2018-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey is busy preparing for elections later this month. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to be re-elected in the June 24 vote.Erdogan says the latest reports on the Turkish ec

2018-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An international shortage of airplane pilots is putting the air travel industry's recent growth at risk.The lack of pilots has caused more planes to stay on the ground. It has als

2018-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has criticized a Cambodian government working group set up to monitor and "control" online news.A statement signed by 117 NGOs cond

2018-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia is making final preparations for the 2018 World Cup.The championship of international football opens this Thursday, and will continue until July 15. Football, or European fo

2018-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Under a sky darkened by thick, black smoke, hundreds of thousands of laborers across South Asia work at brick kilns.These men, women and children perform difficult work in extreme

2018-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States military is likely reduce the number of special operations commandos deployed in Africa. But military officials tell VOA that a final decision on the move has yet

2018-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Big things are happening in the Seaport District of Boston, Massachusetts.General Electric is building its new world headquarters there. Amazon plans to bring in thousands of its w

2018-06-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of students who survived the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, announced a bus tour to support new gun laws.About 24 of the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

2018-06-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what, how much and when.You will remember that a phrasal verb is a verb m

2018-06-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States military is reported to be increasing spending on a secret research effort involving artificial intelligence (AI).The Reuters news agency says military officials

2018-06-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...Officials with the Miss America Organization say the pageant is ending its swimwear part of the competition.The head of the organization, Gretchen

2018-06-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Rescue workers pulled at least 10 people alive from ash and mud flows around Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego on Monday.The country's national disaster agency reported at least 62 peo

2018-06-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imer still has pieces of a bullet in his back.The 43-year-old Mexican immigrant fled the Mexican state of Guerrero more than 20 years ago after he was shot in the back by drug deal

2018-06-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices.Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel

2018-06-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Fourteen-year-old Karthik Nemmani of Texas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. His victory was a surprise – even to him."I didn't really think I'd be able

2018-06-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey has announced plans to move voting stations in some areas with a high Kurdish population.The government says the move is designed to stop threats against Kurdish voters. But

2018-05-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland's Loch Ness have described seeing a creature that some people believe lives deep in the lake.But now the story of "Nessie" -- the Loch

2018-05-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...He has been called "France's Spiderman" by the media. And to French President Emmanuel Macron, he is a "hero."His name, though, is Mamoudou Gassam

2018-05-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Washington D.C. is home to many embassies and diplomatic offices representing the nations of the world.Many ambassadors in Washington live in large, beautiful buildings with rich,

2018-05-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Memorial Day in the United States is a time for remembering the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.Families especially want to remember the stories of re

2018-05-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today's program is about phrasal verbs related to food and eating. You'll recall that a phrasal verb is a verb made of two or more words: a verb and a preposition or adverb, or b

2018-05-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...The National Football League, or NFL, has announced that it will fine teams if their players fail to stand during the playing of the national anthe

2018-05-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

United Nations officials are calling on Algeria to stop the collective expulsions of thousands of migrants. The migrants are mainly from sub-Saharan Africa.The U.N. Human Rights of

2018-05-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...The planned meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea may or may not happen.But a special coin has already been created to m

2018-05-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Each morning, fishermen in the Somali port of Bosaso pull in their catch of tuna, marlin, and other fish.The waters off northern Somalia are some of the richest in Africa. As busin