Candidates Spending Millions on Undecided Ohio Voters Halloween decorations in Ohio share the yard with political signs. Ohio is called the batteground of all battleground states and it could decide the election. The midwestern state is a cross-secti...
600 million middle-class Chinese by 2020: think tank HAIKOU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's rapid urbanization will greatly increase its number of middle-class people to 600 million and support an economic growth between 7 percent and 8 percent annually...
Half a million people hungover at work each day More than half a million people are hungover at work on any given day and the figures is set to soar during the World Cup, experts say. Nearly one in 10 Britons head to the office suffering from the aft...
Many Millions Suffer from Depression Wednesday (October 10th) is World Mental Health Day. The World Health Organization is using the occasion to call for an end to stigma against those who suffer from depression and other mental disorders. Dr. Shekha...
Economics Report - British Banks Pays $340 Million Fine for Iran Dealings This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The British bank Standard Chartered agreed this week to pay three hundred forty million dollars to a United States financial r...
BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Winning rate for Beijing's car registration lottery has dropped to less than 2 percent in August, marking the lowest rate since the car plate lottery scheme was launched last year, local authorities said Sunday. Among the...
Economics Report - British Banks Pays $340 Million Fine for Iran Dealings 经济报道 - 渣打银行因洗钱指控被罚3.4亿美元 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The British bank...
Education Report - Conflicts Keep Millions of Children Out of School This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Conflicts around the world are keeping tens of millions of young people from going to school. Many have physical or emotional injur...
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Sunday that 120 million yuan (19 million U.S. dollars) has been allocated to help the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and neighboring Hebei province to fight floods. The fund, allocated by...
8 Million Now Receiving HIV Treatment More than eight million HIV positive people around the world are now receiving antiretroviral drug therapy, a 20 percent increase over the past year. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, has r...