The United States tourism industry is facing a problem: A drop in the number of Chinese visiting U.S. cities and states. 美国旅游业正面临一个难题：到访美国各州和城市的中国游客数量有所下降。 Close to 3 million Chinese...
Astronauts on the International Space Station will soon test a new oven for making chocolate chip cookies. A spaceship carrying the cooking equipment and other supplies was launched Saturday from the Wallops Flight Facility in the United States. The...
A new report shows that most American fourth and eighth graders did not do well on math and reading tests. The latest so-called Nation's Report Card was released last week. There were some exceptions. Students in Washington, DC, made important gains...
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce announced this week that the United States plans to invest and trade more in Asia. 美国商务部长本周宣布，美国计划在亚洲进行更多的投资和贸易。 Secretary Wilbur Ross spoke about American effor...
A rights group reports that governments and individuals have sought to influence elections online in 26 of 30 national elections it studied. 一个人权组织报告称，在其研究的30个国家选举中，有26个国家的政府和个人试图利用...
China is likely to become the first country in the world to start mining minerals from the ocean floor. The head of the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, said that will happen if international rules for exploitation are approved next year. Mine...
Not long ago, Nabipur was a quiet farming village in northern India. Now the village is home to several large furnaces. They burn old tires from Western countries. The air is sometimes thick with smoke and the soil black with soot. By burning tires,...
Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus is to blame for a mysterious illness that can quickly paralyze children. The very rare condition, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, is similar to the polio disease. The first reports o...
In South Korea, the most popular movie this week is about the everyday sexism women face there. It is based on the best-selling book called Kim Ji-young, Born 1982. Both the book and movie have people talking about the place of women in South Korea's...
Many Americans have a chance to sleep in a little longer this weekend. In the early hours of Sunday, November 3, Daylight Saving Time comes to an end in most of the country. People are supposed to turn their clocks back an hour. So, they will have on...
