No Shutdown Resolution in Sight 美国政府关门两党相互指责 WASHINGTON The standoff that has shut down non-essential U.S. government operations is showing no signs of a resolution. As the shutdown entered its second day on Wednesday, Republi...
DC Businesses Provide Freebies for Furloughed Government Workers WASHINGTON The U.S. Government shutdown rolls on. Lawmakers have yet to reach common ground, and that means that nearly 800,000 government workers throughout the country stay home. Nowh...
Global Markets Calm on First Day of US Government Shutdown 美国政府关门第一天全球市场反应平静 On Tuesday, financial markets, by and large, shrugged off the first U.S. government shutdown in 17 years. Analysts believe the shutdown is...
Closing of Smuggling Tunnels Hits Gazans Hard 关闭加沙走私隧道 RAFAH, GAZA STRIP Gaza's economy has been hit hard by the recent destruction of most of the smugglers' tunnels into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The tunnels provided an economic lifel...
Stopping Childhood TB Deaths 预防儿童结核病死亡 Tuberculosis kills more than 74-thousand children every year. But health officials say those deaths are preventable. The World Health Organization and its partners have released a roadmap outli...
Concern Grows Over Middle East's WMD Arsenal中东大规模杀伤性武器引起更大担忧 CAIRO Efforts to secure Syria's chemical weapons and regulate Iran's nuclear program have again raised the idea of a Middle East free of weapons of mass dest...
Kenyan Farmers Turn to New Breeds to Withstand Climate Change 肯尼亚农民种植新作物应对气候变化 NAIROBI Kenyan farmers over the years have often seen their crops wiped out by either floods or drought, causing poverty and soil degradati...
Shutdown of US Government Surprises India 美国政府关门令印度吃惊 NEW DELHI News of the U.S. government shutdown is being met with surprise and concern in one of Asia's largest economies. A sampling of people in the Indian capital, New Delh...
Health Insurance Exchanges Due to Open in US WASHINGTON A major part of the Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, comes into effect October 1, giving Americans increased access to affordable health insurance plans. Most Americans have private insuranc...
Science Benefits Art Preservation 科学发展使艺术保存受益 HOUSTON Art is considered part of the legacy of humankind that must be treasured and preserved. That can be a challenge in cities where temperature and humidity fluctuate over the co...
Regional Security Boosts Archeology in Northern Iraq 地区安全促进伊拉克考古的发展 NORTHERN IRAQ The mineral wealth and relative security of Iraqi Kurdistan has created a haven for foreign investment. Now, the regions historical richness...
Al-Shabab Finds Fighters Among Somali Youth in Minnesota 索马里青年党曾在美国明尼苏达州招兵买马 MINNEAPOLIS While it is still unknown whether Somali-Americans were involved in the recent deadly attack by al-Shabab on a Kenyan shopp...
Greenpeace Crackdown Part of Moscows Arctic Cold War? SALEKHARD, RUSSIA Icy blasts of water greeted Greenpeace protesters climbing Russias lone offshore oil platform in the Arctic. Then, Russian police fired warning shots. And then arrested 30 activi...
Pope Francis to Meet With Cardinals, Discuss Reform教皇弗朗西斯会见红衣主教,讨论改革 WASHINGTON Since becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has made it clear that his papacy will be different from the previous o...
The Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia and the Famous Photograph that Inspired It From VOA Learning English, welcome to This Is America. I'm Steve Ember. Visitors to Washington, DC know about such tourist attractions as the Lincoln and Jefferso...
