AS IT IS 2014-09-16 Women Use Twitter to Support Jihad The tweets show pictures of baby cats, nice shoes and bloody battlefields. The so-called Umm network produces the tweets. They claim to be foreign female jihadists on Twitter. Many Arabic people...
Containing Ebola: Window of Opportunity Closing 控制埃博拉机会之窗要关闭 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A top health expert warns that the whole world needs to help deal with what he calls the first Ebola epidemic t...
AS IT IS 2014-09-15 In Kenya, Cities and Towns Are Growing Quickly 肯尼亚的城镇和城市均迅速发展 Kenyas towns and cities are growing quickly. Experts estimate at least 100,000 people move to the capital Nairobi every year from rural area...
AS IT IS 2014-09-15 UNICEF: Violence Against Children Is Widespread 联合国儿童基金会称:针对儿童的暴力非常普遍 The United Nations Childrens agency, UNICEF, says violence against children is widespread around the world. The UN agenc...
AS IT IS 2014-09-15 Scotland's Independence Vote Is Too Close to Call 苏格兰独立公投:苏独公投在即 民调难分胜负 The people of Scotland will vote Sept. 18 on whether to stay in the United Kingdom with England, Wales and Northern Irel...
Are You Losing It? 你正在失去它吗? I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program Words and Their Stories. Tom Smith is the best hitter on his company's baseball team. For weeks during the playing season, Tom hit a home run in every game the...
Groups Call for Law to Protect Internet Privacy 非政府组织呼吁立法保护网络隐私 The Internet Governance Forum took place last week in Istanbul, Turkey. The United Nations provided support to the yearly conference. Delegates expressed co...
Video Highlights Domestic Abuse Issue Twenty-five percent of American women will experience domestic violence, that is, physical abuse by a partner. Most cases are never reported to police. But recently such violence was captured on video tape. The N...
AS IT IS 2014-09-14 Israel Accused of Forcing Asylum Seekers Back to Africa 人权组织指责以色列强迫数千寻求庇护者返乡 An international human rights group has accused Israels government of forcing thousands of African asylum seekers...
Ariana Grande Album Is No 'Problem' Im Caty Weaver. The first three albums on Billboard magazines Top 200 best-selling albums list this week represent three major music styles. The young singer Ariana Grande tops the list with her new pop record My E...
CIA: Islamic State Group Has More Fighters than Thought 情报局称伊斯兰国组织兵力之多超乎想像 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. The United States says the Islamic State militant group has at least two times as many figh...
Jack the Ripper Finally Caught, Maybe 开膛手杰克终于被抓住了,也许 After more than a century, one of worlds most infamous killers is finally caught. Maybe. Perhaps. A British writer says he has uncovered the true identity of Jack the Ripp...
AS IT IS 2014-09-13 Dreadnoughtus: A Giant Among Dinosaurs Dreadnoughtus:最巨大的恐龙之一 The dinosaur lay undiscovered for perhaps 77 million years after it died. Then, in 2005, an American scientist found some of its fossilized remains in t...
AS IT IS 2014-09-13 Kenya Women Return to Natural Hair 肯尼亚女性回归自然发型 Many women enjoy getting their hair done at a beauty salon. They say they feel better about themselves and their looks after such a visit. Twenty-two year old Mo...
AS IT IS 2014-09-13 Thailand Media Pressured Under Military Rule 泰国军事统治下的媒体压力大 The Thai military moved quickly after the ouster of the civilian government. The military ordered news industry officials and editors to attend m...
