The COVID-19 pandemic affected many industries across the world in 2020. Many companies faced severe economic difficulties related to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. But, some were able to develop new technologies to help fight the disea...
The new movie Wonder Woman 1984 has enjoyed a successful opening in 2020. The second movie in the Wonder Woman series reportedly earned $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend. That is not a large amount in a normal year. But the coronavirus health...
Britain on Wednesday approved use of Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine. The shot has been described as the vaccine for the world because of its lower cost and easier storage requirements. It does not require extreme-co...
Argentina's Senate passed a law legalizing abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy Wednesday. The vote came after the senate debated the measure for 12 hours. It is considered a victory for the women's movement that has been fighting for the measur...
Belarus and Argentina have launched mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns using the Russian-developed Sputnik V shots. They are the first countries outside Russia to release the vaccine. 白俄罗斯和阿根廷采用俄罗斯研制的Sputnik V疫苗推出...
Imagine you are studying English. Perhaps you are learning new words or expressions. But then you feel the need to check your phone. Perhaps you look on social media. You return to your studies, only to look again at your phone a short time later. Th...
The island nation of Haiti is slowly developing its cocoa industry. Cocoa is the main element used to make chocolate. The business is helping thousands of farmers earn better wages. Haiti produces about 5,000 metric tons of cocoa each year. That is s...
American President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion spending plan measure Sunday night that he had suggested he would veto. The bill includes $900 billion for coronavirus aid and $1.4 trillion for government operations through next September. The...
People who fled fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray area continue to tell stories of suffering as they gather in refugee camps. At a simple medical center in Sudan, a doctor who is also a refugee cares for the hurt and sick. Tewodros Tefera sees many injur...
Healthcare workers across the United States are busy fighting COVID-19 in overcrowded hospitals. At the same time, there is a great need for medical workers to give millions of newly arrived vaccine doses. To take some of the pressure off the healthc...
Space exploration gave moments of hope in a difficult year. Three countries sent spacecraft toward Mars in 2020. Astronauts launched into orbit from the United States for the first time in nearly 10 years. And robotic explorers collected rocks from t...
Jean-Francois has not left his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister since COVID-19 appeared. In fact, the 74-year-old thinks it has been two months since he even stepped outside the building. 让-弗朗索瓦从新冠病毒出...
How Regeneron Made a COVID Antibody Drug It takes several weeks after infection or vaccination for the most effective antibodies to form in the human body. Drugs like the one that scientists at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals developed are meant to help qu...
The man first saw Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house in a small village in Sierra Leone. Soon after, he asked the fifth-grade girl to marry him. No, she told him, adding I'm going to school now. But the financial pressures caused...
At the beginning of 2020, the problems faced by American schools and colleges included issues like slavery, school shooting, sexual assault and the use of technology. 在2020年初，美国中小学和大学面临的问题包括奴隶制度、校园枪...
