◎張沛元
In a town that once took considerable pride in its Confederate past, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously Saturday to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway and seek permission from the Virginia General Assembly to move a renowned statue of a Confederate soldier in historic Old Town.
◎茅毅
Most school songs in South Korea still have lyrics more suited to the 1970s, but some are moving recently to reflect student’s changing tastes by incorporating rapping and English lyrics and focusing on new values such as diversity. An active culture of students themselves arranging and recording their school songs or composing class songs is also taking shape.
◎蔡子岳
Scientists say that humans have a biased view of the most repugnant insect - the cockroach. Not all species of cockroaches are pests. In fact, these group of insects have a diversity of forms, and some are used for medicinal purposes. Although cockroaches can withstand up to 10 times more radiation than humans, they are not immune to it.
◎魏國金
Bob Dylan’s failure to acknowledge his Nobel Prize in literature is "impolite and arrogant", according to a member of the body that awards it.
◎孫宇青
As e-commerce continues to gain momentum in China, traditional shopping centers have been trying to encourage shoppers back to their physical stores.
◎周虹汶
A woman in Sacramento, California who this week carried a human skull on a stick through the streets has prompted an investigation into the identity of the deceased and the cause of death, police said on Friday.
◎茅毅
The budget for the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’s 2017 "livelihood stability and commemoration project for surviving comfort women," revealed on Sept. 5 by People’s Party lawmaker and National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee member Shin Yong-Hyeon, amounted to 3.039 billion won, down 1.126 billion won from 4.165 billion won this year.
◎蔡子岳
Astronomers said they have spotted evidence of water vapor plumes rising from Jupiter’s moon Europa, a finding that might make it easier to learn whether life exists in the warm, salty ocean hidden beneath its icy surface.
◎周虹汶
Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain’s capital as a wooden replica of 17th century London went up in smoke to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.
魏國金
A Russian blogger who has been sent to pre-trial detention for playing "Pokemon Go" in a church has appealed against his arrest.
◎茅毅
31-year-old Park Hana says she dreads receiving "poktan" utility receipts at her 83-square-meter home in Gyeonggi province, as the air conditioner roars to shield her toddler from one of the worst heat waves in the North Asian nation.
◎陳正健
Napping for more than an hour in the daytime may raise the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 45 per cent, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Tokyo used data from 21 studies involving more than 300,000 people who had recorded their daily level of napping.
