2019-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The police chief of the state of Alaska's largest city hurried out of his department's glass building during a major earthquake not too long ago.Telephone communications failed t

2019-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A Joint Investigative Team has charged four people with murder in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine that killed 298 people.The team said the trial will s

2019-06-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russian officials do not often meet the demands of protestors or answer the calls of news media, observers note.So, the decision last week to release arrested investigative reporte

2019-06-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Iran says it plans to go beyond limits placed on its uranium enrichment in the next 10 days

2019-06-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn recently was held in the Tokyo Detention House, which looks like a high-security prison. Most of its inmates, however, are like Ghosn: they are

2019-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua's house near the Indonesian city of Palu have led to warnings from the police. But the 50-year-old fisherman promises he is not taking them

2019-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Have you ever had someone "repair" a home appliance but it kept breaking?I have been having trouble with my sink for a month. Yesterday, the maintenance man repaired it...again.And

2019-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The success of an American television show about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has led to a sharp increase in people seeking to visit the area.The HBO miniseries "Chernobyl" exami

2019-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Melanoma is an often deadly skin cancer that can develop when a person spends too much time in the sun without protection. But medical doctors now say the disease can form even wit

2019-06-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A major experiment in solar sailing is set to launch this month.Solar sailing is a method that can push, or propel, a vehicle through space. A spacecraft is attached to a large sol

2019-06-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

At age 75, singer Julio Iglesias cannot run and can no longer play football. But Iglesias still performs as a singer, as he has for the past 50 years. He calls his singing career "

2019-06-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Several major studies have suggested music can be good for one's health. The research has shown that listening to music or playing instruments can help heal both physical and ment

2019-06-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Samantha Fish is an American songwriter and blues singer. In her song Somebody's Always Trying, she complains about other, unnamed women. She accuses them of trying to take her bo

2019-06-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore. Some people say the small, Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution.Singapore aims to increase its own food

2019-06-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

At a gold mining site in eastern Ghana, only the sounds of birds and insects break the lasting silence.Mining equipment stands still, as two Ghanaian companies wait for a new permi

2019-06-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

What is in a name?For many people, a name can provide important information about the person and the times we live in.Recently, the United States Social Security Administration rel

2019-06-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of nurses. They provide about 90 percent of all health care services worldwide.As important as nurses are, many countries are expe

2019-06-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A Nepalese official says that it is time to examine the rules on who is permitted to climb Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.Yagya Raj Sunuwar told The New York Times th

2019-05-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In English conversation, when we respond to a speaker, we often do not repeat all of their words. Instead, we may say just a few words. The speaker understands our meaning based on

2019-05-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

At first, it seems to be a plant floating in the water. But look closer. What appear to be leaves on the plant are really parts of a sea creature.With very small fins you can almos

2019-05-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Brazil's lack of dependable internet service in rural areas is an increasingly critical problem for farmers.It comes at a time when more agriculture equipment arriving on the mark

2019-05-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Beer lovers --- and makers -- are always looking for new and interesting versions of the drink. But recent efforts in Israel and Belgium are aiming to bring back beers from long ag

2019-05-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Rumilda Fernández's indigenous community has always cared for its ancestral lands in Paraguay. Her community marks borders with an ancient system of names for trees and wat

2019-05-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The French and the Americans are working together again on a project marking a major event in World War II. This time, they are giving people the chance to travel back in time and

2019-05-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Norman Rockwell is considered one of America's most beloved artists. Rockwell painted average Americans at work, at play and at war. He captured simple, but powerful details of ev