2016-09-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The self-declared republic of Somaliland is exporting millions of sheep and goats to Saudi Arabia for use as sacrificial offerings.These offerings are very important for the millio

2016-09-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...The 2016 Rio Olympics are over and the Paralympics are just beginning.But in between, a much different kind of international sporting event took pl

2016-09-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

English has many patterns. Learning and mastering these patterns can help you improve your writing and speaking skills. They can also help you do better on your next grammar test!

2016-09-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Over the past 25 years, women have made a lot of progress in getting jobs that have traditionally been held by men.But computer science is one area that has seen a drop in female w

2016-09-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...Rio de Janeiro is home for the next 11 days to thousands of athletes competing in the 2016 Paralympic Games. The Paralympics are an international s

2016-09-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Laos Monday for a three-day visit to the Southeast Asian country.His visit shows how far Laos has stepped out of the shadows of its larger, i

2016-09-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Election officials in the United States are working to stop threats to the election system from cyber attackers.And Democrats in Congress are calling on the Federal Bureau of Inves

2016-09-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today.A running website recently published a video of a high school race in the United States.The site, FloTrack, is known for reporting on competitive run

2016-09-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Donald Trump is making America's immigration policy the top issue of his presidential campaign.At a speech on Wednesday, Trump said illegal immigrants are responsible for many vio

2016-09-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

More than 300 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are at risk of life-threatening diseases such as cholera and typhoid.The reason: Pollution of water in rivers and lak

2016-09-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Islamic State (IS) fighters are being forced from cities and towns across Iraq and Syria.But as IS forces withdraw, they increasingly leave behind death and destruction. They have

2016-09-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Islamic State forces have often used images of child soldiers as a propaganda tool.One of the latest examples was a video released last week. It showed five children appearing to e

2016-09-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Muslim militants tried to create areas governed by Islamic law long before the Islamic State group began its campaign in the Middle East.Some groups supported attacks on government

2016-09-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

After a two-year investigation, the European Union (EU) says the American company Apple must pay over $14 billion in back taxes to Ireland.The EU's competition commissioner said t

2016-09-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Researchers are excited about the discovery of what they think is a new species of flying dinosaur that was about the size of a cat.The partial remains of the small dinosaur were d

2016-09-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the largest state in terms of land area: Alaska.Alaska is home to more national parks than any other state. It is also home to

2016-09-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People in parts of Africa witnessed a “ring of fire” in the sky Thursday, created by the moon passing between the Earth and the sun.The solar event is called an annular

2016-09-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….American Bill Nye is a science educator, actor and writer.Nye is probably best known as the presenter and star of “Bill Nye the Sc

2016-09-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met Pope Francis at the Vatican Monday and gave him a high-tech gift -- a drone.However, it was not a working drone. His gift was a model of the ai

2016-09-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Lightning is being blamed for the deaths of 323 wild reindeer in central Norway.The lightning storm took place in a small area of the Hardangervidda mountain plateau last Friday. E

2016-09-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today....Researchers at a university in Hungary say there is truth to what many dog owners always believed.Dogs do understand what humans say.The rese

2016-09-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Communities in southern Kenya are slowly changing practices connected to the traditional ideas of passage from girl to woman.Alternative rites of passage, or ARPs, are growing in p

2016-09-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many young Americans have a large amount of debt even before they begin working. Millennials -- people between 18 and 35 -- are worried about paying their student loans, so many of

2016-09-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Explorers have found a ship that is over 200 years old at the bottom Lake Ontario.This is the second-oldest, confirmed shipwreck in the Great Lakes area between the U.S. and Canada

2016-09-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Swedish-based manufacturer Volvo says one of its trucks has broken two world speed records.The truck reached a top speed of 276 kilometers an hour during recent tests. The Chin