2018-01-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Syria and Russia say the United States has lied about chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian conflict as a way of blocking efforts to end the fighting.A Syrian foreign ministry sou

2018-01-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Sumaya Bairuty is a 38-year-old English teacher who lives in the city of city of Homs, Syria.Each week, she passes destroyed buildings and huge sand barriers as she goes to visit h

2018-01-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkish forces have intensified an offensive against Kurdish militia targets in northwestern Syria.The operation is aimed at removing the People's Protection Units, or YPG, from A

2018-01-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Brazilian police claim the United States is the largest supplier of guns that end up in the hands of Brazil's armed criminals and drug dealers.Brazilian Federal Police released a

2018-01-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Traffic accidents that result in deaths are individual tragedies that also hurt a country's economy.A new report from the World Bank says these deaths are a barrier to economic gr

2018-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The city of Cape Town, South Africa has announced new water restrictions as officials warn the water supply could run dry in three months.The order – to take effect February

2018-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two giant pandas arrived in Finland Thursday. They are a gift from China to mark the small European nation's 100 years of independence.The two are a four-year-old male panda, name

2018-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new market will open on the border of Cambodia and Vietnam next year.Construction of the market began this week in Tbong Khmum province. A Cambodia commerce ministry official sai

2018-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

War can be deadly for wildlife, too. A new study reports that war is the biggest threat to Africa's elephants, rhinoceroses, and other animals.Researchers examined how years of co

2018-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...Google's Arts and Culture App has been available since 2016.But this past weekend, the app went viral.Its popularity rose after the company launch

2018-01-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North and South Korea have agreed to march together in the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Negotiators for the North and South announced the deal Wednesday afte

2018-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey's president has called on the country's defense allies to take a stance against an American plan for a Kurdish-led border security force in Syria.President Recep Tayyip Er

2018-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Car manufacturers are wasting no time preparing for the day when Saudi Arabian women will be permitted to drive.The first car show just for women was recently held at a shopping ce

2018-01-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

"Maya" is a plump, smiling child less than two years old. Her parents are dead and she might never learn about them.Maya is not her real name. Her mother and father were suicide bo

2018-01-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new study shows that patients in African hospitals are two times as likely to die after doctors operate as the average death rate worldwide.More than 30 African researchers worke

2018-01-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

China and five Southeast Asian countries have set goals for developing the Mekong River area, but experts wonder if the group can succeed.Leaders of the five countries met with Chi

2018-01-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

For many years, Indonesians have talked and dreamed of moving their capital.Jakarta, on the island of Java, became the capital when Indonesia declared its independence from the Net

2018-01-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Archaeologists in Israel have recovered a seal impression that they say confirms the existence of Jerusalem governors identified in ancient religious writings.The researchers say t

2018-01-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Philippines and Indonesia are working together to stop supporters of the Islamic State terror group from entering the Philippines.Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi rece

2018-01-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...YouTube says it has punished an American blogger over a video that appeared to show the body of a suicide victim.The blogger, Logan Paul, took the

2018-01-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is what's trending today...Activists are denouncing French film star Catherine Deneuve and other women for an open letter they published this week in the newspaper Le Monde.T

2018-01-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North and South Korea have held their first talks in more than two years.North and South Korean officials met Tuesday in the border village of Panmunjom. They agreed to hold milita

2018-01-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today....Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist.His research led to greater understanding of the makeup of human DNA. In 1968, he received th

2018-01-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The president of Iran says recent anti-government protests were not only about the economy but also the country's political leadership and issues of individual freedoms.President

2018-01-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two people were injured in a brief early-morning fire at Trump Tower in New York City.The New York Fire Department said Monday the fire was near the top of the tower. Smoke could b