Arab American Museum Shows Arab Spring Protest Art 阿拉伯博物馆展出阿拉伯之春抗议艺术 DEARBORN, MICH. In many countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, walls and buildings became the canvas for street art during the Arab...
Cheetah's Tail Inspires Model for Robot's Stability 猎豹尾巴启发机器人设计 If you speed your bicycle through a curve, you have to lean to the inner side in order to keep your balance. Many fast moving animals do the same, often with additi...
Artists Celebrate Century of Music Royalties NEW YORK Every time you hear a song in a restaurant or on the radio, hear music in a concert hall, on TV or in a movie, or listen to streaming audio on the Internet, a writer gets paid, thanks in large par...
Congress Faces Scramble to Raise Debt Ceiling 国会面临提高债务上限的争夺 WASHINGTON The coming week will see a return to fiscal drama in the U.S. Capitol with lawmakers scrambling to raise the federal borrowing limit before they adjourn...
Washington, DC Moves Toward Marijuana Decriminalization WASHINGTON After Colorado and Washington State legalized marijuana for recreational use, other states and cities around the country began taking a fresh look at their own marijuana laws. Some ar...
Major Powers to Take Bigger Role in Syria Talks LONDON Senior U.S. and Russian officials are to take a bigger role in the U.N.-sponsored talks on Syria's future that reconvened in Geneva Monday. The move comes as the Syrian government and opposition...
US Money Factory Prints Distinctive Dollars American dollars are a popular currency both in the United States and around the world. Ensuring that the bills are distinctive and trustworthy is the job of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a governmen...
Women on the Rise in African Politics 非洲妇女对政治热情上升 DAKAR Africa now has three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January. Though women leaders remain the exception in...
Sochi Olympics Begin With Spectacular Opening Ceremony 索契冬奥会壮观的开幕式 Competition begins in earnest Saturday at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The Games kicked off Friday with a glitzy opening...
Families of Slain Cambodian Garment Workers Call for Justice 被害柬埔寨服装工人的家属呼吁正义 PHNOM PENH Families of garments workers shot dead on Phnom Penh streets early last month have appealed for justice. 金边月初，金边服装...
Afghanistan Continues to Be Hub of Poppy Cultivation 阿富汗仍是罂粟的重要产地 A recent U.S. government report notes that more Afghan land is under poppy cultivation today than it was under the Taliban in 2002. Demand for drugs, especially...
World Cup Cities Say Climate Change Is Big Part of Planning JOHANNESBURG The World Cup soccer tournament is getting more and more carbon-heavy, with FIFA estimating that the 2014 event in Brazil will dump 2.72 million tons of carbon dioxide into the...
US Apologizes Over EU Ukraine Insult美国为自己在乌克兰问题上的侮辱性言论向欧盟道歉 LONDON A senior U.S. State Department official, Victoria Nuland, has apologized to the European Union after using an expletive while discussing...
US Unemployment Dips to 6.6 Percent, but Hiring Continues to Slow 美国失业率降至6.6%,但新增就业人口持续偏低 WASHINGTON Unemployment in the U.S. has fallen to a five-year low. The Labor Department says the economy added 113,000 jobs...
US Prayer Breakfast Draws World Leaders 美国祈祷早餐会吸引世界领袖 WASHINGTON Several world leaders were among more than 3,000 guests at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, held Thursday in Washington. Leaders often see the gathering a...
