Black Friday Holiday Shopping Kicks Off 黑色星期五购物拉开帷幕 WASHINGTON The U.S. holiday shopping season is officially under way, with Black Friday discounts drawing millions of shoppers in stores and online. From California to New York...
South Africa Sees Male Circumcision as Way to Reduce HIV Infections JOHANNESBURG South Africa remains plagued by AIDS despite massive government and NGO efforts on prevention and life-sustaining Anti-Retro-Viral programs. The country has the highest...
African Stars Give Band Aid 30 Ebola Track Cool Welcome LONDON Dozens of British music stars have come together to record a new version of the song Do They Know Its Christmas? to raise money for the fight against Ebola. But the song has not been univ...
Future Uncertain for Asian Immigrants Facing Deportation in US LOS ANGELES One group often overlooked in the U.S. immigration debate is the estimated 1.3 million illegal immigrants from Asia. President Barack Obamas recent executive order can provide...
Native Americans Work to Save Language FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA One evening a week, young and old gather in Michael Moores classroom in Fort Yates, North Dakota, to learn Lakota the language of their Sioux tribal ancestors. For many of the students h...
Chinese Tourism to US Expected to Grow 中国人赴美旅游预计将大幅增长 SAN FRANCSICO San Francisco is a major stop for Chinese visitors, and an agreement between China and the United States, announced in Beijing this month, promises to dra...
Report: Double African Agriculture RD Sub-Saharan Africas long-term food security faces a number of threats. A new report recommends speeding up agricultural productivity, but says a doubling of investment in research and development would be needed....
Italian Espresso Expands Into Space WASHINGTON Italian-style espresso coffee has devotees around the world, with a growing number of people abandoning a regular cup of coffee for the thicker brew. Now, Italian coffee machine makers are working to cre...
The End of AIDS Could be Within Reach 治愈艾滋病毒将触手可及 WASHINGTON This year's World AIDS Day focuses on how to achieve an AIDS-free generation. The United Nations predicts that if prevention and treatment services are scaled up, the...
Holiday Shopping Erodes Thanksgiving Tradition, Many Say 很多美国人认为感恩节购物是对传统的侵蚀 Never mind the traditional meal of roast turkey with family and friends on Thursday. For some, Thanksgiving Day marks the unofficial st...
Rodgers and Hammerstein Flop Gets 2nd Chance NEW YORK Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein were the writing team that helped usher in what is considered the Golden Age of American musical theater. By the late 1940s, they had created a string of Broa...
New Bird Flu Strain Reaches Europe 欧洲发现新禽流感病毒 A new strain of bird flu known as H5N8 has been detected in Europe. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says it poses a serious threat to poultry there. African countries...
Merits of Giving Ukraine Lethal Aid Debated STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has condemned what he calls Russias aggression in Ukraine, but stopped short of saying the United States will provide Ukraine with lethal aid during comments m...
Asia Seeks to Improve Vital Birth Registrations 亚洲希望改善出生登记问题 SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND This week government ministers from Southeast Asia are meeting in Bangkok to discuss how to improve official registrations of births, deaths a...
'Worlds Best Rice' Title Could Boost Cambodian Rice Exports 世界上最好的大米头衔促进柬埔寨大米出口 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA For the third year in a row, Cambodias premier rice has been voted the worlds best at the World Rice Conference...
