2017-04-08 Haitians Seek Shelter in Mountain Caves Six Months after Hurricane Matthew
Roland Despeines looks for shelter inside a mountain cave when heavy rains fall in southwestern Haiti. Despeines and many other…
2017-04-08 World’s 5th Tallest Building Opens in South Korea
The fifth-tallest building in the world, the Lotte World Tower, has opened in Seoul, South Korea. The event was celebrated…
2017-04-07 US Allies Support Airstrikes on Syrian Military Targets
American allies have praised the United States for launching airstrikes on Syrian military targets to answer a chemical weapons attack…
2017-04-08 Swedish Company is Putting Microchips in Workers
An unusual, new program is becoming the norm at a technology company in Sweden. The company, called Epicenter, offers to…
2017-04-07 Freedom House: Democracy Ratings Drop in Many Countries
The United States-based group Freedom House says democracy dropped in more than half of the countries it studied last year.…
2017-04-07 Too Many Tourists Are Visiting Cambodian ‘Killing Fields’
The number of tourists visiting Cambodia’s genocide sites has more than tripled over the last 10 years. They are visiting…
2017-04-05 In Silicon Valley, Experts Help International Groups Grow
The smell of smoke from cooking fires has stayed in the memory of Ravindra Sunku. While growing up in Hyderabad,…
2017-04-06 Turkey Targets Social Media Users Ahead of Referendum
In less than two weeks, Turkish voters will decide whether to extend the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The…
2017-04-06 H1-B Visa Open Season Begins
Many people have been contacting United States offices around the world since the government’s H1-B visa program for foreign workers…
2017-04-03 Deadly Bombing on St. Petersburg Subway
An explosion Monday on a subway train in St. Petersburg, Russia, killed at least 10 and injured dozens more. The…
2017-04-04 Boeing Reaches Sales Agreement with Another Iranian Airline
American airplane maker Boeing says it has reached a deal to sell 30 aircraft to an Iranian airline. The $3…
2017-04-06 Brexit Raises Tension over Gibraltar’s Future
Britain officially informed the European Union (EU) of its plans to leave the group last week. The move came at…
2017-04-03 Potatoes Could Be Grown on Mars
In the 2015 film “The Martian,” Matt Damon’s character is a scientist left behind on Mars. He has limited food…
2017-04-03 Flooding, Landslides Kill More Than 260 in Colombia
Families and rescuers searched Sunday for victims of flooding and landslides in southern Colombia. The destruction has killed more than…
2017-04-02 Report: Sales of Counterfeit Reproductions Set to Increase Worldwide
A new report predicts a rise in counterfeiting and pirated goods over the next ten years. The report says China…