Computer maker Apple is warning investors that it will not meet its three-month financial goal because of the coronavirus outbreak in China. The company said Monday that all of its iPhone factories are outside Hubei province, where the outbreak began...
As elections near, Iranian leaders appear to be worried about several crises that have left people with little hope for the future. Tensions with the United States, economic weakness and the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airplane have tired...
This month, France marks the 60th anniversary of nuclear weapons tests that made the country one of the world's first nuclear powers. But critics claim more than 30 years of testing in Algeria and French Polynesia left many suffering from the effects...
Vacationers, nature lovers and other people are using their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides. By doing so, these men and women are helping scientists predict what rising sea levels will mean for coastal communities around the wor...
By Anne Ball 17 February 2020 How do you wake up in the morning? If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep That hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known...
American companies put fewer robots in place during 2019 than they did the year before, Reuters news agency reports. That is the first decrease in shipped robots since 2015. 据路透社报道，美国公司2019年期间安装的工业机器人数量比...
South Korea's Oscar-winning movie Parasite tells the story of class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul. Parasite made history this week when it became the first non-English language movie to win the Oscar for best picture. People all ove...
The oil industry in South Sudan has left land with hundreds of open holes containing poison waste. In the water and soil, there are poisonous chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese and arsenic. The Associated Press is now making publ...
Today we answer a question from Kotaro in Japan. 今天我们回复来自日本的小太郎的问题。 Question: 提问： I want to learn about American Culture. Can you tell me about that? Kotaro, Japan 我想要了解美国文化。你能给我说说...
Asian American businesses are seeing a drop in customers because of fears over the new coronavirus outbreak in China. 由于担心在中国爆发的新型冠状病毒，亚裔美国人企业的客户量有所下降。 In many places, city officials a...
1-2-3, shouts Noradhiah Tumirin, a medical doctor and fitness trainer. You can do it, she says approvingly as her client, Sarah Baharudin, lies on her back and struggles to lift her legs in the air. Tumirin is leading Baharudin in an exercise class....
When the Islamic State (IS) group moved across northern Iraq in 2014, its forces tried to destroy the Yazidi people. Yazidis are an ethnic minority in Iraq. They had lived in the mountains of Kurdistan for a thousand years. IS fighters killed thousan...
American George Ball thinks he has one of the best-paying jobs available in the Chesapeake Bay area. The Chesapeake Bay stretches over 300 kilometers from Maryland to southeastern Virginia before its waters finally reach the Atlantic Ocean. George Ba...
In the American film Pulp Fiction, actor Samuel L. Jackson challenges two criminals. They are trying to take money from all of the people in a restaurant. Jackson plays the part of a former criminal who used to carry out targeted killings. He wants t...
A space object billions of kilometers away from Earth is giving scientists information about how our planet, and others, were formed. It is the most distant object ever explored by a spacecraft. It is named Arrokoth, and sometimes called Snowman beca...
