Kenyans Line Up for Middle East Jobs Despite Record of Abuse Twenty-year-old Benard Akech has too much time on his hands. Since graduating from high school two years ago, he has yet to find a job in Nairobi. So, he has decided to look for work abroad...
Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High The sun is shining in Afghanistan's Helmand province, and farmers are busy harvesting their opium poppies. This year, for the third year in a row, they are looking at a bigger opium crop. Farmer Faiz Mohammed...
Russias Winter Olympics to Break Spending Records It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are building hotels, skating rinks and ski jumps for next years Winter Olympics in Sochi...
'Muscle Shoals' Documentary Tells Story of Small-Town Recording Studio Muscle Shoals, population 13,000, sits on the Tennessee River, the river that sings, according to Native American legend. Over the past 50 years, some of the world's top musicians...
Health Report - Malawi Hospital Expands Use of Electronic Records 健康报道 - 马拉维医院扩大使用电子病历 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Electro...
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Chow's fantasy comedy Odyssey is poised to become the highest grossing domestic film in China. It has earned 1 billion yuan (159 million U.S. dollars) in just half a month, becoming one of only two domestic films...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Johnny Cash, 1932-2003: 'The Man in Black' Recorded More Than One Thousand Songs During His Life VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell a...
LONDON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- It's unfair to make irresponsible allegations on me just because I made myself champion with world's best time, China's 16-year-old Olympic champion Ye Shiwen hit back on Tuesday after winning her second gold at London Gam...
Record Drought Punishes Arkansas Agriculture Arkansas still looks very green. But the grass is short and there is not much good for animal feed. Even as temperatures soar over 40 degrees Celsius, big white clouds float in the sky. Occasionally they p...
ABOARD XIANGYANGHONG 09, June 12 (Xinhua) -- China's manned deep-sea submersible, Jiaolong, will attempt a new dive as part of a bid to go down 7,000 meters into the Mariana Trench on the morning of June 14, according to mission headquarters. If wate...