AS IT IS 2014-11-19 Farm Visitors Increase Farm profits 农场游客增加农场收入 As the weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms. They harvest apples, enjoy hay wagon rides and walk in the fields. These...
AS IT IS 2014-11-19 Activists Urge Switzerland to Freeze North Korean Assets 活动人士督促瑞士冻结朝鲜资产 Twenty North Korean defectors urged Switzerland to block all assets of the North Korean leadership immediately. The 20 have fled N...
French Citizen Is Likely Among Militants in Beheading Video A French official says there is a strong likelihood that a French citizen was among the Islamic militants who executed an American aid worker. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced o...
China Opens Shanghai Stock Market to Hong Kong 中国向香港开放上海证券市场 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. Investors in Hong Kong and Shanghai may now invest in a limited group of securities on either city's stock...
AS IT IS 2014-11-18 Hackers Attack US State Department Computers 美国国务院电脑遭到黑客攻击 The U.S. State Department has closed its public email system and websites after a suspected attack by computer criminals called hackers. It had n...
AS IT IS 2014-11-18 US Medical Supplies Donated Overseas 捐赠到世界各地的美国医疗设备 Every year, American hospitals and medical centers are left with thousands of kilograms of medical supplies that never get used. Health care workers p...
Iraq, Syria Face Aid Shortages 伊拉克、叙利亚面临援助不足 The United Nations says Iraq and Syria need more aid to deal with the huge humanitarian crisis in the area. Millions of people in Syria and Iraq need humanitarian aid. Many of the...
South Korea Attempting to Reuse More E-Waste 韩国尝试重新利用更多的电子垃圾 South Korea is dealing with increasing amounts of waste from electronic devices. These useless or unwanted parts are often called e-waste. Tons of old computer...
AS IT IS 2014-11-17 Billionaires Grow in Numbers, Influence 亿万富豪的人数增多 影响力不断增强 They are the same as you and me in many ways. But in one important way they are very different. They have more power, more influence and mor...
AS IT IS 2014-11-17 Money, Time Needed to Stop Lords Resistance Army African Union officials say the AU is making progress in its fight against the Lords Resistance Group. But officials say they need more money to carry out the campaign. Without more...
Don't Get Caught in a Catch-22 不要受困于二十二条军规 Now, Words and Their Stories, a VOA Learning English program about American expressions. Im Anna Matteo with the expression, Catch-22. Here is a situation: You want to find work. You fi...
Should You Have the Right-to-Die? The topics of euthanasia and assisted suicide are getting a lot of media attention recently. Euthanasia means killing someone who is very sick to prevent more suffering. Assisted suicide is less direct. It is when on...
Afghan Opium Production Jumps 阿富汗鸦片产量下降 The United Nations says Afghanistan produced a record amount of opium this year. The announcement has raised questions about the internationally-supported efforts to fight drug production in t...
Three Cambodian Activists Sentenced to Prison 三名柬埔寨土地维权人士被判刑 A court in Cambodia has sentenced three more activists to a year in prison. The sentences were announced just a day after the three activists were arrested. They...
Taylor Swift, Beyonce Top Music and Money Lists 泰勒斯威夫特与碧昂斯荣膺最佳音乐与吸金王 It is all about women on todays music piece. They made some interesting news this week. But there is also some news you might have expected....
