2014-10-04 Do You Want Milk with Magazines?
The United States Postal Service wants to bring food and other goods from grocery stores to American homes. Officials say…
2014-10-03 US Eases Ban on Lethal Weapons to Vietnam
The United States has partially ended a ban on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam. Lethal weapons are those that…
2014-10-03 Human Rights Watch Issues Warning to Turkey
Human Rights Watch has warned that Turkey is becoming more authoritarian. The group says the rule of law is slowly…
2014-10-03 Bangladesh Works to Prevent Child Drowning Deaths
On a hot day, several 12-year-olds are learning to swim at a park in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It…
2014-10-02 Scientists Predict More Severe Storms Worldwide
As the world’s population grows, extreme weather conditions affect more and more people. The weather events may include flooding, powerful…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…