2018-08-05 The Tragic History of South Korea’s Jeju Island
Every summer, thousands of South Koreans, Chinese and Japanese visitors travel to Jeju Island to enjoy its natural beauty and…
2018-08-04 Georgia Is First Former Soviet Republic to Legalize Marijuana Use
Georgia has become the first former member of the Soviet Union to legalize use of marijuana. Yet Georgians are still…
2018-08-04 Will Britain’s Withdrawal from the EU Be the End of the World?
Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is coming soon and so is the end of the world, if you…
2018-08-04 Houston Still Recovering from Hurricane Harvey
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season started two months ago, but many Texas families are still struggling to recover from the…
2018-08-04 Rare and Costly Parrots for Sale at Virginia Store
Small or large, costly and even rare birds can be found at a pet store in the American community of…
2018-08-03 3D Guns Raise Legal Questions
In the U.S. this month, Americans are discussing whether 3D guns are legal. Cody Wilson says yes. He first used…
2018-08-03 Zimbabwe Elects President, Opposition Rejects Results
Zimbabwe election officials have declared Emmerson Mnangagwa winner of the country’s presidential election. Mnangagwa received 50.8 percent of the vote,…
2018-08-03 Experts Say Israeli Leader Is Rising in World Standing
The Trump administration is considering setting up a military partnership with the Sunni Muslim leaders of Arab Gulf states. The…
2018-08-02 Pope Francis Says Death Penalty ‘Inadmissible’
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has changed Church teaching about the death sentence. The new teaching…
2018-08-02 Group Providing Clothing, Books to Migrant Children
A committee of the United States Senate is studying the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy for migrant families. The policy…
2018-08-01 Walking High Above on Vietnam’s ‘Golden Bridge’
In the mountains of central Vietnam, two huge hands lift a golden walkway high above the mountaintops. It is as…
2018-08-01 North Korea Returns Remains of Korean War Dead to US
North Korea has returned to the United States more than 55 sets of human remains. The remains are believed to…
2018-07-31 Iran Rejects Trump’s Offer of Talks as ‘Humiliation’
Senior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks as worthless and “a humiliation.” Trump said…
2018-07-29 India’s Engineering Students Join Gay Rights Fight
Twenty-seven-year-old Debottam Saha remembers how he became a victim of blackmail earlier this year. Saha is a gay man. One…
2018-07-30 Cambodia Set to Become One Party State
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) says it has won every seat in the country’s parliament. The party released the statement…