UNICEF: Students Not Learning Basics 联合国儿童基金会:全球教育正处于危机之中 The U.N. Childrens Fund says global education is in crisis. In a new report, UNICEF warns millions of children are not learning the very basics. The repor...
US, Japan Offer Lessons as Eurozone Launches Huge Stimulus 欧元区可从美日量化宽松中吸取教训 LONDON The Euro currency has fallen sharply after the European Central Bank announced a bigger-than-expected $67 billion-a-month quantitative...
Greece Could Shift to Left in Election LONDON Greek voters will cast ballots on Sunday to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls indicating they could put a leftist party in power that would take a harder line with the countrys creditors in an ef...
UN: Time for Ebola Recovery Strategy Even though the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues, the U.N. says its time to plan for the recovery of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. A joint mission has just completed its assessment in Sierra Leone. The...
Obama Free College Plan Flawed, Critics Say 批评人士称奥巴马免费的大学计划存在缺陷 College tuition and student debt have increased at a rapid pace in the past 20 years - raising serious questions about whether a student loan crisis...
Zoe Keating: A Symphony Unto Herself 音乐与技术的融合佐伊基廷 NEW YORK Avant garde cellist Zoe Keating has a unique sound fusing music with technology. The musical artist performed her work at the SubCulture club in New York City and wowe...
Kenya: Misuse of Antibiotics Leading to Resistance by Immune System NAIROBI In Kenya, the rise of drug resistant bacteria could reverse the gains made by medical science over diseases that were once treatable. Kenyans could be at risk of fatalities a...
Secular, Religious Kurds Face Off in Southeast Turkey 土耳其东南部的暴力冲突震撼世俗 DIYARBAKIR Turkeys predominantly Kurdish southeast has been rocked by violence between secular Kurdish nationalists and their more pious compatriots....
With Peace Comes Hope of Prosperity in Diyarbakir 迪亚巴克尔和平带来繁荣和发展 ISTANBUL Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkeys predominantly Kurdish southeast region, has started to benefit from the return of peace after being the center...
Dawn Spacecraft Nears Rendezvous With Dwarf Planet Ceres 黎明号探测器成功将接近谷神星轨道 LOS ANGELES NASAs Dawn spacecraft is set to reach the dwarf planet Ceres in March and begin gathering clues about whether the icy body may have...
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 24 Were celebrating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending January 24, 2015. Some weeks bring chart lineups that make you shake your head with amazementand then the...
Obama Praises US-led Coalition, Syrian Training to Defeat IS 奥巴马赞扬对付叙利亚的美军联盟 PENTAGON In his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, President Barack Obama described U.S. efforts to defeat the Islamic State gr...
Homicide Mystery Deepens in Case of Kenya ICC Witness NAIROBI The body of a man thought to be a witness in the International Criminal Court case against Kenyas deputy president was found near his home last year, but doubts about the identity of the v...
Yazidi Refugees at Center of Political Fight Between Turkey, Kurds DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY The treatment of thousands of Yazidis refugees who fled to Turkey to escape attacks by Islamic State militants has become the center of a dispute between the Turkis...
UK Scientists Develop Cheap Adjustable Glasses 英国科学家开发廉价可调眼镜 Ninety-five percent of people in Sub-Saharan Africa who need glasses don't own a pair, according to the Britain-based charity foundation Vision for a Nation. Its f...
