2016-05-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…The United States is already almost two months into spring, but a recent video makes it look like at least one area is still the middle o

2016-05-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering suspending the Russian Track and Field team from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.The team is already banned from compet

2016-05-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Rodrigo Duterte -- newly elected Philippine President -- is promising major changes for his country’s 102 million people.Including himself.His tough campaign for president le

2016-05-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides.Heavy rains caused the slides which buried three farming villages near the town of Aranayaka in Ke

2016-05-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A missing Chibok girl has been found alive after being kidnapped two years ago in Nigeria by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.The girl is among 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Bok

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This spring marks the 400th anniversary of the death of British playwright William Shakespeare. His plays have had a major influence on the world’s literature and drama. That

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Islamic State militants are again using bombs to attack Baghdad and other parts of Iraq.A number of bombings struck markets across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday. At least 68 people

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The spokesman for South Africa’s ruling party has accused the United States of trying to “undermine” his country’s democratically elected government.Yet rep

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North Korea has named Ri Yong Ho its new foreign minister, according to a diplomatic letter sent to Britain.North Korea’s embassy in London informed the British government ab

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….A wild baby bison at Yellowstone National Park had to be killed because of park visitors, according to the National Park Service.The vis

2016-05-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

South Korean writer Han Kang’s book, "The Vegetarian," came out in her home country many years ago. But the book was published in English only recently.Han was named the winn

2016-05-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:Monday marked the 50th anniversary of a famous record album.The American group The Beach Boys released the album, “Pet Sounds,” on M

2016-05-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An art project in Turkey is bringing together people divided along ethnic and religious lines.Twenty-four Kurdish and Turkish young adults have worked together to create documentar

2016-05-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States government says transgender students have a right to use restrooms that agree with their chosen sexual identity.The Obama administration sent a letter containing

2016-05-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Kenya is planning to close the world’s largest refugee camp, which it says poses a security threat that could lead to terrorist attacks.An estimated 330,000 refugees will be

2016-05-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

One in five of the world’s plants is currently at risk of disappearing forever. That is what a report by the Royal Botanic Gardens in London says.The report is one of the fir

2016-05-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new report says medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States.Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, say medical errors cause

2016-05-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

More than a million people around the world have told Frank Warren their deepest secrets.People have mailed him confessions, disappointments, and their hopes for the future. They d

2016-05-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Low oil prices have reduced oil exploration and development activity around the world.Tens of thousands of workers have lost jobs with oil companies and in the oil service industry

2016-05-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The tobacco industry in India is fighting a new government rule for cigarette containers, or packages. The new rule requires cigarette makers to print large warnings that include i

2016-05-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new World Bank study says South Asian countries can improve economic conditions and provide millions of jobs for women by increasing the number of clothing factories.The cost to

2016-05-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

One of the world’s largest brokers of fine arts and jewelry is preparing to sell the largest gem-quality diamond found in more than a century.Sotheby’s auction house sh

2016-05-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the Middle East and Africa, about 50 million people paid bribes last year to get basic services like water and electricity.Transparency International surveyed almost 11,000 adul

2016-05-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The first woman to lead one of the largest U.S. military commands officially began the job on Friday.Air Force General Lori Robinson is the new head of the U.S. Northern Command (N

2016-05-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Yoweri Museveni has begun his fifth term as Uganda’s president.United States, Canadian and European delegates walked out of the official swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. The