Catherine Russell is the newly appointed chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 凯瑟琳拉塞尔是联合国儿童基金会的新一任执行主任。 She said on February 25 that the Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are showing a comm...
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met on Monday near the Ukraine-Belarus border. The meeting came as Ukrainian forces have slowed Russian advances while defending their capital and other cities. The meeting also came a day after Russia put its nucl...
A Battle for Women's Rights in Kuwait Kuwaiti officials recently canceled a yoga trip for women advertised by a teacher of the exercise form. Lawmakers and Muslim leaders were upset over the danger of women doing yoga exercises. The incident this mon...
Dry Conditions, Poisons Killing Chiles Bees The South American nation of Chile has been experiencing a severe drought for the last 13 years. This extreme lack of water has led to fewer flowers and, as a result, fewer honeybees. Poisonous chemicals us...
Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State (IS) and home to about 300,000 people, is now free. 拥有30万人口的伊斯兰国前首都拉卡市现在已经得到解放。 Yet many of its people want to leave. Those with property are trying to s...
Tribe in California Struggles with Missing Women Emmilee Risling had been behaving strangely for months. The 33-year-old Native American woman had been seen getting car rides with strangers and walking without clothes through Native areas along North...
Beekeepers Turn to Technology to Prevent Hive Theft Rising beehive thefts in the United States have led beekeepers to use different kinds of technology to protect their property. Beekeepers in California are preparing for one of the largest pollinati...
Abolitionist Newspaper Returns 200 Years after Its Launch The first abolitionist newspaper in the United States is returning to publication more than 200 years after its launch in 1820. The new version of the anti-slavery publication The Emancipator...
The U.S. government says a sale of wind energy development rights off the East Coast has received record-setting offers. 美国政府表示，东海岸风能开发权拍卖已经收到了创纪录的报价。 The auction sale began February 23. Energ...
Russia launched an attack by air, land and sea from several directions against neighboring Ukraine Thursday. 俄罗斯周四从多个方向对邻国乌克兰发动了海陆空袭击。 Explosions and gunfire were heard throughout the country includin...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Affects Worldwide Economy There was so much oil in April 2020 that the price of a barrel of oil in the American state of Texas fell below $0 for a short time. Sellers had to pay buyers to take it. Less than two years later, th...
Worlds Largest Igloo Cafe Brings Visitors to Indian Kashmir The world's largest igloo restaurant can be found in northern India in the Jammu and Kashmir area. An igloo is a shelter that is usually round and is made of snow and ice. But the caf will n...
Thai Government Explains Official Name Change for Bangkok Thailand's government recently provided new guidance on how the official name of the capital, Bangkok, would be used internationally. The guidance, however, caused some confusion. Some people...
UN: Wildfires Getting Worse, Nations Unprepared A new United Nations report says a warming planet and changes to land use suggest an increase in wildfires around the world in coming years. The report says these wildfires will cause an increase in smo...
Russia and Ukraine are both recalling their citizens as tensions between the countries intensify. 随着两国之间的紧张局势加剧，俄罗斯和乌克兰都开始召回本国公民。 Russia has withdrawn diplomatic workers from its embassy i...
