Survivors Remember Horror of Laos Dam Collapse Samled Inthavong of Attepeu Province, Laos, was trying to get his family into a boat when a building hit his house. A dam had collapsed several kilometers away and water was speeding toward Attepeu, pull...
Yosemite National Park Reopens, But Tourism Still Down Yosemite National Park reopened on Tuesday after a being closed for 20 days because of severe wildfires. The park is in the western state of California and has been suffering from some of the wor...
Turkey's Erdogan Threatens Boycott of US Goods Turkeys President threatened Tuesday to boycott U.S. electronic goods because of what he calls an economic war against Turkey by the United States. 土耳其总统周二威胁要抵制美国电子产品，...
US University Puts Electronic Assistants in All Student Housing One American university is putting electronic voice-controlled assistants in every student housing room on campus. Saint Louis University recently announced it will equip every student l...
South Africans See Rise of Anti-Immigrant Policies A new political party in South Africa wants the government to expel all foreigners. The African Basic Movement party claims that foreigners bring crime into the country. It also says they are respons...
Young Americans Are Less Wealthy Than Their Parents The cost of living in the United States is going up, notes writer Alissa Quart. As reported in the New York Post, Quart points to the costs of housing, education, health care and child care in parti...
Google Honors First Native American Woman Engineer This is Whats Trending Today The search engine Google celebrated on Thursday what would have been the 110th birthday of the first Native American woman engineer. Google honored Mary Ross with a speci...
Russia Condemns New US Sanctions as Unlawful The Russian government has criticized the United States for ordering new sanctions against Russia. The government said Thursday it has begun working on ways to answer the measures. U.S. officials say the o...
Argentina Lawmakers Reject Bill to Legalize Abortion Argentinas Senate has rejected a measure that would have legalized ending a pregnancy during the first 14 weeks for any reason. The Senate voted against the measure 38 to 31 on Thursday. The propos...
Powerful Indonesian Earthquake Sends Vacationers Fleeing More than 130 people are now confirmed dead from a powerful earthquake that hit Central Indonesia on Sunday. The numbers of dead and injured have risen since the 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck...
Kansas Teenagers Out of Governor Race The American state of Kansas held its primary election on Tuesday. Results from primaries determine which candidates will represent political parties in the general election in November. 美国堪萨斯州周二举...
A South Korean research group says Russia exported more oil to North Korea than previously reported. A new report by the Seoul-based Asan Institute for Policy Studies suggests Russia set up a secret trading system to get around United Nations economi...
Candidate Likely to Become First Muslim Female in US Congress Rashida Tlaib is one step closer to becoming the first Muslim female member of the United States Congress. With almost all ballots counted, Tlaib led all candidates for the Democratic Part...
US Restarts Restrictions on Iran The United States is taking action to pressure Iran over its nuclear program and activities across the Middle East. President Donald Trump announced economic sanctions against Iran Monday night. The measures went into...
Social Media Ban Radio Host Alex Jones for Hate Speech In the U.S. this week, a number of technology companies banned controversial radio host Alex Jones from using their services. The companies say Jones violated their policies against hate speech....
