2017-06-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

For years, farming on empty land was a big issue in one of America’s biggest cities -- Los Angeles, California.The city government refused to permit planting of crops in vaca

2017-06-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold followed Donald Trump throughout the 2016 presidential election campaign.He wrote about then-candidat

2017-06-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States Supreme Court has rejected another call to decide whether Americans have a legal right to carry guns outside their homes.The high court released rulings on a numb

2017-06-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has won the 2017 World Food Prize.The award is often called the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture.Adesina has worked

2017-06-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Congressional Budget Office says the number of uninsured people in the United States would rise to 22 million within the next ten years under the Senate health care bill.The Se

2017-06-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Everyone is talking about tennis star Serena Williams, although she has not played a match for months.Williams last played in January. She won t

2017-06-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Google says it is going to stop searching the email of its users to sell online advertisements.The technology company said on Friday that, "Consumer Gmail content will not be used

2017-06-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Rescue divers are searching for bodies after a passenger boat sank near Medellin, Colombia Sunday.The El Almirante was carrying about 150 people when it turned over in the huge Pen

2017-06-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The burned remains of a missing journalist have been found in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan.Salvador Adame was director of the local television station 6TV. He was kidn

2017-06-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The world met Harry Potter, the boy wizard, 20 years ago.J.K. Rowling’s first book about Harry and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witch

2017-06-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Native Americans are questioning the leading theory of how the first peoples in North America arrived on the continent.For years, scientists have been debating where the first Nati

2017-06-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Since that time, the U.S. military has lost lives and spent large amounts of money in an attempt to stop armed groups.The battles co

2017-06-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Computer experts said to be allied with Russia have created a weapon with the ability to cause major damage to the world’s electrical systems.Researchers have identified the

2017-06-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations reports that deaths and injuries from the conflict in Ukraine have been rising in recent months.The conflict has now entered its fourth year. Russian-supported s

2017-06-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations says amphetamines and synthetic, or man-made, drugs are a new threat to communities in Asia.UN officials have reported an increase in the production and use of s

2017-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

It is sometimes more difficult to get airplanes off the ground in extremely hot weather. But the problem is not the temperature itself or the humidity.It is the air density that ca

2017-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The new president of South Korea is working to improve relations with North Korea. American experts are watching the efforts to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex closely.South

2017-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The FIFA Confederations Cup started on June 17 and will end on July 2. It is a warm-up for next year’s World Cup in Russia.Soccer fans are

2017-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A trial of 17 journalists opened this week at a courthouse in Istanbul.The writers and media workers are accused of involvement in the failed attempt last July to overthrow Turkey&

2017-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Asian-American musical group called “The Slants” has the right to trademark its name. The word is offensive to many

2017-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The summer solstice arrives on Wednesday, June 21. It marks the longest day of the year and the first day of summer.But people north of the equa

2017-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Kristopher Larsen learned he was not an American citizen while serving time at a prison in the United States.Larsen, in his early 40s, had never thought of himself as anything othe

2017-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Last year, more people than ever were refugees or forcibly displaced from their home because of war, violence or persecution.This information comes from the United Nations’ r

2017-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….The American state of Colorado is considering a ban on smartphones for children younger than 13.A Denver-based doctor - and father - is

2017-06-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Bicyclists are racing across the United States to raise millions of dollars for charitable causes.The competition is called Race Across America. It is a yearly race that covers abo