The two major American political parties have nominated a record number of female candidates to lead states in the country. Voting for new governors will be held in 36 American states in November. So far, 20 women have won party nominations, breaking...
搜索 复制 Water Crisis Threatens East Ukrainian City The eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk has a severe shortage of water. Members of the city's shrinking population must fill water containers by hand at public wells throughout the city. As gun...
搜索 复制 Study: Millennials Mostly Stay Near Home Americans born between 1984 and 1992 are known as Millennials' because they grew up around the year 2000. A new study has found that, as this age group entered their 30s, most were not living ver...
搜索 复制 Dry Weather Threatens Italys Famous Grape, Olive Crops Farmers in Italy's famous Tuscany area are struggling to save grape and olive crops threatened by a heatwave and drought conditions. A lack of rainfall since spring has even affecte...
搜索 复制 Africa Sees Some Artifacts Returned, Seeks Many More African countries have reclaimed many historic objects, called artifacts, from European countries. Recently, Nigeria and Germany signed a deal for the return of hundreds of artifacts...
搜索 复制 Australia to Prevent Development of New Coal Mine Australia's new government announced recently that it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the possible effects on the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Tanya...
搜索 复制 Jewish Volunteers Connect with Ukrainian Refugees in Poland A group of American Jewish volunteers who speak Russian visited Poland this summer to work with Ukrainian refugee children. The children were forced to leave Ukraine after Russ...
搜索 复制 Illegal Brazil Gold Tied to Italian Metal, Big Tech Companies Brazilian police say an Italian metal refiner purchased gold from a trader that mined the metal illegally. The company, police say, purchased the gold from the Amazon rainfor...
搜索 复制 UN Nuclear Chief Warns about Ukrainian Nuclear Center The United Nations nuclear chief has warned that Europe's largest nuclear power center is, in his words, completely out of control. Director General of the International Atomic Energ...
搜索 复制 Americans Vote for Abortion Rights in Kansas In a major victory for abortion rights, voters in the U.S. state of Kansas on Tuesday rejected a ballot proposal that could have led to restrictions or a ban on abortion. It was the first tim...
搜索 复制 US Officials Describe Operation Against al-Qaidas Leader American officials announced Monday that U.S. forces had carried out a weekend airstrike in Afghanistan that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. U.S. officials say al-Zawahi...
搜索 复制 Russia, West Compete for Influence in Africa Russian, French, and American leaders are traveling across Africa to win support for their countries' positions on the war in Ukraine. Experts say it is the most intense competition for influ...
Ukraine Restarts Grain Exports with New Shipment A ship loaded with grain left the Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday. It was the first grain shipment to leave Ukraine since the war with Russia cut off exports. It is headed to the Middle Eastern...
搜索 复制 Island in Senegal Fights Loss of Coastal Land On Diogue Island in southern Senegal, local people are using simple wooden structures with coconut tree fronds to save coastal land. They are trying to prevent erosion that threatens parts o...
搜索 复制 Do Pigs Like Music? Belgian Researchers Want to Know Scientists in Belgium are investigating a farmer's claim that different kinds of music affect the behavior of his pigs. Piet Paesmans first noticed the reaction when his son started s...
