As the tiger continues to face critical threats to its survival（生存） , yet another country is joining the global battle to save the big cat. An estimated 300 to 500 Royal Bengal tigers roam the sprawling, 6,000-square-kilometer mangrove forest...
Women tell women-life in top jobs is worth the effort Reach for the top, and dont eliminate choices too soon, or worry about the myth of balance. That is the message successful female executives are telling young women in school or in the workplace....
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Efforts to Stop Polio Continue FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. On our program this week, we tell about efforts to defeat the disease polio....
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York City pulled out all the stops on Friday as the city was confronted with another blast of snow. The National Weather Service said three to five inches of snow are expected in the city. It issued a winter weather a...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Deiss, the president of the 65th UN General Assembly (GA) session, on Wednesday called for efforts to turn words into actions so as not to disappoint the expectations（期望,预期） of the millions of m...
RAMALLAH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Tuesday for intensifying efforts to make peace in the Middle East. The pace of peacemaking in the region must be accelerated（加速）, Abbas told a press conference（记者...
The UN refugee agency said security concerns are making it increasingly difficult for aid workers to gain access and provide assistance to the growing number of victims of Somalia's civil war. The UNHCR estimated more than 220,000 people have fled S...
Turkey's prime minister is due to visit Brussels Sunday to bolster his country's bid to join the European Union. In 2004 the country finally received the official go ahead for the start of membership talks after a 40 year wait. But following an init...
A trio of U.S. senators is in South Asia, one of several sets of high-level foreign visitors trying to defuse rising tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attacks. Meanwhile, India is renewing demands Pakistan hand over want...
A coalition of 21 international aid agencies says in a new report the Middle East Quartet is failing in its efforts to improve the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The report was released on the eve of the Quartet's next meet...
