Globes Remain Popular, Even with Google Earth Next time you see a globe, close your eyes, and turn it quickly so it spins. Then stop it with your finger. Chances are that you will stop on a body of water. That is because water covers 71 percent of th...
April 22 Marks Earth Day Anniversary Earth Day celebrates its 54th anniversary on Monday, April 22. On this date each year, millions of people around the world mark the importance of protecting the environment. Worries about pollution and the environ...
Immigrant Workers Help Prevent Economic Troubles in US Economic experts and business owners in the United States say immigrant workers have helped keep the country from falling into a recession. Economists predicted the United States economy would su...
World Bank: Difference Between Rich, Poor Countries Is Growing 世界银行称贫富国家差距扩大 Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are getting poorer compared to the richest economies. 与最富有的经济体相比,世界上75个最贫穷...
Record Rainfall Closes Dubais Airport Record rainfall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) flooded streets in the desert nation and closed Dubai International Airport on Wednesday. The state-run WAM news agency called the rain that began Tuesday, a hist...
Trump Faces First-ever Criminal Trial of Former US President 美国史上首次前总统被刑事指控 The first criminal trial of a former American president opened Monday in New York City. Donald J. Trump faces 34 charges of falsifying business re...
More Undocumented Indian Migrants Enter US through Canada The number of Indian migrants entering the U.S. without legal permission has grown in recent years. In the past, Indian migrants interested in the U.S. crossed using the border with Mexico. Bu...
Serbian Center Cares for Old, Forgotten Animals Serbian Zeljko Ilicic saved his first horse from death 12 years ago and found his calling. Ilicic is now 43. He set up the Balkan country's only horse sanctuary in 2015. It is found on a small piece of...
Peru Claims Worlds Oldest Person Ever at Age 124 秘鲁宣称全球最长寿者现年124岁 Peru's Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived at the age of 124. 秘鲁的安第斯山脉可能是有史以来最年长者的家园...
US Officials Warn of Increase in Bacterial Illnesses That Could Be Deadly United States health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses that can lead to meningitis. It is a serious and often deadly disease in which an outside...