Obesity Poses Complex Problem 肥胖带来了复杂的问题 For the last 15 years, Plymouth, England has held a symposium on obesity. Its estimated that more than half the citys adults are overweight or obese. The rest of Britain is not fairing much...
Turkey's Ruling Party Lures Voters in Opposition Stronghold IZMIR, TURKEY Turkeys AK Party is seeking a fourth successive general election victory, with the goal of securing two-thirds of the seats in parliament to rewrite the constitution. AK Party...
FIFA Trains Somali Referees MOGADISHU As stability returns to the once lawless nation of Somalia, the world football governing body, FIFA, is helping to rebuild the countrys sport sector by training referees as well as its young footballers. FIFA has...
Battlefield Gains for IS Raise Fears of Assault on Baghdad IS战场胜利增加了袭击巴格达的恐惧 LONDON The Islamic State group seized the last government-held border crossing to Iraq early Friday, the latest in a series of terrotorial gain...
AmeriCorps Grantee Serves Up New Approach to Childhood Obesity WHITE HOUSE The kindergarten students at John Burroughs Elementary School are staying an hour later on this day not to brush up on their reading or math skills, but to taste kale many for...
Debate Ignites Over Government Benefits, Training for Displaced Workers WASHINGTON As debate intensifies over whether to give Congress and the president the ability to fast-track proposed free trade agreements with Pacific and European countries, man...
Mind-Controlled Prosthetics Are Getting Closer Scientists and engineers are making substantial advances towards the ultimate goal in prosthetics creation of limbs that can be controlled by the wearers mind. Thanks to sophisticated sensors capable of...
Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this...
Anti-Ebola Compounds Show Promise 抗埃博拉病毒化合物已初见成效 While the West Africa Ebola epidemic is believed to be winding-down, the search for new treatments and vaccines is not. One study is a U.S./Serbian effort to find an effecti...
Some AGOA Renewal Supporters Call for Amendments 支持者呼吁修改非洲增长与机会法 The African Growth and Opportunity Act a trade provision that allows thousands of products from African countries to enter the U.S. tax-free is due to expi...
Presidential Election Campaigning Underway in Iowa 总统选举竞选活动在爱荷华举行 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA Although the November 2016 presidential election is over a year and half away, campaigning to choose party nominees is already underway in...
Poverty, Ignorance, Fear Force Underage Girls Into Marriage 贫困无知迫使女孩早婚 WASHINGTON The recent marriage of a 17-year old Chechen girl to a local police chief who was 30 years older and already had a wife caused an outcry in Russia a...
Poverty, Ignorance, Fear Force Underage Girls Into Marriage 贫困无知迫使女孩早婚 WASHINGTON The recent marriage of a 17-year old Chechen girl to a local police chief who was 30 years older and already had a wife caused an outcry in Russia a...
S. Korea Remembers Uprising That Started Its Democracy GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA Thirty-five years ago this week in South Korea, protesters in the city of Gwangju staged a violent uprising against the countrys then military government, an act credited wit...
S. Korea Remembers Uprising That Started Its Democracy GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA Thirty-five years ago this week in South Korea, protesters in the city of Gwangju staged a violent uprising against the countrys then military government, an act credited wit...
