2017-09-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Iraqi government has placed a ban on international flights to airports in the country’s Kurdish area.The flight ban is the clearest evidence of increased tensions between

2017-09-30 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

2017-09-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The storm-damaged U.S. territory of Puerto Rico continues to suffer with shortages of water, food, medicine and other supplies.Puerto Rico suffered major damage a week ago when Hur

2017-09-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Steve Scalise returned to the United States Capitol building on Thursday.Scalise, a Louisiana native, is part of the Republican Party leadership

2017-09-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Saudi Arabia is lifting its ban on women drivers.The country’s leader, King Salman, ordered the change in a decree.State media said the decree ordered the creation of a group

2017-09-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The technology industry believes it is a force for good -- one that connects the world and helps information flow freely. But the industry is being watched following reports that p

2017-09-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.If you have an account with Google and have added your birthday to your profile, you will get a greeting from the internet company on your speci

2017-09-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani claimed victory in the referendum vote for independence and called for a "dialogue" with the Iraqi government.In a televised address, Barzani sa

2017-09-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network follows a law requiring the use of Russian servers to store personal data of Russians.The threat was made b

2017-09-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The weather in the Northern Hemisphere may be getting cooler, but there is still time left to enjoy frozen desserts typical of summer.One of the

2017-09-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

More than 100 young women have returned to school for the first time in three years.The young women were schoolgirls in the Nigerian town of Chibok when they kidnapped in 2014. The

2017-09-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently began investigating three companies under the state-owned gas and oil group PetroVietnam. The companies may have tried to divert

2017-09-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.People in the United States have been talking about Colin Kaepernick for over a year.If you have not been following American football, here is h

2017-09-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Poland, like many European countries, has been targeted by Russian propagandists with disinformation campaigns. Experts say the effort is aimed at the country's political discussi

2017-09-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When she woke up one morning in February, Catherine Kagendo saw one of her cows on the ground.“It was lying on its side … and was breathing heavily,” she said.Ka

2017-09-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa officially opened its doors on Friday.The new museum itself is a work of art. It is a century old grain silo on the historic waterfront

2017-09-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia has unveiled a monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of one of the most famous firearms in the world.The 7.5-meter tall statue features Kalashnikov holding his famous rif

2017-09-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A growing number of police departments in the United States now have drones and are exploring different ways to use them.A recent study found that drone ownership by local police a

2017-09-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Pakistan has promised to continue working with the United States in fighting terrorism and ending unrest in Afghanistan.But Pakistani officials say “any political or military

2017-09-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Over 200 people gathered recently on a hot day at a shrine in downtown Tokyo.Many in the crowd were older adults. Some chewed gum and lifted dumbbells. The weight lifting was meant

2017-09-23 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

2017-09-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya people have been forced out of western Myanmar in what the United Nations is comparing to “ethnic cleansing.”Officials of Myanm

2017-09-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Emoji have become a worldwide language for mobile phone messages. Emoji are everywhere -- displayed in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, an

2017-09-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The earthquake that struck near Mexico City Tuesday came exactly 32 years after an 8.0 magnitude quake hit the area.The 1985 earthquake killed nearly 10,000 people.Mexican official

2017-09-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The highest court in Iraq has approved a request by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to suspend an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan.The area planned to hold the referendum