Fear Drives African Gays to Seek Asylum in US BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Homosexuality is a crime in 38 African countries and new laws in Nigeria and Uganda have increased potential punishments for engaging in gay sex. These strictures have driven some gay...
US Non-confrontational Approach in Venezuela Means Less Media Coverage 美国对于委内瑞拉非对抗性策略造成更少的媒体报道 WASHINGTON Outside of Latin America the anti-government street protests in Venezuela have been receiving rela...
High Frequency Traders Under Scrutiny 美司法部调查高频交易 The U. S. Justice Department is investigating the relationship between high frequency trading firms and major exchanges -- and regulators in Washington and the state of New York are...
Complications Cloud Russia's Ukraine Ambitions 俄罗斯对乌克兰的野心满布疑云 LONDON Pro-Russian protests in several eastern Ukraine cities over the weekend, including the takeover of a government building in one city, have heightened con...
Over 76 Million Older People Lack Vital Care 7600多万老年人无法获得医疗帮助 Monday, April 7th, is World Health Day. An NGO is using the occasion to warn that 76-million older people around the world are being excluded from vital health c...
Remote South Africa Village Gets Electricity for First Time -- in 2014 南非偏远村庄终于通电 GWAKWANI, SOUTH AFRICA South Africa is the African continent's most advanced nation -- yet an estimated 3 million of its residents live without elec...
Afghan Vote Deemed Success, Results Uncertain KABUL kabul Afghanistan's presidential vote is being hailed as a success, with seven million voters braving Taliban threats to go to the polls. But Afghans say the true success of the election lies with t...
US Hails Afghan Elections 美国对阿富汗大选表示欢迎 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are hailing Saturdays elections in Afghanistan, which are expected to produce the count...
Somaliland Hails British Step Forward in Independence Bid LONDON A city in Britain has become the first to officially recognize Somalilands claim to independence. The vote -- which is purely symbolic and carries no legal weight -- is nevertheless bei...
Drivers of US Vehicles at Risk, Says Auto Safety Group WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers demand to know why it took U.S. automaker General Motors more than 10 years to replace a safety defect, an auto safety group says the delay exposes a major flaw in th...
Vehicles May Soon Be Talking to Each Other 汽车或许很快就能相互交流 WASHINGTON U.S. regulators are close to approving new standards for enabling vehicles to communicate with each other, hoping the new technology will reduce traffic accide...
Carter Center Marks Progress in Fight Against Guinea Worm, River Blindness CHICAGO Guinea worm disease and river blindness are among 17 tropical diseases the World Health Organization considers neglected. Thanks to the efforts of the Atlanta-based Ca...
US: USAID-Backed Social Media Network in Cuba Was Not Secret 美国称对古巴社交网站的支持不是秘密 WASHINGTON The White House says a social media communications network created by the U.S. government in Cuba was a development program, n...
Earthquakes Remind Californians to Prepare for Disasters 地震提醒加州人预备应对灾难 A series of moderate earthquakes that rocked Los Angeles recently have reminded residents to be ready for a disaster. Safety experts say every household...
Number of Families Seeking Shelter in DC Rises Sharply The number of homeless families in the Washington, D.C. shelter system more than doubled this past winter - well beyond earlier expectations of a 10-percent increase. The rise, which many conside...
