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American Intelligence Report Predicts China will be Worlds Leading Economic Power by 2030 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. A new American intelligence report this week predicted Asias economic power rising in the com...
American History: Early Leaders Debate the Issue of Presidential Powers From VOA Learning English, welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the United Sta...
Device Keeps Internet On When Power Goes Off Erik Hersman and his team in Nairobi have created what they say is the first router made especially for Africa. It's battery powered and rugged. And it's gaining attention in Europe and the United States....
IMF, World Bank to Discuss Poverty, Power, and Growth More than one billion people around the world live in extreme poverty, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is determined to change that. He is asking the banks member nations for more resources...
AS IT IS - The power of musicin Nigeria, Turkey and Pakistan Welcome to AS IT IS, from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we report on the power of musicin Nigeria, Turkey and Pakistan. Ted Greenfield tells us about a band that is wo...
US Presidential Inaugurations Transfer Power Peacefully At noon on January 20, in the year following the November presidential election, a new U.S. president takes office, or the incumbent president continues on to a second four-year term. Inaugurati...
IN THE NEWS - American Intelligence Report Predicts China will be Worlds Leading Economic Power by 2030 时事新闻 - 美国情报机构预测2030年中国将成为全球最大经济体 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special Engli...
Oxfam: Power, Water Shortages in Goma As fighting continues in the eastern DRC between government forces and M23 rebels, the humanitarian crisis is growing worse. Oxfam says its stepping up efforts to help about 80,000 people in and around Goma, the...
The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit...