A nighttime building fire in southern Taiwan that took hours to bring under control killed 46 people Thursday. 台湾省南部一栋大楼周四夜间起火，火情花了数小时才得以控制，造成46人遇难。 Officials in the city of Kaohsi...
Ukraine Airline Updates Work Clothes for Female Flight Attendants Imagine you are preparing to take a flight. As you step onto the plane, you are greeted by a flight attendant. Now, describe the clothes of the female flight attendant. You might say s...
81-Year-Old Skateboarder Learns New Tricks Yoshio Kinoshita of Japan is not letting his age stop him from learning new tricks on a skateboard. Almost every morning, the 81-year-old Kinoshita rides at his local skate park in the city of Osaka. He gets...
Describing Your Day: The Evening Near the end of The Remains of the Day, a famous book by Kazuo Ishiguro, one of the characters says the following words: The evening's* the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet...
North Korea claimed Wednesday that it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile. 朝鲜周三称成功试射了一款新型高超音速导弹。 The advanced weapon system could be harder to defend and continues to expand the country's military po...
A new study found that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a large increase in obesity in American children and teenagers. 一项新的研究发现，新冠大流行导致美国儿童和青少年肥胖人数大幅增加。 Childhood obesity has been inc...
A California company is using robots to grow plants in greenhouses that it says use 90 percent less water than traditional farms. 加利福尼亚州一家公司正在使用机器人在温室里种植植物，该公司称，温室的用水量比传统农...
Star Treks William Shatner Becomes Oldest Man to Fly in Space Ninety-year-old actor William Shatner, flew into space Wednesday. The performer is known for playing Captain Kirk in the Star Trek television series and films. He is the oldest person to e...
Swiss researchers say they have completed the most detailed virtual reality (VR) map of the universe ever created. The map permits users to travel through space and time, the researchers said in a recent statement. It can be imagined as a kind of Goo...
United States officials announced Wednesday that the country will reopen its land borders to non-essential travel in November. The move ends a 19-month-long restriction put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.、 美国官员周三宣布将于1...
A new public opinion study suggests a big majority of Americans believe that the spread of misinformation is a problem. Most also think social media companies, and the people who use them, are largely to blame. But fewer think that they themselves mi...
Japanese Scientists Create Lab-grown Wagyu Beef Japan's famous Wagyu beef can cost more than $400 for a kilogram. Now, however, it may become less costly as scientists plan to introduce a lab-grown copy. Japanese scientists say they have recreated Wa...
Students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are a large and growing population in American schools. The U.S. Department of Education says that the number of ESL learners increased by more than 1 million from 2000 to 2020. That is about 10...
Superman is taking part in National Coming Out Day. 超人正在参加全美出柜日。 The day is observed on October 11 to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. 这一天定在10月11日，以支持女同性恋、男同性恋、双性...
La Septante is an open-air place for music in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recently, Manda Chante sang the gentle opening to Independence Cha Cha there. It is an old song that represented African anti-colonial moveme...
