Large Immigrant Influx on Texas Border Creates Huge Challenge 得州大量移民涌入成挑战 HOUSTON The tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who have come across the Mexican border into the US state of Texas in recent months seeking refuge fro...
Hotel in Rio Favela Attracts Jazz Enthusiasts 里约热内卢贫民窟酒店吸引爵士乐爱好者 RIO DE JANEIRO You might not expect to find a hotel in one of Rio de Janeiros favelas - the local name for the city's shantytowns. The success story...
New Lab to Test Energy-Saving Technologies 新实验室测试节能技术 Most of the electrical energy in the U.S. is consumed by buildings and the building sector has the fastest growing rate, but up to now the country did not have a facility for c...
Fans Await Sunday's World Cup Final in Brazil 在巴西球迷盼望着周日的世界杯决赛 RIO DE JANEIRO Throngs of Argentines made their way to Rio de Janeiro after their team beat the Netherlands to reach the World Cup final for the first time...
Guitars Make Art in Addition to Music Artists have created musical masterpieces with guitars for centuries, but at a music shop in Maryland, the instruments became canvases and were transformed into art. The idea came to the store's owner, Tony Litz,...
US Muslims Reach Into Their Hearts, and Pockets for Ramadan WASHINGTON For millions of Muslims around the world Ramadan is a time to reach deep into their hearts. And for those who can afford it, its also a time to reach deep into their pockets and e...
Ancient Papyrus Reed Could Hold Key to Water Conservation Ancient Egyptians turned papyrus into paper and provided the world with it for thousands of years. Hundreds of thousands of books in the Royal Library in Alexandria and Rome's 58 public librar...
California Dance Company Aims to Break Belly Dance Stereotype 加州舞团旨在打破肚皮舞的刻板印象 LOS ANGELES In the United States and some other countries, belly dancing is often perceived as a seductive dance, performed mostly at speci...
Israel, Hamas Trade Blame, Dig in The military conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, continues to escalate. Both sides blame each other for provoking the conflict and neither side at this point is r...
China Agrees to Scale Back Currency Controls STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. and Chinese officials have closed two days of talks in Beijing that included discussions on cyber-security, currency controls, and rival territorial claims in the South China Sea. As...
Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending July 12 Were lighting up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending July 12, 2014. Much of the United States is now afflicted with hot summer weather - which may explain...
After 45 Years: Space Race a Thing of the Past 45年之后:太空竞赛成为过去 Forty-five years ago, two U.S. astronauts became the first humans to step on the moon, the remarkable culmination of a fierce competition in space technology between...
Afghan Political Crisis Raises Fears of Violence 阿富汗政治危机或再次引发暴力活动 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Afghanistan on Friday, where a political crisis is raising fears of instability and violence. Supporters...
Displaced S. Sudanese Face Worsening Conditions in Camps 马拉卡勒的南苏丹难民生活条件堪忧 MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN Floods, malaria and malnutrition are making life worse for internally displaced people staying at camps in South Sudan. In...
African-born Pastor Brings Holy Laughter Revival to Washington WASHINGTON A South African-born televangelist based in Florida has brought his ministry to Washington for a three-week event he is calling Celebrate America. Rodney Howard-Browne is calli...
