WASHINGTON - Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at US schools, according to a federal study released on Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns.
DAMASCUS - Upon seeing the people who are evacuating the eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus, one immediately noticed the unexpected number of children leaving with their families.
TAMPERE, Finland - The new language teacher at a Finnish primary school has endless patience for repetition, never makes a pupil feel embarrassed for asking a question and can even do the Gangnam Style dance.
LONDON - McDonald's on Wednesday became the latest big company in the United Kingdom to say it was the last straw for plastic - with plans to start using drinking straws made from paper.
TOKYO - Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, "right, left, well done!"
All plastic, glass or metal drinks containers in England are to become the subject of a new returnable deposit scheme in a bid to reduce pollution and encourage recycling.
SYDNEY - Staff at the University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum in Australia discovered a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy inside a coffin that was thought to be empty.
MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Moscow would respond harshly to a US decision to expel Russian diplomats, but was still open to talks with Washington, the RIA news agency reported.
SEATTLE - The US government's decision to shutter the Russian consulate in Seattle displeased many Russian immigrants on Monday, some of whom rushed to its offices in hopes of securing passports, visas and other important documents.
SOFIA, Bulgaria - President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on Monday in Varna to keep up bilateral dialogue.
SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed weakening the powers of his office and lowering the voting age in a package of constitutional reforms, while allowing the head of state to be re-elected.
Barring urgent action, land degradation that already has affected the lives of two-fifths of humanity will worsen, reducing crop yields and increasing social instability, nearly 100 scientists from 45 countries warned in a report released on Monday.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
