When Fighting Eases, Gazans Line Up at Bakeries 加沙人民趁短暂和平之际购买必需品 GAZA CITY When there is a lull in the conflict in Gaza, residents who have been hunkered down in their apartments rush out to stock up on food and other...
'Fab Lab' Igniting Revolution in Kenya NAIROBI, KENYA The University of Nairobis Science and Technology Park is banking on 3-D prototyping to spark a manufacturing revolution in the country. This is the 3D MakerBot printer in action. The machine is a...
NGO Fights Ebola Fear and Stigma An NGO said containing the West Africa Ebola epidemic will require overcoming fear and stigma surrounding the disease. ActionAid says the high death rate has caused a lack of faith in the medical system. The group is...
Trade, Investment, Growth Are Key Issues at US-Africa Summit 贸易、投资与增长将成为美非高峰论坛重要议题 WASHINGTON Business leaders from African nations are visiting key U.S. energy and transportation facilities, seeking ideas an...
Scientists Redouble Efforts After AIDS Virus Rebounds in 'Cured' Baby A baby in the United States who was seemingly cured of HIV - after receiving powerful drugs at birth four years ago - recently tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. The c...
Study: Latino Students Most Segregated in California LOS ANGELES Even though legal school segregation ended in the United States 60 years ago, one study finds segregation still occurs in the U.S. based on income and race. The University of California...
Immigrant Influx on Texas Border Heats Up Political Debate 移民涌入德州边境引爆政治争论 HOUSTON Immigrants from Central America continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas, seeking asylum in the United States, as officials g...
Michelle Obama Urges Young Africans to Embrace Women's Rights 米歇尔奥巴马敦促年轻的非洲人接受妇女的权利 U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, in speaking at the Young Africans Leaders Initiative program Wednesday, urged attendees to a...
Urbanization Can Bring Health Risks 城市化可能带来健康风险 New research shows urbanization may be bad for people's health, unless planners develop cities that allow healthier lifestyles and environments. The U.N. estimates much of the deve...
US Ambassador: Advanced Weapons on Russia-Ukraine Border 美国大使称俄乌边境出现先进武器 KYIV The United States says it expects to pass another round of tough sanctions against Russia over its alleged involvement in the conflict in east...
What Determines Who is Really a Refugee? 谁是真正的难民? UNITED NATIONS As thousands of children crowd U.S. detention centers, officials struggle to deal with the situation. More than 21,000 unaccompanied children arrived last year from El Sal...
Planning Post-2015 Development 联合国发布2015年全球发展计划报告 The U.N. Millennium Development Goals are due to expire at the end of next year. Debate is underway on what should replace them. One U.N. official says they should be based...
Jews and Arabs Campaign for Peace on Facebook, Twitter NEW YORK Abraham Gutman, an Israeli Jew, and Dania Darwish, a Syrian-American Muslim, met in a global politics class at Hunter College in New York, and became friends, despite their political dif...
Young Migrants From Central America Risk Life and Limb to Get to US 中美洲年轻移民冒生命风险进入美国 TEGUCIGALPA For the tens of thousands of young people from Central America trying to enter the U.S. illegally, the trip north is frau...
UN Panel Meets on Global Aging 联合国全球老龄化会议 This week, a U.N. panel opens a three-day meeting on the ageing of the global population. Its part of a process that could lead to a new international treaty to protect the rights of older...
