Dmitri Medvedev, 42, officially becomes president of Russia on May 7. He will succeed Vladimir Putin, who has led the country for eight years. But Mr. Putin will not leave the political scene - Mr. Medvedev has promised to name him prime minister. 42岁...
Voters in the southern state of Mississippi are going to the polls in that state's Democratic Party presidential primary. Opinion polls put Senator Barack Obama in first place, but, Senator Hillary Clinton is likely to almost evenly split the state's...
Space Shuttle Endeavour has launched on an ambitious mission to deliver a new science laboratory and robotic system to the International Space Station. 美国奋进号航天飞机开始了一次雄心勃勃的太空使命。奋进号将向国际空间站...
Australia has ratified its acceptance of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. The new government elected last year made signing the emissions-limiting accord its first act. 澳大利亚批准了有关全球气候变化的京都议定书。去年当选...
President Bush presided at a White House ceremony Monday honoring women around the world who are fighting for freedom. 布什总统星期一在白宫主持仪式，向世界各地为自由而奋斗的妇女表示敬意。 March is women's history mon...
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama forcefully rejected the idea of running as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate Monday. Obama's comments came in the wake of suggestions from the Clinton campaign that the two candidates form...
France has launched a groundbreaking program to educate future imams and Muslim chaplains about the country and its values. The goal: to put a French stamp on Islam, the second largest religion in France. 法国启动了一个具有开创性的项目，...
The United States Ambassador to South Korea says Washington must receive a complete nuclear declaration from Pyongyang before it can remove North Korea from American list of states sponsoring terrorism. An American ambassador says the North is failin...
Israel has unveiled a controversial new plan for settlement expansion, putting further strain on the peace process. The announcement may be connected to a deadly Palestinian terrorist attack last week. 以色列公布了一项引发争议的扩大定居...
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is facing calls for his resignation, after his ruling coalition lost critical ground to opposition parties in general elections. The coalition, in power for five decades, suffered the biggest election setback...
As expected, Senator Barack Obama has won the Wyoming caucuses, gaining seven more delegates to move him closer to clinching the Democratic Party nomination. But, Senator Hillary Clinton is also fighting hard, following her recent wins in Texas and O...
Democratic Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are attacking each other on their foreign policy and national security credentials, as both candidates brace for a long and grueling battle for their party's presidential nomination. Senator Clinto...
A Palestinian gunman shot and killed eight people inside the library of a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem late Thursday. The attack comes as tensions are high in the region after a week of violence in the Gaza Strip. 一名巴勒斯坦枪手星期四晚...
A Buddhist monk involved in the September protests in Burma has called on the world community to stop supporting, recognizing and selling arms to the military-run Burmese government. U Awbata made his appeal at an international human rights conferenc...
A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli officials say Hamas militants are to bla...
