2019-04-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The number of women working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM fields in South Africa has not been very large.But programs aimed at girls there are be

2019-04-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Arturo Balbino works as a builder in Texas. On a recent day, he walked into the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez for his visa interview. He was n

2019-04-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the American television show Saturday Night Live, actors make jokes of realistic situations and people, like politicians and sports personalities. In one program, for example, s

2019-04-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Andrea Nichelson likes to play tennis after a day at school. She is only 10 years old, but she has been playing the sport for five years, and she loves it."The one thing I like mos

2019-04-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today....A dog found swimming more than 220 kilometers off the coast of Thailand has been returned safely to land.Late last week, workers on an oil rig not

2019-04-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear center has begun removing fuel from a reactor that melted down in a 2011 accident.The Tokyo Electric Company, also known as TEPCO, said M

2019-04-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Native American tribes in Arizona often require animal skins, bones or other body parts for cultural and religious uses.The Arizona tribes now have a new place to look: the state'

2019-04-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Almost a month has passed since Cyclone Idai hit southeastern Africa. The storm left over 1,000 people dead and many others missing. It caused heavy damage in parts of Mozambique,

2019-04-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Surrounded by mountains and desert, Umm Yasser, a Bedouin woman, explains to a group of foreign travelers how a local plant has been used in medicine.Among the Bedouin, women almos

2019-04-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine you open an American travel magazine. Perhaps you want to read about other countries and the must-see places to visit in them. Or perhaps you just want to improve your unde

2019-04-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

More than 3.5 million people visit a sandy, hilly area called Indiana Dunes each year. It sits along the shores of Lake Michigan, about 80 kilometers southeast of Chicago, Illinois

2019-04-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Nearly fifty years ago, police raided a New York City bar popular with homosexuals called the Stonewall Inn. Police often raided such bars in the 1960s.But this time -- on June 28,

2019-04-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

New York City is set to become the first major American city to make drivers pay money to get into its most crowded areas. The purpose of the new toll is to reduce traffic, cut pol

2019-04-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Just outside the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, a veterinary hospital is saving wild animals that live nearby."I'd love to be in the bush, but I get more cases here," said Ni

2019-04-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Sudanese officials are seeking to end months of anti-government protests. More than 50 people have died in the unrest.Now, a Sudanese woman is creating street art portraits to hono

2019-04-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A two-person musical group performs almost every day in the Washington, D.C. area.Masood Omari and Abigail Adams Greenway both play tabla, a musical instrument from South Asia, in

2019-04-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the film, "Love, Of Course," single mother Amy Andolini finds herself alone after sending her daughter to college. But when she gets a job planning the school's Harvest Festiva

2019-04-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American Richard Bean, Sr., died with a secret. He was a war hero, but nobody knew about it for years.Bean and four other Alaska Natives were recently honored in their home state f

2019-04-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Last weekend, the Islamist group Hamas marked the one year anniversary of violent, weekly protests in the Gaza Strip. The unrest has failed to end Israel's blockade of the territo

2019-04-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Last year, top-ranked Geir Helgemo received a one-year suspension from his sport: bridge, a kind of card game for four players in two teams.Helgemo tested positive for banned subst

2019-04-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Every year in the month of March, one of the world's greatest wildlife migrations stops in central Nebraska.For a short time, sandhill cranes fill the state's wide, flat fields.

2019-03-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth.The reason: The U.S. Constitution gives citizenship to any person born on American soil.The

2019-03-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today's Ask a Teacher is all about the word "all," thanks to a question from our reader Ibrahim O.He asks:Question: What is the proper use of is and are? If I say, "All is empty"

2019-03-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine you are looking at an American newspaper or news website. You read a few stories, and see terms such as health care, football game or bank policy.
These terms might all s

2019-03-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some new companies that focus on plant protein are starting to do business in Hong Kong. They aim to enter the mainland's successful multi-billion-dollar food market. Impossible F