US Supreme Court to Weigh Employers Vs. Employees Religious Liberty WASHINGTON Most Americans get health insurance through their employers, and President Barack Obamas health care overhaul isnt changing that. But a new requirement that contraception...
US Fed on Track to Reduce Monthly Bond Purchases 美联储将继续缩减每月债券购买额 The U.S. central bank is on pace to reduce its monthly bond purchases by another $10 billion - and interest rates will remain near record lows until the jo...
HRW: US Should Cut Security Aid to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law 人权观察称美国应该削减乌干达的安全援助 STATE DEPARTMENT Human Rights Watch says the United States should cut back security assistance to Uganda in response to the country'...
Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat 耐药性肺结核对全球造成了威胁 The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there ar...
Iranians Prepare For Traditional New Year Celebrations 伊朗民众为庆祝传统新年做准备 WASHINGTON Iranians around the world are preparing to celebrate their traditional new year, Nowruz, which falls on Thursday. The ancient tradition is al...
Foundation Promotes Breast Cancer Self-Exams, Education 基金会推动乳腺癌自我检查以及相关知识教育 Early detection is the key to helping women survive breast cancer. But medical experts say getting that message out remains a challen...
Empowering Employees with Disabilities 激励人心的残疾人员工 CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA Lifelong intellectual disabilities often can hinder a person's ability to acquire skills or get a job. The people who run the Wildflour catering company near Wa...
Active MRI Shows How Joints Work 活动核磁共振成像显示身体关节如何运作 Since its introduction in the 1980s, magnetic resonance imaging machines, commonly known as MRI scanners, have become a highly valuable tool in diagnostic medicin...
Will Sanctions Against Russia Work? 对俄罗斯实施制裁措施有用吗？ WASHINGTON Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a treaty making Crimea a part of Russia in the wake of a weekend referendum in which residents of the Ukrainian peni...
Safe Water Lowers Absenteeism 饮用安全水可降低旷课率? Reducing absenteeism in schools in developing countries may be as simple as providing students with safe drinking water. A new study indicates that, but researchers are not sure why. Th...
US First Lady Set for Education-Focused Trip to China 美国第一夫人将携家人访华 WASHINGTON U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is set to start a week-long visit to China focusing on education. Her trip is not expected to feature controversial s...
Obama Urges Abbas to Accept Framework For More Talks 奥巴马敦促阿巴斯接受会谈框架 President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry held extensive talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington Monday. The closed-do...
Comfort Women Statue Sparks Debate in California 加州慰安妇塑像惹争议 GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA Last July, the City of Glendale California, unveiled a statute in its central park of a Korean-American who was a so-called comfort woman -- one of t...
Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill YOUBEBE, NIGERIA Local leaders in the Niger Delta want to unite competing communities to pressure Shell Petroleum to pay billions of dollars in reparations and clean up of fishing areas they sa...
Global Effects of CIA-Senate Dispute Uncertain 中情局和参议院争议的全球影响 WASHINGTON The recently-exposed dispute between the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA is causing a stir in Washington. Some analysts say, though, i...
