AS IT IS 2016-10-08 A Public Referendum: Not Always the 'Last Word' Many countries use a public referendum to decide major policy questions. But the results of several recent referenda have been anything but clear and simple. Governments usually call...
AS IT IS 2016-10-07 Reporters Chinatown Story Criticized 记者批评唐人街的故事 This is Whats Trending Today: People in the United States are concerned that a report on a recent episode of the conservative talk show The OReilly Factor represe...
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 美国各地纪念911恐怖袭击15周年 This is What's Trending Today. Sunday is September 11. It is the 15th anniversary of the day thousands of people were killed in a terrorist attack in the United States. Early that m...
鹿死谁手? 美国总统大选进入冲刺阶段 The U.S. Presidential election is getting closer. The latest average of major polls shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 3.3 percentage points, according to RealClearPoli...
世界游牧民族运动会风靡全球 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 place in Central Asia. Instead...
美国青年参军热潮 Many countries require young men to serve in the armed forces. But in the United States, military service is voluntary. And joining the U.S. military is not an easy process. Staff Sergeant Terrelle Thomas joined the Air Force...
Foreign Diplomats and U.S. Officials Clean a Florida Beach 外交官在佛罗里达海滩捡垃圾 Last Friday was an unusual day for several diplomats in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Department of State gathered consular officers from Africa,...
How Much Medical Information Must Presidential Candidates Release? 美国总统候选人应透露多少病史? Recent stories about American presidential candidates have raised questions about how much candidates should say about their medical histor...
After Death, Some Choose to Continue Their Online Lives 撒手人寰后 社交账号该怎么办? What happens to our images on social media or the internet after we die? Evan Carroll is someone who thinks a lot about this question. Carroll co-wrote...
North Korea Faces Condemnation Over Fifth Nuclear Test 朝鲜第五次进行核试验 恐面临国际制裁 The United States and its allies are reacting to North Korea's latest nuclear test. The test, carried out on September 9th, was the country's...
AS IT IS 2016-10-11 US Presidential Debate Most-Tweeted Ever 周日美国总统候选人辩论史上最火爆 Sunday's U.S. Presidential debate was the most-tweeted debate in Twitter's ten-year history, the social network said. 社交网络报道，周...
A Fish That 'Sings' Love Songs? 是一种唱情歌的鱼？ This is the sound of a fish singing: 这是鱼唱歌的声音：嗯。。。 It is a male fish a plainfin midshipman, to be exact from the Pacific Ocean.He is singing, or humming, a love son...
AS IT IS 2016-10-07 Migration Out of the Middle East Shows No Signs of Slowing 中东难民逃离潮趋势仍未放缓 Recent conflicts in the Middle East are responsible for the worst global refugee crisis in 70 years. Data from the United Nations s...
AS IT IS 2016-10-07 Colorado Voters to Decide on Health Care System 科罗拉多州将公投决定医疗制度 Voters in the western state of Colorado will decide next month if they want their state to have a single-payer health care system. Under su...
AS IT IS 2016-10-07 Plane Evacuated Because of Smoking Samsung Phone 三星手机自燃，航班乘客紧急疏散 A plane was evacuated Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky, after a passenger reported smoke coming from a Samsung smartphone. 周三，一名...
