2017-03-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Fast-moving water spilled onto streets and into homes on Thursday during intense rainstorms in Lima, Peru’s capital.The heavy rains killed at least 12 people in Peru, the Ass

2017-03-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

President Donald Trump Thursday offered his first budget, calling for big increases on military spending and large cuts in foreign aid and other domestic programs.In his budget mes

2017-03-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Hawaii was the 50th state added to the United States. It joined the U.S. in 1959.Before that, it was a U.S. territory.Hawaii is in the middle of

2017-03-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A valuable musical instrument was played recently in its first public performance since being rediscovered in 2015.The instrument, a Stradivarius violin, had been stolen and was mi

2017-03-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States has announced charges against four people suspected of stealing information from at least 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014.The four are accused of targetin

2017-03-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Investigators in Somalia continue to find and remove bodies from large group burial places in the northwestern area of Somaliland. They are gathering evidence to present in court s

2017-03-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye moved out of the presidential home over the weekend.She returned to her private home in the Gang

2017-03-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Criminals have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.Pirates hijacked the large ship called the Aris 13 on Monday.The hijacking surprised the global s

2017-03-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that employers can ban some religious symbols, including headscarves, in the workplace.The European Court of Justice, however, sa

2017-03-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…March 14 is known around the world as “Pi Day.”“Pi” is something you may remember from math class. It is the numb

2017-03-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North Korea has been developing missiles and expanding its nuclear program for many years. But recently, North Korea has greatly increased production and testing of weapons, leadin

2017-03-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the ancient world, the East and West may have been linked by nomads. These were people who traveled with their herd animals in search of good feeding grounds.That is the finding

2017-03-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey protested the Netherlands' refusal to allow its officials to enter the country as tensions grew between the two European Union nations.On Saturday, the Netherlands Prime Mi

2017-03-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Do you remember Boaty McBoatface?That was the name selected for a new British research ship in an online vote last April. Britain’s

2017-03-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Fifteen years ago, Glenn Spencer left his home in California for a reason: “to help secure the border” between the United States and Mexico.Spencer now lives on a ranch

2017-03-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Late last year, the United Nations promised to strengthen its fight against the spread of the deadly cholera disease. U.N. peacekeeping troops unknowingly brought the disease to Ha

2017-03-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Technology activists are appealing to tech companies and their leaders to build a future in which the effect of machinery on humans is lessened.Some workers have long feared that m

2017-03-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People sell goods and food on the streets of many American cities, often without permits. Many of these sellers are immigrants, and some are in the United States without government

2017-03-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Bolivians have a new law that nearly doubles the amount of land where coca plants can be legally grown.President Evo Morales signed the measure into law on Wednesday. “We wan

2017-03-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Mexican government says it is spending $50 million to increase legal aid to migrants who fear the U.S. will send them back to Mexico. The new effort is a response to President

2017-03-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A study released this week shows corruption remains a big issue in East Asia.The group Transparency International spoke with more than 20,000 people about their recent experiences

2017-03-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new school in Uruguay is teaching about environmental sustainability and practicing what it teaches.The school in the small town of Jaureguiberry was built with recycled material

2017-03-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The social networking website Twitter has put new measures in place to try to stop users from being harassed or from seeing things that offend them.Some free-speech activists are w

2017-03-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Schoolchildren across the United States have been taking part in local and state spelling competitions. These competitions are called spe

2017-03-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A young man appeared in a YouTube video claiming to be the son of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader.In the video, the man says in English, “My name