Local Start-Ups Dominate Africas Seed Industry 当地企业主导非洲种子产业 A new report released on May 7, finds that locally owned African seed companies now dominate Africas seed industry. The analysis was conducted by the Alliance for a G...
Growing Numbers Flee Nigeria Attacks 越来越多的人因袭击逃离尼日利亚 Ibrahim Gaidam, Governor of Yobe state, left, looks at bodies of students inside an ambulance outside a mosque in Damaturu, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Islamic mi...
UN Calls for Syria to Complete Surrender of Chemical Weapons 联合国要求叙利亚完全上缴化武 WASHINGTON The United Nations has called on Syria to complete the surrender of its chemical weapons by the approaching deadline. The well-armed fo...
Environmental Prize Winner Looks to Wolves to Understand Humans 环境奖获得者通过狼来理解人性 LOS ANGELES Economists are learning about the workings of the financial world by studying packs of wolves and schools of fish. That's according...
Ukraine's Expanding National Guard Includes Kyiv Pro-Western Protesters 基辅亲西方抗议者加入到乌克兰国民卫队当中 KYIV In Ukraine, there has been a sharp rise in military recruitment following Russia's annexation of Crimea and effo...
World Reacts with Suspicion to Putin's Endorsement of Ukraine's Election 全世界怀疑普京对乌克兰选举的支持 WASHINGTON The world has welcomed, but also expressed suspicion about the Russian president's endorsement of Ukraine's upcoming...
Amnesty Int'l: War Crimes in South Sudan 国际特赦组织：南苏丹境内的战争罪行 Amnesty International says both sides in South Sudans conflict have committed horrific atrocities against civilians. It says the attacks have been ethnically...
Hospital Bombing Rattles Sudan Relief Workers 救援人员指责苏丹军方轰炸医院 Relief workers and human rights advocates are criticizing Sudan's military for allegedly targeting the only functioning hospital in the war-torn Nuba Mountains r...
Ryan Tedder, the Busiest Guy in Music Business? Ryan Tedder may be the busiest guy in the music business these days. Lead singer for the band OneRepublic, Tedder also writes and produces hits songs for other artists, last year earning an estimated $2...
Australian Scientists Confirm Existence of Element 117 澳大利亚科学家证实117号元素的存在 Most of the naturally-occurring elements have already been discovered, but that does not mean that new elements cannot be created - only that they...
Displaced in CAR Struggle to Get Enough Food 中非共和国的无家可归者努力获得充足的食物 BUOAR, C.A.R. Bouar lies about 450 kilometers west of the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui. The town has become a refuge for thousands...
Experts Debate Merits of Same-sex Education for Girls 专家辩论女子学校教育女孩的优点 Educators at an all-girl school in Washington believe they do but others say there is evidence to support that claim. They say there other, more criti...
Yellen Upbeat on US Recovery but Says Risks Remain 耶伦看好美国经济复苏但表示风险仍然存在 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was mostly upbeat on the U.S. economy in remarks before Congress Wednesday. Despite a harsh winter th...
Nigerians in US Rally for Kidnapped Girls Back Home 在美的尼日利亚人为被绑架的女孩举行集会 The threat by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to sell the scores of school girls it says it kidnapped three weeks ago has sparked out...
Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年生活的改变 LOS ANGELES While most teenagers in the United States spend their time juggling school, home and friends, there are a few who are choosing a different life. They are cha...
