Today has been declared the womens no pay day. Equality campaign in unions are highlighting the average women working fulltime is paid only 80 percent of what her male counterparts earns per hour. It means when you compare pay packets average women i...
To much patriotic fanfare, china launched its first ever moon-shot today, the Chang'e 1 orbiter named after Chinese goddess credited with flying to the moon will spend more than a year surveying the lunar surface. It's all part of the China's long t...
By Kent Klein Washington 21 April 2008 Grammy-winning pop singer Shakira is teaming up with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call for more global help in sending poor children to school. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. The glamorous C...
By Scott Stearns Washington 17 April 2008 U.S. President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown say they are working to extend sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the two leaders met to...
By Tendai Maphosa London 12 April 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that the international community's patience with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is running out. As Tendai Maphosa reports from London, Mr. Brown said he is appa...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 07 April 2008 Relations between Russia and Britain have reached their lowest point since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tensions between the two countries began after the murder of Russian security service defector Alexande...
By Tendai Maphosa London 27 March 2008 An independent panel has delivered a harsh rebuke of the British government's treatment of asylum seekers, saying it falls seriously below the standards expected of a humane and civilized society. Tendai Maphosa...
By Carolyn Turner Washington 05 March 2008 The Dallas Museum of Art in Texas is currently hosting a retrospective of the career of J. M. W. Turner, considered by many one of the greatest landscape painters in the history of art. The exhibit will trav...
By Mandy Clark London 27 February 2008 When Russian voters go to the polls March 2, they will choose a successor to President Vladimir Putin, who has been widely credited in Russia with restoring some of the country's international clout. But, in the...
By Paul Burge London 22 February 2008 Government ministers in Britain are acting to curb the spread of fast food restaurants near schools. It is part of a plan by the several government departments to slow the increasing rate of obesity among the nat...