New evidence of water on Jupiter's moon Vocabulary icy surfaces ground covered in ice evidence information that could confirm a theory thick crust deep external cover analysed studied findings conclusions terrains areas plumes (of water) vertical flo...
New evidence of water on Jupiter's moon Scientists studying the solar system say they have found the best evidence of water out there. It is just beneath the ground on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and it could represent a potential habitat for living orga...
Obama criticises China over currency The US President Barack Obama has criticised China for not allowing its currency, the yuan, to rise in value. The comment was made at the end of the APEC Asia-Pacific regional summit in Hawaii. The issue has been...
Obama criticises China over currency Vocabulary behind closed doors in private upsetting displeasing trading partners countries that buy and sell goods with each other undervalued been kept at a lower rate in relation to major currencies counterpart...
SEA Games begin with corruption claims The 26th South East Asian Games begin in the Indonesian city of Palembang today. Preparations for the Games have seen many allegations of corruption. Reporter Karishma Vaswani The torch relay for the Games went...
SEA Games begin with corruption claims Vocabulary On the surface If you take a quick look graft the dishonest use of political power and influence in order to get money marred spoiled awarding contracts deciding which companies will be given a partic...
Ai Weiwei's tax bill 7 November 2011 Thousands of people have donated money to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to help him pay a tax bill of $2.4 million. Many, including the artist himself, believe he's been served with the bill because of his outspoken cr...
Ai Weiwei's tax bill Vocabulary bank transfers a method of moving money from one bank account to another postal orders official documents with an amount of money printed on them which can be exchanged at a post office for real money paper planes toy...
Protecting shipwrecks Vocabulary death toll number of people who died condemned criticised very strongly desecrating damaging and showing no respect for scrap metal metal from old items which can be sold and then reused adopted accepted legitimate re...
US releases film of Russian spies 1 November 2011 The FBI has released images of a group of Russian spies who were expelled from the United States last year. The group included Anna Chapman who is now a model and television presenter in Russia. Repor...
