Vietnams Government Hospitals Explore Private Financing Vietnam is officially a socialist republic, but the country is starting to make parts of its health care system private. The move raises questions about whether the government can guarantee care...
In Rohingya Camps, Political Activities Risky For Some It was after Mohib Ullah scored his first political victories that the death threats began for real. On a recent morning, the Rohingya refugee spoke with Reuters in the Bangladesh camp where he l...
Spain will hold national elections on Sunday. It will be the countrys third such election in four years. The Reuters news agency says the results of the vote are likely too close to call. At least five political parties have a chance to be in the nex...
Ohio University biologist Nancy Stevens was looking through a drawer of a wooden container at a museum in Kenya when she saw a piece of rock with extremely large teeth. She knew immediately she had come across something important. The rock and other...
The American space agency NASA says its Mars lander has noted what scientists believe was the first marsquake ever recorded. The seismic signal was measured and recorded on April 6 by NASAs InSight lander, the space agency announced this week. InSigh...
Today on Ask a Teacher, we answer an email from Nathaniel in South Sudan. He asks: Question: What is the difference between phone, call and ring? Answer: Hi, Nathaniel! That is a great question. We use these words when talking about telephone calls a...
'Paul Bunyan,' An American Folk Tale Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much greater than in real life. This make...
With Biden in the Race, 20 Democrats Are Running for President Former American Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday joined an already crowded Democratic Party presidential nomination race. Biden announced his candidacy in a video published on Twitter...
New Mexico Ranch Works on Wildfire Recovery as Season Nears The Philmont Scout Ranch is a special place for members of the Boy Scouts of America. The ranch lies at the base of the Rocky Mountains, in northern New Mexico. More than 1 million Scouts an...
Putin Meets Kim, Urges International Nuclear Efforts Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Thursday in their first-ever face-to-face meeting. The two men met for nearly two hours on an island off the eastern Russian...
UN: Malawi Is First Country to Vaccinate Children against Malaria The World Health Organization announced this week that Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria. WHO officials say the country is using the only...
The 1972 film The Godfather is one of the most famous movies ever made. It tells the story of a make-believe organized crime family: the Corleone family. Its leader is Don Corleone, played by Marlon Brando. In the film, he says the following line: I'...
Men Still Have an Edge in Vietnams Gender-Equal System If a basic value of communism is equality, then men and women in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam would appear to have reached it. Women is this country of 100 million people run big companies,...
Many women who were part of the Islamic State (IS) remain loyal to the group, even after it fell this year. But a few say they regret joining it. The Associated Press spoke with four women from foreign countries who came to Syria to be part of the so...
Talk About Royal Birth Popular on Social Media This is What's Trending Today. Babies have been a popular subject on social media in recent days. People are writing a lot on Twitter and other social media platforms about the impending birth of the fir...
