2016-12-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Haitian officials say businessman Jovenel Moise has won the country's second presidential election in two years.Moise easily defeated 26 other candidates in the November 20 electi

2016-12-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Islamic State terror group has called a man who attacked people with a car and a knife at Ohio State University a "soldier of the caliphate.”The group made the statement

2016-12-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Vietnam is extending a military runway on a small island in the South China Sea, according to an American-based research group.The Center for Strategic and International Studies (C

2016-11-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…President Barack Obama and his family will celebrate their eighth and final Christmas in the White House next month.On Tuesday, White Hou

2016-11-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Thailand’s parliament has officially invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to become the country’s next king.The parliament acted after Thailand’s cabinet named the

2016-11-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

President-elect Donald Trump says people who burn the American flag should be punished.He suggested that punishment could be up to a year in prison or a loss of citizenship.But it

2016-11-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Recent withdrawals from the International Criminal Court have raised questions about the court’s future.Russia announced its withdrawal in the middle of November. Earlier, th

2016-11-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

During his life, Fidel Castro blamed Cuba’s economic problems on the United States and its restrictions on trade with Cuba.Now, after Castro’s death, many people are wo

2016-11-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some Cuban-Americans believe the death of Fidel Castro means human rights abuses in Cuba will end. Jose Sanchez is one of them.“We had a bad dictator that had Cuba under oppr

2016-11-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today...President-elect Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had their last debate before the presidential election on October 1

2016-11-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The parts of a traditional piano have changed very little for hundreds of years.The keys are black and white in color, just like when classical musical greats like Wolfgang Amadeus

2016-11-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Three large machines called turbines produce electricity at the Buck Combined Cycle Station in central North Carolina, near the town of Salisbury.Tall chimneys that once released s

2016-11-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Social media use has risen sharply in Cameroon, as have the government’s efforts to control it.Our story begins at a church in Limbe, in southwestern Cameroon. These church m

2016-11-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have been displaced from their homes because of continuing violence in the country.They face severe hardship as the country’s harsh winter ap

2016-11-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Iraqi government campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State, or IS, militants has resulted in major damage to nearby towns and villages.But the fighting has not stopped sales

2016-11-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States is made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia and 16 territories. Five of these territories are permanently inhabited.They are the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

2016-11-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Calls for a recount of ballots in the American presidential election grew louder this week as Hillary Clinton increased her lead in the popular vote.News media say Clinton, the can

2016-11-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This week in our travels through America’s national parks, we revisit the state of Alaska. The northernmost state is home to eight major national parks.Today, we visit one of

2016-11-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The top appeals court in Egypt overturned life sentences against former Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi and officials of the Muslim Brotherhood.The court cancelled the second of

2016-11-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The election may be over, but for President-elect Donald Trump, the work is just beginning.The president-elect’s transition team now needs to choose who will work in his admi

2016-11-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Japanese troops arrived in South Sudan this week to join a United Nations peacekeeping force.The troops are replacing a group of Japanese peacekeepers who served in the U.N. Missio

2016-11-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new study finds that the natural death of a dictator does not usually lead to a change in a county’s governmental system. In other words, remaining leaders are unlikely to

2016-11-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

“Post-Truth” is Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year.The Oxford Dictionaries website told readers post-truth could be “one of the defining words of our tim

2016-11-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The American Thanksgiving holiday is on Thursday. Many people will gather with family members for a big meal. It is a time to celebrate family,

2016-11-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending…American Vice President-elect Mike Pence saw the Broadway show “Hamilton” in New York City over the weekend.The play tells the stor