2017-07-08 Five Countries Where People Have Confidence in Trump
Only one in five people in 37 nations are confident President Donald Trump will do the right thing when it…
2017-07-08 Rio Mayor Plans to Reduce Samba School Funding
Carnival is one of the most popular celebrations in South America’s biggest country, Brazil. And nowhere is the six-day celebration…
2017-07-07 Brazilian Teenager Signs Contract With Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays
Major League Baseball’s website says the Toronto Blue Jays signed Eric Pardinho, a teenager from Brazil, on July 2. Pardinho…
2017-07-07 Dubai to Put Self-Driving Police Vehicles on Streets
Dubai is the commercial capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf. But officials want to turn…
2017-07-07 Bill Seeks More Training for High-Demand Jobs
America is expected to face a shortage of workers in some jobs. Some lawmakers, however, are worried that not enough…
2017-07-07 Turkish Opposition Marches to Istanbul
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Turkey, has often been criticized for being an ineffective…
2017-07-06 Qatar Disagrees with Arab States Demands
Four Arab nations led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia say Qatar is “not serious” in its response to their demands.…
2017-07-06 Thailand’s Government Delays Migrant Labor Law After Protests
Thailand’s military government has delayed a new labor law by six months. The government was forced to delay the start…
2017-07-05 US Denies Visas for Gambian, Afghan Robotics Teams
The United States has denied visas to a team of Gambian students to attend a major international robotics competition. The…
2017-07-05 North Korea Celebrates ICBM, US Calls for Global Action
The United States has called for the world to act after North Korea’s leader celebrated the test of an intercontinental…
2017-07-05 New Course Helps Technology Companies Get Started
A company in Mountain View, California, helps fund and advises new, or startup, technology companies. It is called Y Combinator,…
2017-07-05 Premature Births in US Increase for Second Year
A new report shows the number of babies born prematurely has been increasing in the United States since 2014. The…
2017-07-04 Turkey Bans the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools
Turkey has historically prided itself on being a secular state. Amendments to the constitution during the 1920s and 1930s separated…
2017-06-29 Honored Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
A Vietnamese blogger, honored by the United States for her activism, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in…
2017-07-04 People Worry About Being Alone with Co-workers of Opposite Sex
Long before he became vice president, Mike Pence told a reporter that he does not eat alone with any woman…