烏克蘭危機取消一項對俄羅斯出售軍艦的交易後，加拿大、印度、新加坡和埃及「認真地」有興趣購買這兩艘法國西北風級軍艦，一名法國高層官員說。
Louis Gautier, an official who advises the prime minister on defence and security matters, also told lawmakers this week that the cost of abandoning the agreement with Russia would be at least 1.1 billion euros if the government did not find another buyer, according to a summary of his comments obtained by AFP Friday.
If elected mayor of a small town in Minnesota, not only will 3-year-old James Tufts be the youngest mayor in the state’s history, but he will also be the cutest.
倘若3歲的詹姆斯．塔夫茲當選明尼蘇達小鎮市長，他將不僅成為全美最年輕的市長，也會是最可愛的市長。
Six-year-old Robert "Bobby" Tufts is a two-term mayor of the small town, but he is ready to pass on the torch to younger brother James.
Call it the rise of the "Breakfastarians" - the dining tribe that craves breakfast food morning, noon and night.
就稱這是「早餐主義者」的崛起吧，也就是早午晚都很想吃早餐食物的族群。
Sales of morning standards such as coffee, pancakes and doughnuts are feeding U.S. restaurant traffic growth, outpacing lunch and dinner items. The trend is driven by an improving U.S. job market, with more Americans on the go in the morning and willing to spend on meals outside the home.
Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stonehenge ruins.
研究人員已發現證據，認為一堆靜止不動、坐落在「巨石陣」附近的石頭，是一大群史前時代石頭紀念碑的殘餘。
University of Bradford researchers said Monday the monument is thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago.
It is well known that the Chinese media has a hallowed tradition of giving celebrities some rather perplexing nicknames.
眾所周知，中國媒體有個神聖的傳統，會給名人取些讓人費解的綽號。
The latest to join the queue, which includes pseudonyms such as "curly blessing" （Benedict Cumberbatch） and "fruit sister" （Katy Perry）, is "sugar bun". Australia’s new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s designated nickname is indeed "sugar bun".
Not to alarm you, but your daily morning regimen might be harming the planet’s oceans.
不是要嚇你，但是你每天早上的習慣或許正在傷害地球的海洋。
What’s the culprit? Microbeads. They are tiny, plastic beads that many companies have added to body scrubs, cosmetics, soaps -- essentially hundreds of products, to create an exfoliating sensation for users.
