2016-08-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A bus powered by the sun’s energy has made its public debut.Kiira Motors Corporation demonstrated the new electric bus recently at a sports center in the Ugandan capital, Kam

2016-08-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An international free trade agreement has become an important issue in the American presidential election.The agreement appears to be a big issue in what political watchers conside

2016-08-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:The American singer and songwriter Matisyahu is from New York City.On a recent trip to Hawaii for a show, he found a street musician who was sin

2016-08-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…The photo-sharing application Instagram is urging users to post more photos and videos, more often. Users will soon be able to create Ins

2016-08-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Gold Star families have been in the news a lot in the United States over the past week. But not all Americans know the term, which is important to military families.Gold Star famil

2016-08-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The American state of Texas joined eight other states this week in giving individuals a right to bring guns to college classrooms.The Texas law gives people 21 and older permission

2016-08-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

New security measures became law this week in Malaysia.Critics say the measures give Prime Minister Najib Razak far-reaching emergency powers. They fear the new security law could

2016-08-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land

2016-08-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today:A rare flower, called the titan arum, is about to blossom at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Unlike most flowers though, it is very smelly.Some people say t

2016-08-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Voters in Tokyo have elected the city’s first female governor.Sixty-four-year-old Yuriko Koike received the most votes in local elections on Sunday. Koike was elected to a fo

2016-08-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An American skydiver has survived a 7,600-meter jump from an airplane, although he did not use a parachute.Luke Aikins dropped into a huge safety net on Saturday after falling for

2016-08-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Nabaz carefully poured red wine into a glass, then another glass. He set the bottle down and looked at the small group of people he had never met.Then, he offered them his wine.Thi

2016-08-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Immigration and border security are two major issues in the United States’ presidential election campaign.The candidates of the two main parties have voiced different ideas a

2016-07-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Filmmaker John Rowe discovered a secret after many visits to the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia: people there thought some children were “cursed.”Villagers blamed the chi

2016-07-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today on our national parks journey, we head to the far western part of Texas. The landscape here is severe. The Chisos Mountains rise from the desert. The Rio Grande River cuts de

2016-07-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization says the first half of this year has been the hottest in recorded history.Scientists say that shows temperatures are ris

2016-07-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

As large mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo are eliminating jobs, government officials are expanding the role of small miners. Officials are permitting member-own

2016-07-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Vietnam’s Prime Minister says his country has learned “serious lessons” from mass fish kills in four coastal provinces.Large numbers of dead fish and other sea cr

2016-07-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:Do you remember the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014?Just in case you do not, here is a little history.Two years ago, some people dared friends to p

2016-07-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey has approved orders to arrest more reporters suspected of ties to a Muslim clergyman living in the United States.Turkish officials claim the religious leader plotted the att

2016-07-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The conservation group Save the Elephants says Vietnam has become one of the world’s biggest illegal ivory markets. It also says that 75 percent of ivory buyers in Vietnam co

2016-07-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Health officials, experts, advocates, researchers and many others gathered in South Africa last week for the 2016 International AIDS Conference.AIDS is short for Acquired Immune De

2016-07-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today….Monday was the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Democratic Party is set to officia

2016-07-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A shooting in the American state of Florida has left two young men dead. The shooting took place early Monday outside a nightclub in the city of Fort Myers. The club was holding a

2016-07-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The International Olympic Committee, known as the IOC, will not ban all Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August.The World Anti-Doping Agency, also known as