US Government Returning More Cuban Asylum Seekers to Cuba Pablo Sanchez asked United States officials for asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico. Sanchez was immediately placed in a detention center. Now, he could be expelled by the U.S. government an...
Sudans First Female Chief Justice Wins Wide Acceptance Sudanese citizens have largely welcomed the first female chief justice of the countrys highest court. 苏丹公民普遍欢迎该国最高法院首位女性首席大法官。 Nemat Abdallahs appo...
With Sochi Summit Meetings, Russia Seeks Influence in Africa Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to welcome national leaders from across Africa to the Black Sea port of Sochi for two days of talks. Reports have described the event as the fi...
Ocean Explorers Discover Sunken Warships from World War II Deep-sea explorers have reported finding two Japanese warships that sank during a major battle in World War II. 深海探测人员报告称，他们发现了两艘在二战期间一场重大战...
Study: Many Women Are Abused While They Give Birth A new report says a large number of women are physically or verbally abused while they give birth in health centers. 一份新报告称，许多女性在医疗中心分娩时受到了身体或言语上...
New Yorks Empire State Building Opens New Observatory The world famous Empire State Building opened a new visitors center last weekend. The new observatory can be found on the buildings 102nd floor, high above New York City. The observatory provides...
Britain, European Union Reach Deal on Brexit British and European Union officials say they have reached a deal on amended terms for Britains withdrawal from the EU. The deal was announced Thursday, more than three years after Britons voted to leave t...
Olympic Officials Aim to Move Marathon from Tokyo to Cooler Sapporo Fans of long-distance racing might not be able to see the marathon event next year at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Instead, they might have to travel to Sapporo on...
Louisiana Hopes to Fight Coastal Destruction By Copying Nature Back when the Mississippi River flowed wild, its ever-changing waters moved soil across the North American continent. It picked up sand and dirt in the north and brought it to the souther...
Booker Judges Honor Atwood, Evaristo with Rare Double Prize Margaret Atwoods book The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristos Girl, Woman, Other both won the Booker Prize this week. Judges recognized the prizes oldest and first black woman winners in a s...
Uzbek Wedding Singers Protest New Limits Uzbek singers are expressing their unhappiness over a law limiting the number of performers at marriage ceremonies. 乌兹别克斯坦的一些歌手表达了他们对一项法律的不满，该法限制结婚典...
Saitoti Petro is trying to change his neighbors ideas about lions. Petro lives in northern Tanzania, where people and lions have lived together for as long as anyone can remember. But that relationship is uneasy. Petro is one of more than 50 lion mon...
The United States government has given its permission for people to consume genetically modified cotton. The Reuters news agency says the governments approval could lead to a new food product: a kind of cottonseed, filled with protein. The geneticall...
And now its time for Words and Their Stories! Each week, we tell the story of English language words and expressions. On our program today, we will talk about seasons. In some places, there are four: winter, spring, summer and autumn. Many areas in E...
Imagine you are about to complete high school and are thinking about attending a college or university. After doing some research, you find a school you would like to attend, but have questions about the admissions process. So you go to the schools w...
