AS IT IS 2014-12-20 Disagreement Over Lower Mekong River Dam Project A two-day meeting in Laos has left government officials and environmental activists deeply divided. The meeting was called to examine plans for a 260 megawatt dam on the Lower Mekon...
AS IT IS 2014-11-20 A Los Angeles Christmas 洛杉矶的圣诞节 The end of December is a time when many Americans are thinking about snow and cold weather. Yet the city of Los Angeles, California is almost always warm and sunny, even during the win...
Music Shows in Private Homes Gain Popularity 私人住宅举办迷你演唱会愈发流行 Attending a live musical performance in a huge sports center with thousands of other supporters of the musician is exciting. Even in a smaller place, such as a...
US, Cuba Normalize Relations 美国、古巴关系正常化 U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major change in U.S. relations with Cuba. He acted after that countrys government released Alan Gross, an American held in prison there for five years...
Low-Cost Incubator May Save More Babies 低成本保育箱将拯救更多婴儿 Premature birth is the biggest killer of children worldwide. About one million babies around the world die of problems that strike because they are born too early. Many o...
AS IT IS 2014-12-19 A Princess of Mars, Part Four 火星公主Ⅳ Editor's note: This is the fourth in our series of programs called A Princess of Mars. The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last week, we told how John Carter o...
Southern General Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox 南方将领罗伯特爱德华李在阿波马托克斯投降 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. The end of the American Ci...
AS IT IS 2014-12-18 Shinzo Abe's Victory Likely Raises Conflict with Neighbors Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his allies easily won a two-thirds majority in Parliament on Sunday. The victory was large although the Japanese economy has fallen in...
AS IT IS 2014-12-18 How Much of You Does Facebook Own? If you use Facebook, your friends might have posted an update saying Facebook is not permitted to violate their privacy. The message says, The content of my profile contains private information....
Helping Ugandas Disabled Children Play 帮助乌干达的残疾儿童 Children love to play. Playing is how they grow and learn. But for some children, the idea of simple, joyful play time can seem very far away. These boys and girls may look differe...
Taliban Kills at Least 130 People at Pakistani School 塔利班袭击巴基斯坦学校至少130人遇难 At least 130 people are confirmed dead in Pakistan after Taliban militants raided an army-operated school. The raid happened Tuesday in the nort...
Dinosaurs Live Again at an American Museum 恐龙在美国博物馆再生 Many millions of years ago, the last dinosaurs lived in what is now the American West. Now, scientists studying dinosaur fossils have documented what happened to the ancient cr...
AS IT IS 2014-12-17 In US, Support for Death Penalty Is Strong 美国民众仍强烈支持死刑 Most industrialized nations have stopped executing criminals. But the death penalty is still legal in many parts of the United States. Public opinion stu...
Tiny Needles Treat Eye Disease 能治愈眼疾的细针 Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness around the world. In the United States alone, more than two million people suffer from the disease. Glaucoma results from an over-production of...
Two Hostages, Gunman Dead in Sydney Hostage Crisis 悉尼挟持事件 枪手及两名人质死亡 Australian police have ended a 16-hour hostage crisis that left two hostages and the gunman dead. Security forces surrounded and then entered the Lindt...
