Kerry: It Will Take Years to Defeat Islamic State 美国务卿克里称打败伊斯兰国需要很多年 U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday it will take years to defeat the Islamic State militant group. He also said that airstrikes agai...
AS IT IS 2014-12-04 Vietnamese Farmers Protest Government Land Deals 越南农民抗议政府土地交易 In Vietnam, the state owns the land. The government gives people permission to lease land -- pay for its use for a limited time. As the economy...
AS IT IS 2014-12-04 Hope for Progress at UN Climate Talks in Lima 联合国气候变化大会在利马开幕 Representatives from almost 200 countries are meeting in Lima, Peru, for talks on a new United Nations climate treaty. The new treaty would r...
AS IT IS 2014-12-04 NASA Tests a Successor to the Space Shuttle 美国航空航天局测试新的航天飞船 The United States plans to launch a new spacecraft on Thursday. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to launch the Orion...
WHO: Plague in Madagascar Could Spread 世界卫生组织:瘟疫可能在马达加斯加蔓延 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. For much of 2014, health officials around the world have been guarding against Ebola virus. There is...
AS IT IS 2014-12-03 South Korea Charges Japanese Reporter 韩国指控日本记者 South Korean officials have charged a Japanese reporter with defaming President Park Geun-hye. Defamation means to hurt the reputation of someone or something, especia...
Lebanon Detains Wife, Child of Islamic State Leader 黎巴嫩军方扣留伊斯兰国头目妻儿 Security officials say the Lebanese military has detained a wife and child of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 安全官员说,黎巴嫩...
AS IT IS 2014-12-03 Trial Continues in Five-Year-Old Philippine Mass Murder Case November 23 marked the fifth anniversary of the killing of 58 people in the southern Philippines. Most were media workers. Philippine courts have yet to sentence anyone...
AS IT IS 2014-12-03 Indian Deaths Blamed on Tainted Drugs 受污染药物导致印度人死亡 Laboratory tests have confirmed that tainted drugs killed at least 13 women and sickened many others at a government-operated camp in India. The drugs were...
Scientists Predicting Strength of Future Earthquakes Scientists know where earthquakes are likely to take place. But it is difficult for them to predict how strong an earthquake will be. Now, American researchers have found that it may be possible to...
Hoverboards Ignore Gravity Can you imagine riding around the streets of your hometown on a skateboard without wheels? In the late 1980s, film director Robert Zemeckis showed a skateboard floating above the ground in his movie Back To The Future Part...
AS IT IS 2014-12-02 On World AIDS Day, Activists Claim Progress Not Victory 世界艾滋病日:活动家称抗击艾滋病取得进展但远未胜利 An activist group working to end disease in Africa says the number of new AIDS patients is finally d...
AS IT IS 2014-12-02 Women's Football Team a Sign of Change in Afghanistan 阿富汗女子足球队所象征的改变 For many years in Afghanistan, women were not permitted to play outdoor games. They were banned from playing under the former Taliban...