BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Nike and Oakley, two corporate sponsors of Olympic blade runner Oscar Pistorius, have moved away from the South African sports star, who is charged with murdering his model girl friend on Valentine's Day. KeJuan Wilkin...
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A children's charity suspected of money laundering announced on Friday that it had provided a bank statement of its cash flow in 2011 to a third-party auditing agency, in the hope of clearing itself of public suspicion. T...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Five years ago this August, Hurricane Katrina struck. Now, American states along the Gulf of Mexico are fearing a different kind of environmental disaster. Oil is flowing from a damaged well one thousand fi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Remember when Barbie whined that math is hard. Maybe you got annoyed at hearing a popular female doll say that to little girls. Or maybe you also had a n...
By Brian Padden Washington 03 July 2007 France in the summer is one of the world's top tourist destinations. Many visitors come specifically to watch the Tour de France, which begins on July 7th. It is the most prestigious, professional cycling event...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 22 October 2006 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, recurrent clashes and criticism of police have marked early campaigning for the second-round post-war presidential run-off to be held October 29. ------ Kabila Supporter...