World Cup Celebrations Subdued in Rio Working Class Neighborhood 世界杯庆祝在里约热内卢工人阶级社区遇冷 RIO DE JANEIRO Football fever is building as Brazil prepares to launch the 2014 World Cup on Thursday, but celebrations in some...
Oil Boom Crowding North Dakota Schools 石油繁荣让北达科他州学校拥挤起来 WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA The oil boom in North Dakota and Montana has brought a flood of people to once sparsely-populated rural towns. The rapid pace of expansion...
Russia Courts Crimeas Muslims 克里米亚鞑靼人担忧再次被俄罗斯驱逐 MOSCOW Three months after Russia annexed Ukraines Crimea, the Russian ruble is now the currency of the peninsula, and half of Crimeas 2.3 million residents have applied...
Ukraine's Poroshenko Negotiates with Russia 乌克兰总统波罗申科将与俄罗斯谈判 Ukraine's new president is negotiating with Russia to try to end the violence in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists refuse to relinquish their po...
Karen Refugees in Thailand Still Waiting to Return to Burma 滞留泰国的缅甸克伦难民仍然归期无望 MAE SOT, THAILAND Northern Thailand has long been home to thousands of Burmese refugees who have fled ethnic fighting and their countrys m...
Remittances High on Radar of World Economists 经济学家关注跨国汇款 Many migrants send small amounts of money - called remittances - home to friends and family members. But with 200 million international migrants out there, those small sums...
Study: Electric Brain Stimulation Alleviates Some Disorders HOUSTON Modern medicine relies mainly on drugs to cure or alleviate disorders, but for some conditions doctors apply electrical stimulation. The pacemaker, for example, helps weak hearts mai...
Newseum Salutes Journalists Who Died Covering News in 2013 新闻博物馆致敬2013年牺牲的记者 WASHINGTON The Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington bears the names of reporters, photographers, editors and others who died or were k...
Despite Protests, World Cup Excitement Building in Brazil 巴西世界杯在抗议声中即将拉开帷幕 RIO DE JANEIRO With days to go until the start of footballs (soccers) World Cup tournament, excitement is building in host country Brazil. This...
Mad World: 80s New Wave Rock Acts in Their Own Words Music fans have already seen songs of the 1960s get their due and the sounds of the 1970s have been endlessly analyzed as well. But what about the 1980s? The authors of a new book are celebrating t...
Best-Kept Secret Tops Off Broadways Winning Looks NEW YORK At New York theaters up and down Broadway, in dramas and comedies and musicals, chances are a lot of the actors are wearing wigs. But when the 68th Annual Tony Awards were presented in a cere...
Iraqi Kurdish Photographers Reach Out to Immigrant Workers, Refugees 伊拉克库尔德摄影师帮助移民工人和难民 NORTHERN IRAQ The recent economic boom in northern Iraq has attracted thousands of migrant workers from South Asia and Africa...
US Lawmakers to Probe Bergdahl Release 美国国会将调查伯格达尔的获释 WASHINGTON Later this week, U.S. lawmakers will hold the first hearings into the prisoner swap that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban detaine...
Vietnam Wants Larger US Role in Dispute With China 越希望美在解决与中争端上发挥更大作用 STATE DEPARTMENT Vietnam wants the United States to play a bigger role in settling territorial disputes with China. Washington is refusing, thou...
Ukraine Tries to Unite Local Militias to Fight Rebellion 乌克兰尝试团结本地民兵抗击叛乱 DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE As a crisis heats up in eastern Ukraine, the country is working to recruit and mobilize local, regional militias to boost t...
