The world is getting smaller. And that means that too often, regional conflicts and threats to peace that only a few decades ago would have quickly burned themselves out, thanks to new technologies, as well as ease of travel and global communication,...
Were in the mix with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 14, 2017. This weeks lineup has something for everybody: not only does the championship change hands, we also get a huge new entr...
LONDON As the extreme weather grips southeast Europe, thousands of migrants are sleeping in empty warehouses or abandoned buildings that provide shelter from the driving snow, but inside the temperatures are well below freezing. I have not seen this...
NEW YORK As a handful of students gathered to learn a new language at the Microsoft store in New York City, a different set of students gathered a world away in Nigeria to embark on a similar journey. The language in both cases is coding, and Microso...
We're blasting off with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 7, 2017. Our first lineup of the new year is a keeper: not only do we welcome a new song, but the championship also changes ha...
In 'Hidden Figures' 3 African American Women Help NASA Win 60s Space Race Hidden Figures is the Hollywood version of the true story of three black women who in 1962 helped NASA launch pioneer astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Katherine G. Johnson, Dor...
A religious ceremony gives Bilal Ozkan, state-appointed trustee, or mayor, a chance to meet the people of Diyarbakirs Sur municipality.The image of the Turkish flag,once all but invisible in this stronghold of Kurdish nationalism, now symbolizes Ozka...
The United States and Norway are co-leading the Global Demining Initiative for Colombia. Unexploded ordnance and mines continue to take thousands of lives. More than 11,000 Colombians have been wounded or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance o...
Barrel bombs, missile strikes and mortar shells have reduced much of Aleppo to rubble. Amid the twisted wreckage live an estimated 250,000 people at constant risk of annihilation as the bombs continue to fall. 桶爆弹、导弹轰炸、迫击炮弹已...
Forty-one years ago, the Helsinki Final Act recognized the universal significance of human rights and fundamental freedoms and committed every signatory nation to promote universal and effective respect for them. 41年前，《赫尔辛基协议》认可...
The United States of America and the Republic of Korea recently held the inaugural meeting of the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group in Washington. Officials from both sides held comprehensive and in-depth discussions on strategic an...
Lebanon's parliament has overwhelmingly approved a national unity Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri with a vote of confidence. A new 30-member national unity Cabinet comprised of most of the country's political groups was announced in Dece...
Interfaith cooperation among religious communities around the world is a powerful counterbalance to hate, violence, and injustice, said U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein. 全球不同宗教社群的跨信仰合...
The humanitarian and human rights situation in Aleppo is dire. Secretary of State John Kerry described the situation in Syria as one of the largest humanitarian disasters since World War II. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has described Aleppo as...
The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced a new project that will assist Vietnam's transition to climate-smart and low-emission development through improved forest protection, enhanced biodiversity conservation, and...
