by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I...
European stock indexes have been lower, following earlier falls in Asia. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London. Fears of a sharp global economic slowdown gripped European markets, with all the major trading centers showing volatility. The primary...
Indonesia closed its stock exchange for the second day to halt a flurry of selling that sent the main stock index plummeting more than 20 percent this week, while Asian trading ended mixed. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins has more from Jakarta. Traders w...
Sissel Kyrkjebo，挪威著名的女歌手，以其空灵清澈的音色踏入歌坛超过10年。《All Good Things》是Sissel首张唱流行曲的唱片，十一首歌曲虽然还可发现不少令人联想到Enya一类的音乐元素，但歌曲编排都渗入了具备时代感的流行曲节奏。唯一真正保留Sissel原来风格的，或...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today we report about staycations, vacations close to home ... Answer a question about American presidents after they leave office And play music by Isaac Hayes, who...
By Michael Bowman Washington 04 June 2008 U.S. Senator Barack Obama is spending his first full day as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee giving a major foreign policy speech, addressing a powerful American labor union, attending a high-...
By Jim Malone Washington 23 April 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton kept her presidential hopes alive Tuesday with a convincing victory over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. The Democratic presidential race now moves on to primarie...
By Melinda Smith Washington 12 March 2008 For some time now we have been telling you about the global trend toward obesity, even in low and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization says billions of people are getting fat. By 2015, the W...
By Doug Levine Washington 12 February 2008 Life is good for Chicago bluesman Lurrie Bell. The singer and guitarist was recently nominated for three Blues Music Awards, and his latest album is riding up the blues charts. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us,...
By VOA Sports Washington, DC 19 January 2008 German golfer Martin Kaymer has fired a 4-under-par 68 to maintain a six-stroke lead after the third round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Kaymer, last year's European PGA T...
