In The News (时事新闻)

2015-11-07 Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Project

President Barack Obama has rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The project involved building a 1,900-kilometer oil pipeline to…

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2015-10-31 Slow and Gassy Balloon is Social Media Fave

Who knew a huge blimp – basically a 73-meter-long balloon – could become the social media star of the week?…

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2015-10-31 Bank Scandals Fuel Interest in Islamic Finance

Recent bank scandals have fueled interest in Islamic banking because it forbids interest or fees on loans. Questions about ethics in global…

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2015-10-30 China Ends One–Child Policy

The government in China plans to end its one-child per family policy and instead let families have two children. The…

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2015-10-24 Hillary Clinton Stronger After Benghazi Hearing

Hillary Rodham Clinton emerged stronger politically after nearly 11 hours of tough questioning Thursday, analysts said. Her ability to remain…

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2015-10-16 US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, Deploy to Cameroon

President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will slow the planned withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan. The…

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2015-10-10 US Arrests Former UN Official

A former United Nations General Assembly president was arrested in the United States this week. John Ashe is accused of…

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2015-10-06 Ireland, Japan, China Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Medicine

The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden's Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine…

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2015-10-02 US, Russia Clash on How to End Syrian Conflict

Russian warplanes attacked Syrian cities this week but the U.S. disputes whether those targets were the right ones. Russia says…

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2015-09-22 UN Nuclear Inspector Reports Progress in Iran Investigation

In the news today... UN Nuclear Inspector Reports Progress in Iran Investigation The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has…

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