2016-06-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Time is running out for President Barack Obama to meet his goal of placing 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States.The process has been slowed by concerns about terrorism, espe

2016-06-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

ASEAN ministers meeting in China have expressed “serious concern” about rising tensions in the South China Sea. But, they withdrew a stronger statement on the issue.For

2016-06-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:The National Basketball Association is in the middle of its championship series.The Golden State Warriors have won three games. The Cleveland Ca

2016-06-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia’s soccer team could be disqualified from the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France because of its fans’ involvement in fighting.The European soccer competit

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

As Orlando continues to mourn the 49 victims of Sunday’s mass shooting, new information about the shooter has led to new questions about his possible motives.Addressing Ameri

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The day after 49 people were killed at a nightclub in Orlando, U.S. President Barack Obama called on the nation to make it harder for people who might be a threat to get guns -- ju

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations’ human rights chief has urged the United States to establish stronger gun control measures.Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein is the U.N. High Commissioner for Hu

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

President Barack Obama has declared a national period of mourning for the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida.The president has ordered the U.S. flag lowered at the Wh

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Britons are set to vote this month on whether to remain in the European Union.Prime Minister David Cameron called for the vote, set for June 23. Cameron opposes calls for a “

2016-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….Guirec Soudee is sailing around the world.The 24-year-old Frenchman has already been at sea for two years. He set sail from the Canary I

2016-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

As Americans mourn victims of the mass shooting over the weekend, authorities are focusing on what can be done to prevent “homegrown” extremist attacks.Sunday’s s

2016-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The father of the man identified as the gunman in the Florida mass killings says he is "extremely" upset over the incident.The gunman killed 49 people early Sunday at a nightclub i

2016-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The order of events is almost always the same after a mass shooting in the United States.People go to the place where the shooting happened. The mourners cry or stand silently. The

2016-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:A woman in the U.S. state of Louisiana had an unusual visitor recently.A security camera recorded a young boy riding his bicycle up to the home

2016-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A gunman has killed 50 people and wounded another 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.President Barack Obama, in an address to

2016-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North Korea has spent $24 million and four years building the 6,000-square-meter, 35-meter-high Angkor Panorama Museum in Siem Reap, Cambodia.The Angkor museum shows Khmer warriors

2016-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Recent disputes over using white actors to play characters of color in Hollywood films have raised concerns that the media ignore minorities.Activist groups have called for more mi

2016-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two flags will be removed from two separate stained glass windows at the Washington National Cathedral, cathedral representatives said recently.The flags are stained glass reproduc

2016-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

“How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change” is the latest movie from filmmaker and climate activist Josh Fox.The movie is the third

2016-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

“The Greatest” boxer in history, Muhammad Ali, was laid to rest in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky on Friday.Friends and family transferred a red casket carrying A

2016-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today...President Barack Obama announced on Thursday his support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.As expected, Republican candida

2016-06-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Japan’s vice foreign minister issued a protest with China’s ambassador to Japan early Thursday, after another naval incident in the East China Sea.A Chinese navy ship s

2016-06-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Marjorie Huffman was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. She grew up with a little boy named Cassius Clay — the champion boxer who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali.Th

2016-06-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The militant group al-Shabab attacked a military base in central Somalia early Thursday.Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops turned back the militants after an attack near

2016-06-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Increasing political problems in Brazil have weakened efforts to oust suspended President Dilma Rousseff.It appeared that Brazil’s Senate would vote to remove Rousseff from o