15-02-08 British MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in an historic move. 英国国会议员投票通过一项具有历史性意义的决议，支持用两母一父的DNA培育婴儿。 The UK is now set to become the first country to introdu...

14-10-17 Venezuela, New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola and Spain have been elected to non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. 委内瑞拉、新西兰、马来西亚、安哥拉还有西班牙获得联合国非常任理事国席位。 The countries will hold the non-veto seats f...

14-08-21 Thailand's junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha has been named the new prime minister of the southeast Asian nation. 泰国军政府领导人帕拉育被任命为新任总理。 The general led the army in the May coup that ousted Yingluck Shinawatra's civilian government Ge...

14-06-16 Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years. 胡安曼努埃尔桑托斯再次当选哥伦比亚总统，此次选举是近年来最具戏剧性的一次选举。 Mr Santos said that millions of Colombians had chosen hope over fear Mr...

14-05-23 A spokeswoman with China's top legislature Tuesday vowed zero tolerance of election fraud and severe punishment on offenders. 全国人大发言人宣称，国家将用零容忍的态度对待贿选行为，严厉惩处贿选者。 上面的报道中，electoral fraud就是贿选，有时也译作选...

14-05-09 The African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory in South Africa's general election, partial results show. 部分结果显示，南非国民大会在此次南非大选中获得绝对胜利。 With about 96% of the results in, the ANC has 62% of the vote, follow...

14-05-07 Polls have opened in South Africa's fifth general election since the end of apartheid 20 years ago. 南非已开始进行大选，这是20年前种族隔离结束之后的第五次大...

14-04-30 Gunmen have stormed Libya's parliament, forcing MPs to abandon a vote on a new prime minister, officials say. 持枪歹徒席卷利比亚议会，迫使议员们放弃在举行的一场新总理选举。 Correspondents say lawmakers left the building after hearing gunshots. The a...

14-04-30 There is heavy security across Iraq as the country votes in its first parliamentary elections since US troops withdrew three years ago. 伊拉克国内目前正戒备森严，这是美军三年前撤军之后举行的首次议会选举。 Polling began at 07:00 local time and closes...

14-03-13 Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday breezed through a no-confidence vote in parliament where her party holds a commanding majority, but faced mounting pressure from widening anti-government protests. 深陷抗议漩涡的泰...