2018-03-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some African schools are adding programs that teach what officials are calling "soft skills" to students.Soft skills are personal qualities that help a person relate effectively to

2018-03-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism this week after it barred female students from wearing full-face veils.University officials say the veils were banned because

2018-03-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today.China is making plans to create a large protected space for one of its most famous creatures: the giant panda.The planned Giant Panda National Park w

2018-03-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

New weather information shows the Arctic just had its warmest winter on record.The same information also shows that sea ice hit record lows for this time of year. That means there

2018-03-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This year's top award in architecture goes to Balkrishna Doshi. This is the first time an Indian has won in the 40-year history of the award, known as the Pritzker Prize. Some com

2018-03-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...Video of an orangutan smoking a cigarette at an Indonesian zoo has gone viral. The footage led to renewed criticism of the zoo, which has been accu

2018-03-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A South Korean official says North Korea has suggested there was no need to keep its nuclear program if military threats against the country are removed.He added that North Korea e

2018-03-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Aid efforts for an area of Damascus that is under siege recently had to be cut short when Syrian government forces began bombing the area.A local council reported that the incident

2018-03-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An American aircraft carrier has arrived at a Vietnamese port for the first time since the Vietnam War.The USS Carl Vinson arrived Monday in the central city of Danang and will rem

2018-03-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Special envoys for South Korean President Moon Jae-in reportedly met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Monday.Moon's office said the envoys were to meet with North Korean offic

2018-03-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new study says more than 100,000 malaria cases went untreated in Liberia during the height of the Ebola crisis. The deadly virus spread in West Africa for two years beginning in

2018-03-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American veteran Jeff Harris was one of the first people to ask for acupuncture when veteran's hospital in Providence, Rhode Island began to offer it."I don't like taking pain me

2018-03-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the president of Benin not long after he promised to return artifacts taken from Africa during colonial times.Macron will meet with

2018-03-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When refugees arrive in a new country, they bring few possessions. But many bring something more valuable: their skills.Recently, twenty refugee women and asylum seekers met at a p

2018-03-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Until recently, scientists had trouble identifying what was causing large numbers of fish to disappear from the high seas.Now they have an answer: human beings.By using emergency s

2018-03-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Cambodia is criticizing the United States government for deciding to cut the amount of aid it gives the country.The Trump administration said in a statement Tuesday it was stopping

2018-03-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An unpublished United Nations report says that North Korea sent materials that could be used in chemical weapons to Syria and missile technology to Myanmar.Both exchanges, if true,

2018-03-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today....Thousands of mourning fans paid their respects Wednesday to one of Bollywood's biggest stars, Sridevi Kapoor.The actress drowned in a hotel batht

2018-02-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Norway has announced it will spend 100 million Norwegian crowns, or $13 million, to make improvements to a special seed vault in the Arctic.The Norwegian government built the Svalb

2018-02-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American John Peck lost his arms and legs in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2010. But unlike others who suffer such a loss, Peck does not have prosthetic arms.Doctors instead perfo

2018-02-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A South Korean company has discovered oil in the South China Sea, an area claimed by six governments.SK Innovation Co. announced last week that it had found crude oil in a Chinese

2018-02-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a five-day trip to Northern and Western Africa.The trip will take him to four countries: Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali.His vis

2018-02-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers. It also started a wave of protests among you

2018-02-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A white nationalist is taking Twitter to court for banning his account with the social networking service.The case comes at the same time when social networks are trying to stop ha

2018-02-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

While many Indonesians watch for possible changes in the nation's criminal code, Indonesia's House of Representatives has quietly passed changes to another law.The legislation is