Washington Week: Congress to Finish Work on US Budget Deal 聚焦华盛顿：议会将完成美国的预算协议工作 U.S. lawmakers are expected to pass a two-year federal budget this week, ending a contentious and politically-polarized year on a...
Mandela Mourners Seek Closure at Robben Island 罗本岛的曼德拉悼念活动即将结束 ROBBEN ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA After 10 days of official mourning, Nelson Mandelas body has been laid to rest. On Robben Island off Cape Town, where Mandela was...
Early Storms Foretell Another Hard Winter for Syria Refugees 早期风暴揭示叙利亚难民另一个艰难的冬天 CAIRO A winter-worthy storm system pummeling parts of the Middle East has hit Syrian refugees especially hard, and the worst is yet...
Family Responds to Allegations American Missing in Iran Was a Spy WASHINGTON The family of an American citizen missing in Iran for more than six years is speaking out after media reports say he had gone to Iran to spy for the CIA, and that his disapp...
Program Provides Food, Farming Education to Urban Poor 为城市贫民提供食物和农作培训 WASHINGTON In many U.S. inner-city neighborhoods, residents live in what is often referred to as a food desert - with few options for easy access to hea...
Malaria Deaths Drop Drastically; WHO Predicts More Success 疟疾死亡率大跌,世界卫生组织预计未来成果更加显著 The global effort to curb malaria is succeeding phenomenally, according to the latest report from the World Health Organ...
Indias Red Brigade Hits Back at Attackers of Women LUCKNOW, INDIA In a dusty neighborhood in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, Usha Vishwakarma readies her army of young women for battle. Standing on her doorstep, she leads the teenagers in martia...
Midwest Farmers Concerned With EPA Changes to Ethanol Standards 环保局乙醇标准改变令农民担忧 POLO, ILLINOIS In November, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed lowering the mandated amount of ethanol mixture in the nations gasolin...
Trans Pacific Trade Deal Delayed 跨太平洋伙伴关系协议推迟签署 Top trade officials reported progress, but no final deal, after negotiations this week in Singapore on the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Advocates say the TPP w...
Huge Display of Lights Brings Out Christmas Spirit in US 巨大的显示灯带来圣诞气氛 UPPER MARLBORO, MARYLAND For many families in the United States, taking a drive to see local light decorations during the Christmas holiday is an annual tra...
Texas Christmas Features Tamales, Cowboys 德州圣诞特色:玉米粉蒸肉,牛仔 SAN ANTONIO In Texas, Christmas and New Year's celebrations are similar to those in the rest of the United States, but Mexican culture and the state's cowboy heritage...
US Small Businesses Applaud Bipartisan Budget Deal 美国小企业欢迎两党预算达成协议 WASHINGTON An advocacy group representing small businesses in the United States has applauded the bipartisan budget agreement crafted by congressional le...
US-Russian Nuclear Conversion Program Ends 美俄结束核转换项目 WASHINGTON Uranium converted from Russian nuclear warheads has provided an estimated 10 percent of U.S. electric power in recent years. The 20-year Megatons to Megawatts program h...
Coffeehouse Nurtured America's Folk Musicians Over Half a Century SARATOGA SPRINGS Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York, is far from America's musical hot spots of Nashville, Austin, Los Angeles and even New York City. But over the past five decades...
US Prepares to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons 美国准备摧毁叙利亚化学武器 PENTAGON The U.S. Defense Department is preparing to test a system it plans to use to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles at sea. Officials are offering re...
