US Inspectors General Audit Government Business to Ensure Efficiency WASHINGTON The U.S. government has a system in place that oversees department and agency actions, and also watches over private sector companies that are contracted to the governmen...
Philippine-Americans Help Typhoon Victims LOS ANGELES Philippine-Americans around the United States are collecting disaster relief for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which has displaced more than 650,000 people in the Philippines. In Southern California,...
Muslim Artists Perform to Break Stereotypes 穆斯林艺术家的表演打破成见 LOS ANGELES For decades, Arab actors have been successful in Hollywood. Among the most successful are Omar Sharif, Tony Shalhoub, and F. Murray Abraham; the latter wo...
Russian Delegation to Visit Egypt 俄罗斯代表团访问埃及 CAIRO A high-ranking Russian delegation arrives in Egypt Wednesday, a visit suggesting a possible shift in alliances as tensions between Egypt and the United States grow. But some analy...
12 Years a Slave Seen as Turning Point in Films on Slavery 《为奴十二载》揭露奴隶制 WASHINGTON, D.C. Steve McQueens acclaimed new film, 12 Years a Slave, is a Hollywood watershed. The movie offers an unflinching portrayal of slavery in th...
Pakistan's Top Military Commander to Retire 巴基斯坦的最高军事指挥官退休 ISLAMABAD Pakistans top military commander, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, will retire on November 29 after six years as chief of the countrys most powerful institu...
World Court Awards Some Territory to Cambodia in Temple Dispute 柬埔寨通过海牙国际法院赢得同泰国的领土争端 BANGKOK The International Court of Justice has ruled that part of a disputed patch of land around a UNESCO World Heritage...
Some Boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth Meeting 斯里兰卡称抵制阻碍不了英联邦峰会成功召开 LONDON The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting gets underway Friday in Sri Lanka. Critics say Colombo should not host the summit because of...
US Honors Churchill With Statue Dedication 美国捐赠丘吉尔雕像向这位伟人致敬 WASHINGTON The late Winston Churchill, who as prime minister led Great Britain through World War II, has been honored with a new statue at the U.S. Capitol. T...
The Lonely Path of an Egyptian Liberal 埃及自由主义者的孤独之路 CAIRO The unity that marked Egypt's 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak has fractured, leaving the country polarized, mostly between Islamists aligned with the Muslim Brother...
Washington Week: Focus on Iran Nukes, US Veterans 聚焦华盛顿: 聚焦伊朗核问题和美国退伍军人周 WASHINGTON The coming days likely will bring extensive commentary from Capitol Hill on the latest round of international negotiations ove...
Kerry: 'Alternative to Peace in Mideast is Chaos' 克里：不实现以巴和平中东无宁日 WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reports that there has been some progress made in talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, but t...
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending November 9 本周流行音乐TOP5 Were exploring the five most popular songs in the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending November 9, 2013. 我们正探讨着公告牌Hot100单曲排行榜第45周...
US Posts Solid Job Gains in October But Unemployment Rate Ticks Higher 美国10月新增就业岗位超20.4万个 U.S. job growth was better than expected last month. Despite a partial government shutdown, the Labor Department says the U.S. economy a...
Twitter Stock Makes Impressive Debut at NYSE Twitter股票令人印象深刻的纽约证券交易所亮相 The most hotly anticipated stock offering of the year did not disappoint. Shares of Twitter jumped nearly 75 percent above the opening price of...
