2014-10-02 Vietnam Seeks to Build High-Tech Exports
Vietnam is getting a little tired of being known for only coffee and rice exports. Now, the country is hoping to develop its high-technology industry. Vietnam may not have its…
2014-10-01 US Troops Help to Fight Ebola in Liberia
In recent weeks, many world leaders have called for immediate action against the Ebola virus in West Africa. The United States has answered the call. It has promised the most…
2014-10-01 First Ebola Case Reported in U.S.
Ebola has arrived in the United States. But the arrival was not on a flight specially designed to deal with a deadly, contagious disease. It was on a normal flight…
2014-10-01 Ferry Investigation Divides South Korea
South Korean lawmakers have agreed to launch a new investigation into the deadly passenger boat accident in April. The agreement followed months of inaction by the National Assembly. Now the…
2014-09-30 US Signs Security Agreement with Afghanistan
The United States has welcomed the signing of a Bilateral Security Agreement with Afghanistan. US officials are calling the agreement, “an important step in strengthening the strategic partnership between the…
2014-09-30 US ‘Green Card’ Lottery Registration Begins
The United States government’s Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens October 1. The program is known to millions of people around the world as the “green card lottery.” A “green card”…
2014-09-30 Former US President Jimmy Carter Turns 90
Today — October 1st, 2014 — is the 90th birthday of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. On this program, we look at his very active and interesting life. “There can…
2014-09-27 Citizen-Scientists Take Control of Old Satellite
For the first time, the American space agency has given control of one of its spacecraft to a team of citizen-scientists. The satellite was launched in 1978 and had not…
2014-09-27 Great Photographs from the US Library of Congress
What if you were asked to choose just 730 photographs from among 1.25 million images? And you had just a few months in which to complete the project. Most people…
2014-09-27 Land Disputes Lead to Violence in Uganda
More than 700 residents crowd onto a small piece of land in Rwamutonga, a small village outside Hoima. The people say they have been unfairly forced from their homes and…
2014-09-27 Afghan Presidential Candidates Agree to Share Power
This week Afghanistan ended months of dispute over the country’s presidential election. The United States helped negotiate a power-sharing agreement between the top two presidential candidates. Under the agreement, the…
2014-09-26 Education, Gender Influence Use of Media in Africa
Recently, the Gallup research group joined with a United States government agency to produce a study about women and media in Africa. That agency is the U.S. Broadcasting Board of…
2014-09-25 Deforestation Is a Threat to the Amazon
The country of Brazil is home to the world’s largest rainforest – the Amazon. A rainforest is a kind of forest that receives at least 254 centimeters of rain each…
2014-09-23 Cocoa Smuggling Increases in West Africa
People have been illegally transporting, or smuggling, cocoa beans between Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana for many years. Ivorian growers smuggled their cocoa beans into Ghana because prices were higher…
2014-09-24 India Wins the Asian Space Race to Mars
India has won the Asian race to Mars. India successfully placed a spacecraft into orbit of the “Red Planet” early Wednesday. The spaceship traveled hundreds of millions of kilometers from…