2014-10-16 Islamic State Militants Become Target for Jokes
Across the Middle East artists are attacking Islamic State fighters with jokes, making fun of them with music, cartoons and…
2014-10-15 Indian Prime Minister Launches Cleanup Campaign
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has started a nationwide campaign to clean up the country and provide toilets to all…
2014-10-14 Spacecraft Sends ‘Tantalizing’ Information from Mars
Scientists working on the year-long American mission to explore Mars hope that it will “help solve the mystery of how…
2014-10-14 Catholic Bishops Discuss Teachings on Gays, Divorce
The Roman Catholic Church has long been critical of love relationships between two people of the same sex. The church…
2014-10-14 Naming the Nameless Dead on US-Mexico Border
From January to September of this year an estimated 230 migrants died trying to cross the border from Mexico into…
2014-10-13 Senegal Uses Technology to Teach Reading
More and more Africans are using text messages, e-mail and social media to communicate. In Senegal, educators are using new…
2014-10-13 US Satellites to Help Southeast Asia with Climate Change
Satellite imagery from the United States is expected to soon begin helping about 60 million people in the Lower Mekong…
2014-10-12 Thailand Seeks to Ban Commercial Surrogacy
Thailand is campaigning against commercial surrogacy, one of the world’s most unregulated industries. In this industry, infertile foreign couples pay…
2014-10-12 Hundreds of California Homes in Need of Water
Severe drought has struck California for a third year. The lack of water is affecting farms, cities and small communities.…
2014-10-11 US Memorial Honors Disabled Veterans
President Obama praised disabled military veterans as he officially opened a memorial in their honor earlier this month. The president…
2014-10-11 Same-Sex Marriage Rights Advance in the US
This week the Supreme Court acted in one of America’s most debated issues by doing almost nothing. The justices decided…
2014-10-10 Malala and Indian Activist Win Nobel Peace Prize
A child rights campaigner and a child education activist will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee…
2014-10-10 Young Vietnamese Love Online Videos
Last year, a young woman in Vietnam named Phuong Nghi bought a smartphone. Her parents had refused to buy one…
2014-10-09 Forgotten Speeches Come Alive on YouTube
The 1960s was a time of change in the United States and other places. These changes influenced opinions about social…
2014-10-08 Activists Criticize Planned US Arms Sales to Vietnam
Last week, the United States announced it would partly end its 30-year-long ban on the sale of lethal, or deadly,…