Russia is banning visits by certain U.S. officials in retaliation for Washington's blacklisting of Russian officials allegedly involved in the prison death of a whistleblower. Russia's Foreign Ministry said on its website Saturday that it is blacklis...
Indian automaker(汽车制造商) Tata Motors says it will ask the country's highest court to block a state government's decision to return land for a factory back to farmers. West Bengal's state legislature passed a law earlier this month allowing i...
Laos, Neighbors Face Off on Mekong River Dam Dispute Countries along the Mekong River have disagreed with Laos on its proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the main stream of the lower river. Laos says the dam will cause no serious problems,...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, is a two-hour test that compares the performance of fifteen-year-olds. In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Kor...
Jeannie: Have you heard about the new management dispute? Salih: No, whats happening? Jeannie: Well, the CEO is having problems with the head of one of the subsidiaries. Salih: Which one? Jeannie: Lance Publishing. Apparently, the head, Bill Riker, i...
A controversial Israeli settlement plan is throwing another wrench into the stalled Middle East peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 28 December 2009 Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish...
The ongoing dispute over transit fees and pricing has halted Russian natural gas exports to Europe. A gas pressure gauge is seen at a snow-covered transit point on the main pipeline from Russia in the village of Boyarka, near Kyiv, Ukraine, 06 Jan 2...
Naval ships from Bangladesh and Burma are facing off in the Bay of Bengal, after a row erupted between the neighbors about oil and gas exploration in the area. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Bangladesh is sending a senior diplomat to Bur...
The deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Russia accelerated after Kyiv sided with Georgia during last month's conflict in South Ossetia. Worsening ties coincide with next year's expiration of the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation...
Broadcast:Feb 25, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Bush administration has been trying to get the European Union to accept new genetically engineered crops....
