Americans Reflect on Passing of Mandela 美国人民缅怀曼德拉 WASHINGTON Across the United States, Americans are marking the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela with personal reflection and public tributes. Visitors have been...
Gospel Music Restoration Project to Add Flavor to New Museum Through Baylor Universitys Black Gospel Music Restoration Project a remarkable collection of music thats been housed in Texas is poised to add flavor to a new museum of the Smithsonian Inst...
Clinics Provide US Health Care Enrollment Help 美国诊所提供医疗保险注册帮助 HOUSTON The debate over the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, continues. But the White House says improvements to the website have dramatically boos...
US Congress Considering New Iran Sanctions 美国国会考虑对伊朗采取新制裁 WASHINGTON As early as next week the U.S. Congress could approve tough new sanctions on Iran, a move the White House warns may undermine diplomatic efforts to curb...
Regional Security at Stake in Delayed US-Afghan Accord 美阿协议对地区安全的意义 WASHINGTON The proposed bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan will determine the scope and size of the U.S. military presence...
UN Approves Foreign Troop Deployment to Stabilize CAR 联合国批准外国军队进驻中非共和国维稳 The United Nations has approved a deployment of combined African and French troops in the violence-ridden Central African Republic, months af...
Donors Pledge $12 Billion for Global Fund 捐助者承诺捐助近120亿美元 Donors showed strong support this week for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. They pledged 12-billion dollars at the funds replenishment meeting in W...
Private Prisons Can Reduce Incarceration Costs, But Worry Some 私营监狱减少监禁成本引发担忧 The southern U.S. state of Louisiana has the world's highest incarceration rate. With about one in 90 adults in the prison system, the state is...
Governments, NGOs, Work to End Labor Trafficking 各国政府，非政府组织，努力制止贩运劳工 LOS ANGELES The International Labor Organization says more than 20 million people are subject to forced labor, working on farms, in factories,...
CARs Chaos Spawns Sectarian Bloodletting 混乱和暴力充斥着中非共和国 BOSSANGOA, CAR Chaos and violence have gripped the Central African Republic since March when a coup by Muslim rebels and former mercenaries installed the country's first...
Egypt's Atheists Struggle to be Heard, Not Jailed 埃及无神论者渴望获得一席之地 CAIRO In Egypt, key points of difference often revolve around religion: did the rule of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi threaten to radicalize the deeplycon...
Kerry Tries to Boost Israeli-Palestinian Talks 克里希望推动巴以谈判 JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories in another attempt to bolster their faltering peace talks. Kerry wants to gi...
在伊朗失踪或遭囚禁的美国人 Just days after Iran and the P5+1 group of nations reached an initial accord which halts progress on Irans nuclear program, the United States called on Iran to help find a U.S. citizen who disappeared in Iran m...
UN Third Committee On Burma Human Rights 缅甸人权问题 The United Nations Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues, recently adopted by consensus a resolution on the situation of human rights in Burm...
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 7 Were spotlighting the five most popular songs on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending December 7, 2013. It all starts in fifth place, where Avicii dips a slot with Wake Me Up! The so...
