The University of California, Berkeley, has opened the first institutionalized center in the United States dedicated to the study of the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked China with the West.
TOKYO - It has been a decade since Liliane last saw her little girl. She fled Africa in fear for her life, leaving behind everything she knew and loved in the hope of a fresh start in Japan.
LOS ANGELES - In some schools, children are forced to mop cafeteria floors. In others, their hot meal is taken away and thrown in the trash. In extreme cases, students are sent home with a stamp on their arm that reads "I owe lunch money."
NEW YORK - SiriusXM satellite radio said Tuesday it will debut a channel devoted to the Beatles later this month, achieving a long-sought dream to highlight the music of the pop legends.
SEATTLE - A crack that could create an iceberg the size of five Hong Kongs - and destabilize one of the largest ice shelves in the Antarctic - has branched out and begun to widen more quickly, a scientist said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK - Located behind a row of cottages in Snug Harbor and regarded as a hidden gem in New York's Staten Island, the Chinese Scholar's Garden offers a pleasant surprise to visitors.
SYDNEY - The Dog Unit of Australia's New South Wales Police Force on Wednesday announced that seven new police puppies will be named by sick children before joining the fight on crime.
NIAMEY, Niger - Arriving on motorcycles and donkeys, in cars, or even on foot, hundreds of people have flocked to a site in southern Niger hoping to strike gold.
CHEFCHAOUEN, Morocco - "If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's aging 4x4 showing Morocco's famed Barbary macaque monkey.
NEW YORK - The United Nations marked the first World Tuna Day on Tuesday with calls to conserve one of the globe's most popular fish to be caught and eaten.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was scheduled to depart on a whirlwind trip to the United States on Wednesday, during which he will meet with US President Donald Trump for the first time since Trump took office.
KABUL - A powerful blast targeting an armored NATO convoy in Kabul killed at least eight people and wounded 27 on Wednesday, including three coalition soldiers, officials said days after the Taliban announced their spring offensive.
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