HRW: Bahrain Not Ready for National Dialogue 巴林尚未做好全国对话的准备 STATE DEPARTMENT Human Rights Watch says Bahrain's expulsion of a senior State Department official last week shows the kingdom is not serious about political reforms...
DC Area Islamic Charity Feeds Poor for Ramadan HERNDON, VIRGINIA Every Thursday afternoon during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, hundreds of people flock to Herndon High School, in the Virginia. A hall has been converted into a market, but there a...
US Lawmakers Clash Over Fate of Children Crossing Border 美国立法者对于儿童穿越边境后的命运发生争执 CAPITOL HILL U.S. lawmakers are clashing over whether Congress needs to make changes to a law signed in 2008 to protect child vic...
AS IT IS 2014-07-17 Bergdahl Returns to Active Duty 贝里达尔返回前线部队 American soldier Bowe Bergdahl has returned to active duty in the United States Army. The Taliban in Afghanistan kidnapped and held Sergeant Bergdahl for five years. A...
AS IT IS 2014-07-17 Thailand to Return Myanmar Refugees 泰国遣返缅甸难民 Thailands military government says it has reached an agreement with Myanmar, also known as Burma, for the return of refugees. The agreement calls for as many as 130,000...
Study: Malaria Parasite Has Achilles Heel 研究发现疟原虫也有致命弱点 Researchers say they have found a weakness in the malaria parasite that could lead to new drugs to block infection. The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 p...
'Ivory Tower' Explores Crushing Cost of US College Education 象牙塔探讨美国大学教育的沉重成本 It's a hot, muggy day at Port City Brewery in Old Town Alexandria, just a stone's throw from Washington D.C., but the heat does not slow dow...
NYC Museum Spotlights Vast Nano Installations Inside the Queens Museum in New York, there's another New York City, in miniature: a 50-year-old diorama of the city, built as an exhibit for the New York World's Fair in 1964. At nearly 870 square meters...
Pentagon: No Rush to Boost Role in Iraq 五角大楼称不急于在伊拉克发挥作用 PENTAGON U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is taking a hard look at assessments by special forces teams in Iraq, focusing on the state of the Iraqi security for...
Report: Boko Haram Kills Over 2,000 in 2014 博科圣地组织在2014年上半年造成2000多人死亡 Human Rights Watch says the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in the first six months of this year. It says th...
Seizure of Oilfields Fuels Kurd Statehood Dream LONDON Along the desert horizon around Kirkuk, the bright flares from oil wells puncture the summer haze. An estimated 4 percent of known global oil reserves lie beneath these sands. It is a prize that...
Water Wheel Picks Up Trash in Baltimore's Waterways 巴尔的摩用水轮清理垃圾 BALTIMORE Trash in waterways around the world is a major environmental issue. The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, is tackling its problem with a one-of-a-kind con...
Cold War Legacy a Tourist Attraction in Rural North Dakota 北达科他州冷战遗址变身成为旅游景点 COOPERSTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA The United States plans to shrink the total number of land-based nuclear missiles by 2018 to comply with an arms...
Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis 国会将关注美国边境危机 WASHINGTON Clues could emerge this week whether Americas politically divided Congress will approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to address a surge of immigrants ille...
New Development Bank Likely to Top BRICS Summit Agenda 新开发银行将是金砖峰会重点 As Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff prepares for World Cup closing ceremonies on Sunday, she also is working on another big event. Her country will host...
