Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 28 Were partying with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending February 28, 2015. This week, we greet a true musical legend. Hes just minutes away, but first Maroon 5...
New Tool Maps Buildings' Energy Efficiency 新工具提高建筑物的能源效率 Architects, engineers and building managers will soon be able to quickly collect data about building interiors that once took weeks to measure and process. A backpack-...
Western Students Outsource Work to Kenyan Writers 西方学生将作业外包给肯尼亚作家 NAIROBI On the University of Nairobi campus, talent is on sale. Signs advertise for researchers or online writers code words for those writing essays for...
FGM Remains Rampant in Some Kenyan Communities KEHANCHA, KENYA Each February, the United Nations holds the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM. The practice is believed to affect more than 140 million girls and w...
Studies Support Truvada as Prevention New studies show programs that use antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection are very effective. The findings were released at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle, Washingto...
Kenyas Ol Pejeta Conservancy Driving Animals Away from Humans 肯尼亚Ol Pejeta保护区保护动物远离人类 LAIKIPIA, KENYA In Laikipia, Kenyan rangers are driving game farther into a 36,000 hectare conservancy to protect the animals from confl...
Disruption in Sending Cash Home Distresses Somali Immigrants 汇款业务中断导致索马里移民担心老家亲人 Once a month for years, Ahmed Ahmed has been going to Dahabshil, a money service agency catering to the Somali community outside Wa...
Generic Form of Pediatric HIV Drug OKd A new licensing agreement with the pharmaceutical company MERCK allows for the manufacture of a generic version of a pediatric AIDS drug. It may be two years before its readily available in low- and middle-incom...
Putin: The Lonely Leader Bent on Restoring Russian Power LONDON Despite Russias crisis-hit economy, approval ratings for President Vladimir Putin are near record-highs. Western sanctions against Moscow have failed to curb what the West sees as Russia...
US West Coast Ports Busy, Struggling With Backlog 美国西海岸港口繁忙起来应付积压 LOS ANGELES Most West Coast U.S. ports have been busy since Friday, when negotiators reached a tentative settlement in a nine-month labor dispute and work...
Study: Rats Pose Plague Risk in Croplands Efforts to boost food production in East Africa may increase the risk of plague. A new study says the conversion of natural lands into croplands in Tanzania has been accompanied by a large increase in the rod...
Scrap-Metal Separation May Become Cheaper 新技术降低废金属分离成本 According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States throws 14.8 million tons of scrap metal into landfills every year. One of the main reasons is the diffi...
Trafficking Victims Suffer Mentally, Physically A new study says victims of human trafficking suffer severe mental and physical health problems. Some estimates say at least 18-million men women and children worldwide are considered modern day slaves....
Ukraine Uprising Victims Still Await Justice KYIV, UKRAINE Roman Guryk, 19, was a bit of a rebel but he cared deeply about his two younger sisters, his friends and a European future for Ukraine. A year ago, he gathered with thousands of other anti-go...
Victims of Syria, Iraq Conflicts Short on Emotional Help BASERMA, NOTHERN IRAQ The war in Syria and the offensive by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq and Syria has flooded northern Iraq with nearly two million displaced people. Many refugees...
