As It Is (慢速新闻杂志)

2016-11-27 UN Warns of Worsening Situation for Displaced Afghans

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have been displaced from their homes because of continuing violence in the country. They face…

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2016-11-26 An American National, But Not a Citizen

The United States is made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia and 16 territories. Five of these territories…

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2016-11-25 Americans Traveling More Internationally, Including Vietnam

Americans are traveling internationally more than ever, the U.S. Commerce Department says. [In 2015], Americans took 74 million trips abroad. That…

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2016-11-23 Japanese Troops Arrive in South Sudan with Expanded Role

Japanese troops arrived in South Sudan this week to join a United Nations peacekeeping force. The troops are replacing a…

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2016-11-24 Egyptian Court Cancels Life Sentence For Former President Morsi

The top appeals court in Egypt overturned life sentences against former Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi and officials of the Muslim Brotherhood. The…

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2016-11-22 What Happens When a Dictator Dies?

A new study finds that the natural death of a dictator does not usually lead to a change in a…

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2016-11-22 ‘Post-Truth’ Named 2016 Word of the Year

"Post-Truth" is Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year. The Oxford Dictionaries website told readers post-truth could be "one of the defining words…

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2016-11-21 Homeless Population Down in America, But ‘Spreading’ Worldwide

The number of people in the United States without a home is down from one year ago. The total is…

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2016-11-20 Trump Supporters Expect President-elect to Carry Out Promises

Donald Trump supporters expect him to carry out his campaign promises. "I expect him to move quickly with his rock-the-boat agenda,"…

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2016-11-19 Kenya Expanding Purple Tea Production

Kenya is the third-largest tea producer in the world. Almost all of the tea grown in the East African nation…

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