2018-06-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new place for guards to eat at the United States-operated detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will stand for 20 years.Planned housing structures for soldiers at the U.S. Nav

2018-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...The American fast-food company Burger King has apologized for offering free hamburgers to Russian women if they got pregnant by World Cup soccer pl

2018-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When you woke up this morning, you probably did at least five things before you left your home for school or work. Maybe you ate breakfast, took a shower, brushed your teeth, put o

2018-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Experts say spreading street protests in Vietnam this month show a growing fear of China, worries about freedom of speech and distrust of the lawmaking process.The rights group Amn

2018-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Relatives of the more than 190 people missing after a boat sank on Lake Toba in Sumatra have asked government officials for a bigger search.The families also criticized the Indones

2018-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An audio recording was published Monday that appears to capture the voices of young children crying out for the parents at a U.S. immigration detention center.The audio file was fi

2018-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday that nearly 69 million people were displaced last year.Each of the last five years has set a record. This year's number tops all

2018-06-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...The opening weekend of the animated film Incredibles 2 was incredible.The Disney-Pixar movie recorded a North American opener of $180 million. That

2018-06-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American writer and photographer Michael Benanav has traveled around the world studying the cultures of nomadic people.His work has taken him to places from Mali to Jordan to Mongo

2018-06-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

There is no end to demand for ‘Italy's white gold.'For many people, that white gold is not metal but marble from the town of Carrara in Tuscany. The marble mining work in C

2018-06-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A 525-year-old copy of a letter by Christopher Columbus, stolen from the Vatican, was returned this week. An investigation by the United States Department of Homeland Security and

2018-06-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The "Republic of Northern Macedonia" is the proposed new name for a country that was once part of Yugoslavia.The proposed name is meant to settle a diplomatic dispute between the c

2018-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...A chess champion from India has announced she will not take part in a competition next month in Iran.Soumya Swaminathan is a 29-year-old grand mast

2018-06-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine that your friend is starting a new job today. She is traveling to work by train. She takes the F train to West 4th Street. When she leaves the station, her cell phone signa

2018-06-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Turkey is busy preparing for elections later this month. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to be re-elected in the June 24 vote.Erdogan says the latest reports on the Turkish ec

2018-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

An international shortage of airplane pilots is putting the air travel industry's recent growth at risk.The lack of pilots has caused more planes to stay on the ground. It has als

2018-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has criticized a Cambodian government working group set up to monitor and "control" online news.A statement signed by 117 NGOs cond

2018-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Russia is making final preparations for the 2018 World Cup.The championship of international football opens this Thursday, and will continue until July 15. Football, or European fo

2018-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Under a sky darkened by thick, black smoke, hundreds of thousands of laborers across South Asia work at brick kilns.These men, women and children perform difficult work in extreme

2018-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States military is likely reduce the number of special operations commandos deployed in Africa. But military officials tell VOA that a final decision on the move has yet

2018-06-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Big things are happening in the Seaport District of Boston, Massachusetts.General Electric is building its new world headquarters there. Amazon plans to bring in thousands of its w

2018-06-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of students who survived the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, announced a bus tour to support new gun laws.About 24 of the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High

2018-06-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what, how much and when.You will remember that a phrasal verb is a verb m

2018-06-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States military is reported to be increasing spending on a secret research effort involving artificial intelligence (AI).The Reuters news agency says military officials

2018-06-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today...Officials with the Miss America Organization say the pageant is ending its swimwear part of the competition.The head of the organization, Gretchen