Abortion Weighs Heavily in Reproductive Rights Debate Its estimated there are more than 45 million abortions worldwide every year. Reproductive rights advocates say more than half are unsafe, causing many injuries and deaths among young women. They s...
Proposed Tourism Ban Renews Tiger Welfare Debate in India India's Supreme Court is examining a proposed measure that could put a large number of tigers off limits to tourists in some of its forest reserves. Tourism advertisements all over India use i...
Israelis, Palestinians Brace for UN Statehood Debate It is market day in Ramallah, the West Bank. Shoppers are making their daily purchases. And as they shop, the Palestinian proposal to seek recognition at the United Nations is a major topic of disc...
Politics Overtaking Science in Global Warming Debate Polls in recent years show that fewer Americans believe global warming is a threat or that it is driven by human activities. Thats despite consensus among scientists that climate change is not only...
Economics Report - Debt Limit Talks Show Deeper Debate on Government's Duties 经济报道 - 美国债务上限谈判凸显政府职能争议 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Anyone wh...
Heavy Rains Bring Raging Floods - and a Debate This spring, so-called 100-year floods swamped many communities along the Mississippi River, America's largest commercial waterway. The flooding was so severe that the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which supe...
As Uganda looks to eliminate malaria, the country is engaged in a debate(辩论会) over the use of chemicals such as DDT in some of the world's most malarial regions. In the district of Apac in northern Uganda, the risk of malaria is higher than any...
