There's a lot going on right now in the Asian island country of Japan. The nation held snap or early elections yesterday. They were originally scheduled for next year. But Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for them to be held now because he w...
黑色星期一股灾30年 美国股市达创纪录高位 AZUZ: Yesterday, we explained the U.S. stock market's record high. Ironically, it came on the 30th anniversary of its most dramatic one-day crash ever. I keep saying one-day crash because what...
First story we're explaining today involves trouble in Northern Iraq, between two groups that were allied with each other in the fight against ISIS. Kirkuk is an important city in the region that's rich in oil. When ISIS swept to power in 2014, Iraqi...
First, though, a major advancement in the international fight against the ISIS terrorist group. ISIS stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. That's what they wanted and that's where most of their territory was. In 2014, ISIS declared Raqqa, a cit...
Somalia is a nation that extends out between the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It's just a little smaller than Texas. And for years, Somalia has been considered a failed state because of tremendous problems brought on by war, natural disasters,...
Every 90 days, the president of the United States is required to certify an international nuclear agreement with the Middle Eastern country of Iran. President Donald Trump has done this twice. But this weekend, he announced he would not recertify the...
We've reported on how Republicans in the U.S. Congress have repeatedly tried to repeal and replace Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act. It's a controversial health reform law that was passed by a Democratic-controlled Congress and signed...
In northern California, the winds were forecast to pick back up Wednesday, and there was no rain in sight. That could make things worse for the 8,000 firefighters trying to get a handle on the state's wildfires and that tens of thousands of people wh...
Today's show begins with an in-depth explanation of opioid abuse in America. Opioids are synthetic drugs that can be prescribed to control pain. They're also widely abused in the U.S. and they're a major part of the reason why drugs are the leading c...
AZUZ: Tuesday is a highly significant day for the nation of North Korea. October 10th is when the country celebrates the founding of the Korean Workers Party. It was established in the mid-1940s. It's the elite political party in North Korea. Its mem...
Several states along the U.S. Gulf Coast are cleaning up from Hurricane Nate. Storm's first landfall in the country was near the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana. That was just after midnight Sunday. It's second landfall was in B...
美军3名突击队员在尼日尔联合巡逻时遇袭身亡 According to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the nation of Niger is one of the hottest and poorest countries on the planet. It's landlocked, most of it is desert. Niger's government...
AZUZ: Up next today, we're taking you to Yemen. It's one of the world's countries that's currently struggling with a civil war. It's located in the Middle East. The fighting has been going on there for more than two years and the side effect of all t...
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, the scene of the deadliest shooting in modern American history. As investigators pick up pieces of evidence there and try to figure out the suspect's motive, residents...
AZUZ: Next, the political crisis in the European nation of Spain. The government of Catalonia, a region of Spain, says its people have earned the right to independence. It says 90 percent of those who voted in a controversial referendum on Sunday wer...
