Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending August 2 Were revealing the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending August 2, 2014. We do have one song ruling the Hot 100, but we have four others to cover, as well. Let...
How WWI Changed the Map of Europe 第一次世界大战如何改变欧洲版图 A century ago at the beginning of the First World War, the maps of Europe, Asia and Africa looked much different than they do today. Historians say many of the border cha...
Chaotic Afghan Vote Recount Threatens Nations Future 阿富汗选举乱局威胁该国前途 WASHINGTON United Nations and Afghan officials say they will restart Saturday the auditing of votes cast in the countrys runoff presidential election. The mo...
Thailand Makes Efforts to Improve Conditions for Migrant Laborers BANGKOK Seven-year-old Nan Kung from Battambang, Cambodia, need at least a rudimentary education. In a makeshift classroom at a Bangkok construction site, she tells visitors she likes...
FAO: South Sudan Food Insecurity Deepens 粮农组织称南苏丹粮食危机加深 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says it has less than half the funding it needs to help ensure food security in parts of South Sudan. The agency wants to s...
Poverty Helps Fuel Ebola Outbreak, Experts Say 专家称贫困是埃博拉疫情猖獗的原因之一 Ebola spreads through contact with the blood and fluids of infected people. But experts say the outbreak is also being fueled by poverty and poor go...
Cluster Munitions Treaty Hits Four-Year Mark 禁止集束炸弹条约四周年 August 1 is the fourth anniversary of the treaty banning cluster bombs. Supporters say stockpiles of the weapons are being destroyed in record numbers. However, they say t...
Philadelphia Laundry Succeeds by Being Green When Gabriel Mandujano opened Wash Cycle Laundry in Philadelphia four years ago, the 26-year-old social innovator had three goals in mind: making a profit, developing community and staying green. Four year...
Information War Rages Alongside Real One in Ukraine 信息战争肆虐与真正的乌克兰 KYIV The downing of the Malaysian airliner two weeks ago, and allegations that Russians are shelling Ukrainian troops across the border, have moved the inform...
