2016-05-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Islamic State has issued new dress codes on women living in its areas in Syria, say local residents and activist groups.IS is forcing women to wear only black. It punishes women wh

2016-05-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…The finals of the Eurovision Song Contest are taking place this weekend.So do not be surprised to see the hashtag #Eurovision trending on

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A Canadian public health expert wants to delay or move the 2016 Olympics in Brazil because of the Zika threat.“But for the games, would anyone recommend sending an extra half

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An American drone maker is teaming up with United Parcel Service to transport blood and medical supplies in Rwanda.The California-based company, Zipline International, manufactures

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…This week, news spread that a 15-year-old boy from Quebec, Canada, may have discovered a long lost Mayan city.The boy, William Gadoury, s

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Myanmar has the third-highest number of landmine casualties in the world.Only Colombia and Afghanistan have more deaths and injuries from mine explosions. That information comes fr

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many political and business leaders are arguing against Britain leaving the 28-nation European Union.Thirteen former United States officials have urged Britons to reject calls to l

2016-05-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Brazilian Senate voted on Thursday to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws by 55 votes to 22.Brazil's first woman president will be suspended for up

2016-05-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

NASA — the U.S. space agency — said it found nearly 1,300 planets outside our solar system.Nine of the planets are orbiting stars at the distance that can support life.

2016-05-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:When China’s president visited Britain last year, newspapers were filled with predictions of a “golden era” for relations betw

2016-05-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some Americans say the United States should consider providing nuclear arms to Japan and South Korea, America’s closest military allies in Asia.Such Americans could become mo

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Former Facebook workers said this week that the social media company often avoided letting news popular among conservative Americans appe

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan.The White House announced Tuesday the president will visit the city where an American

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

London’s new mayor – a Muslim -- has rejected Donald Trump’s offer to allow him to enter the United States.Sadiq Khan was elected London’s first Muslim mayo

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The 2016 Invictus Games began this week in Orlando, Florida.The games are a sports competition, similar to the Olympics, for former soldiers injured in combat.Britain’s Princ

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The American car-maker General Motors and Lyft Incorporated, a ride-sharing service, reportedly will start testing GM automobiles as driverless taxis.The Wall Street Journal says t

2016-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Michel Platini has resigned as the president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations.Platini announced his resignation on Monday after the Court of Arbitration for Spo

2016-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In a surprise move, the acting speaker of Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress called for a new vote in the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.Waldir Maranhao

2016-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Millions of people voted in the Philippines’ presidential election on Monday. Nearly complete, unofficial results show that Rodrigo Duterte won the most votes, the Associated

2016-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A Myanmar government official says the country wants the U.S. Embassy to stop using the term “Rohingya” to refer to the nation’s mainly Muslim minority.The offici

2016-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Sadiq Khan is the new mayor of London.Khan is the son of Pakistani immigrants. He is the first Muslim elected as mayor of a major Western

2016-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States is expressing concern about the rising political unrest in Iraq.The Obama administration is concerned about how the unrest will affect the fight against the self-

2016-05-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the Philippines, voters will elect a new president today. They also will elect a vice president -- the country’s second highest position.One of the leading candidates for

2016-05-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The U.S. military introduced a warship on Thursday that can direct itself and be used to hunt enemy submarines.The American technology is a major upgrade in robotic warfare against

2016-05-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A documentary film about Australia’s asylum policy opened in Melbourne last Thursday. “Chasing Asylum” explores the tragedy found at detention centers that Austra