2018-09-11 Millionaires in America: Where Are They?
Nearly six percent of Americans are millionaires. They each have at least one million dollars in savings. Millionaires are found in some parts of the United States, but not others.…
2018-09-11 Sweden Politics Facing Anti-Immigrant Backlash
Sweden, home of the Nobel Prize, is facing political problems. The two main political alliances failed to win a clear governing majority in elections on Sunday. The ruling coalition, representing…
2018-09-10 US Closing Palestinian Liberation Organization Offices
The United States says the offices of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Washington should close. The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the PLO…
2018-09-10 CBS Chief Resigns After New Sex Abuse Accusations
The leader of the American television broadcast network, CBS, has resigned after more women accused him of sexual abuse. CBS announced the resignation of Leslie Moonves Sunday night. The company…
2018-09-09 Hmong Farmers Improve Minnesota Food Economy
In the American state of Minnesota, Hmong farmers are working together to grow their farming businesses. The Hmong are an ethnic group from East Asia. They have never had a…
2018-09-09 Full Classic Novels Have Arrived on Instagram
Instagram is a hugely popular way for users to share pictures, videos and messages with family and friends. The social media service is estimated to have more than 1 billion…
2018-09-09 Flight 93 Memorial Honors 9/11 Struggle, Courage
The events of September 11, 2001, in the United States are simply called 9/11. On that bright, clear morning 17 years ago, Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four large passenger airplanes to…
2018-09-09 US Timekeeping Stations Might Go Silent
Three radio stations in the United States mainly broadcast one thing: the official time. The three are radio stations WWV and WWVB, in the state of Colorado, and WWVH, on…
2018-09-08 No Going Home for Hondurans Expelled from US
They cannot go home again. For many Hondurans forced to return to their place of birth, home means a return to the violence that sent them fleeing the country in…
2018-09-08 Former US President Lends Name and Muscle to Build Homes for Needy
Habitat for Humanity builds houses for people who would not have the chance to own one any other way. Erika Santiestepan is a single mother of two young children. She…
2018-09-07 Russian TV Show Presents Putin as ‘Humane Human’
Russian government television has a new weekly current affairs program about President Vladimir Putin. The hour-long show, “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin,” launched September 2 on Rossiya 1 television. Radio and television…
2018-09-06 Trump Officials Deny They Wrote New York Times Op-Ed
Top Trump administration officials say they are not the writer of a New York Times opinion piece sharply critical of President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on…
2018-09-06 Falling Currencies Lead to Fear of Contagion
Fear is growing in financial markets around the world. First, it was Argentina. Then came Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia Investors and policy-making officials are worried about the falling value…
2018-09-06 India’s Top Court Ends Ban on Gay Sex
India’s Supreme Court has struck down the country’s long-standing ban on gay sex. In a decision announced Thursday, all five judges who considered the case agreed that the ban should…
2018-09-05 Pakistan’s New Prime Minister Meets with Top US Diplomat
Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Islamabad Wednesday. Khan said he hoped he could reset relations with the United States. He…