Three in U.S. Charged with Supporting Islamic State 美国政府指控三人支持伊斯兰国 U.S. officials have charged three men with attempting and plotting to provide material support to the militant group Islamic State. All three suspects live...
AS IT IS 2015-02-26 Indonesia Pushes Back on Foreign Executions Pressure 印尼回击外国死刑压力 Indonesian President Joko Widodo is pushing back at foreign pressure over plans to execute drug traffickers. The president spoke in Jakarta Tuesda...
AS IT IS 2015-02-26 China Investing Heavily in Latin America 中国在拉丁美洲大量投资 China is working to increase its influence in Latin America. Leaders from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States were in Beijing last month f...
Understanding the Misunderstood Teenage Brain 一些被误读的青少年大脑发育状况 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. A woman named Frances Jensen is a neuroscientist. She has been studying the human brain fo...
Dogs Can Recognize How You Feel 狗可以识别你的喜怒哀乐 So you think you know your dog. But how well does your dog know you? She probably recognizes you when she sees you. But can a dog tell by simply looking at you whether you have a happy...
Islamic State Kidnaps 90 Assyrian Christians 伊斯兰国组织绑架90名亚述基督徒 An activist group said Tuesday Islamic State militants kidnapped at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observat...
AS IT IS 2015-02-25 Geothermal Drilling Is a Threat to Kenya's Wildlife 地热钻探威胁肯尼亚的野生动物 Geothermal power comes from heat trapped deep under the Earths surface. It can be used to generate, or produce, electricity. Kenyas Rif...
AS IT IS 2015-02-20 UN Sees Sharp Rise in Civilian Deaths, Injuries in Afghanistan 联合国:阿富汗平民死亡人数激增 The United Nations says conflict-related deaths and injuries among Afghan civilians rose last year. The UN says the number...
Doctor Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne We present the short story Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet...
AS IT IS 2015-02-20 Rights Groups: N. Korean Leader Abused His People 权利组织称朝鲜领导人虐待国民 North Korea honored its former leader Kim Jong Il this week on what would have been his 73rd birthday. Officials in the country praised M...
A Simple Treatment for Parkinsons Disease: Exercise From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. More than six million people around the world suffer from Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons disease makes patients shake and their mu...
President Obama Speaks at Anti-Extremism Meeting President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday at a White House conference on fighting and preventing violent extremism. Officials from 60 countries, as well as spiritual leaders and police from across the Uni...
Animal Weapons Offer Lessons for Human Arms Race 动物武器对人类军备竞赛的启发 When animals fight for mates, food and territory, they use the weapons they were born with: teeth and claws, horns and hooves. Human animals can use their han...
AS IT IS 2015-02-19 US Proposes Rules for Commercial Use of Drones The Federal Aviation Administration has written rules to govern the use of commercial drones in the United States. The proposed rules were released on Sunday at the same time as a pre...
New Camera Records Invisible Motion The world is in never-ending motion, even when objects seem to be perfectly still. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology use a special camera that shows these seemingly invisible movements. Many...
