2017-11-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In Somalia this past September, Turkey opened its first military base on the African continent. Over the past ten years, Turkey has expanded its presence in Africa, establishing 36

2017-11-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

00:00:02 OPRAH WINFREY: "Hattie Mae, this child is gifted," and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.00:00:08 ROGER BANNISTER: If you have the opportunity, not a perfec

2017-11-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

To make room for agriculture, trees and other plants are often cleared away so that farmers have space to grow crops.The clearing of forests forces many animals from their homes. T

2017-11-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Actor Kevin Spacey is facing more career problems as the number of accusations of sexual wrongdoing against him increase.Friday, a major movie company said it planned to replace th

2017-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

There are plenty of ways to see a city. Visits to historic homes, famous statues, and even ghost tours under the night sky are just a few.But maybe only Columbus, Ohio, has tours d

2017-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American Tim Freriks remembers visiting the world famous Grand Canyon as a child.He recalls looking up from the very bottom of the Grand Canyon at the huge walls of rock hundreds o

2017-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Social media services Twitter and Snapchat announced this week they are taking on new looks. Both services have far fewer users than Face

2017-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Mexico City has made changes to its emergency announcement service known as 911 CDMX.The service now sends messages to people’s smartphones warning them of earthquakes.The ch

2017-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending today…The United States is now alone in the world in its rejection of the Paris climate agreement.Syria announced it would sign that agreement

2017-11-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many famous people and a top United States official are among those on a list of people shown to have money in foreign banks to avoid taxes.The financial documents have been called

2017-11-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A gunman in Texas shot and killed 26 people in a church in the small community of Southerland Springs, Texas on Sunday. At least 20 people were injured in the shooting.Victims incl

2017-11-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Vietnam’s technology startups face a complex question: Now what?The country did not ignore the startup trend of the 21st century. But in the trend’s early days, Vietnam

2017-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Millions of people worldwide have been reported missing.Many of them went missing as a result of armed conflicts, such as the war in Syria, or in other places of violence.Large num

2017-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Travel industry leaders say African tourism is moving away from traditional safaris and group tours and closer to the idea of "experiences."Internet-based home-sharing service Airb

2017-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

November 5 is United Nations Tsunami Awareness Day.Tsunami is a Japanese word for a long, destructive ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake.The goal of the observance is to l

2017-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The downfall of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been quick and decisive.The increasing spread of the so-called “Harvey Effect” has been quick, as well.It started in

2017-11-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

00:00:02 OPRAH WINFREY: "Hattie Mae, this child is gifted," and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.00:00:08 ROGER BANNISTER: If you have the opportunity, not a perfec

2017-11-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has produced a film documentary about refugees around the world.He filmed a total of 40 refugee camps in 23 countries. The documentary tells a

2017-11-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…The Houston Astros baseball team won the World Series Wednesday night. It beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in the final game of the serie

2017-11-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Brazil is famous for its beaches, bikinis, and parties. But an increasing conservative movement is challenging the idea of Brazil as a country that has relaxed ideas about everythi

2017-11-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Police have confirmed that the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight and injuring 12 in New York City carried out the attack in the name of the Islamic State terror group.&ldquo

2017-11-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Saudi Arabia has announced it will sell shares of its planned $500-billion mega-city on financial markets. The city, called NEOM, is a 26,500-square-kilometer zone that will stretc

2017-11-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

India has begun using a new trade route to Afghanistan.India sent its first shipment of wheat to Afghanistan by way of the Iranian port of Chabahar. The shipment will not pass thro

2017-11-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Here's What's Trending Today...Martin Luther and his 95 Theses were trending on Google Tuesday.It is a strange place to find Luther, who lived 500 years ago in what is now German

2017-10-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

United States officials have announced the first charges resulting from an investigation of Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election last year.A federal grand ju