Some people have a lot of money and some people have only a little bit. This episode focuses on expressions that people use when they are talking about trying not to spend money, often because they dont have very much. There are people who pinch penn...
Brazil President Holds Emergency Meeting Over Growing Protests More than a million protesters rallied in dozens of cities across Brazil Thursday, including at least 300,000 in Rio de Janeiro where police fired tear gas to contain the crowds. Proteste...
AS IT IS 2013-06-12 US and Chinese Presidents Meet in California Welcome to As It Is, the daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter. Today, we hear about some of the issues discussed in the recent talks between the leaders of Chi...
Obama, China's Xi to Hold Informal Meetings In California The formal welcome that awaited Chinas previous leader, Hu Jintao, in 2011 will be absent for Chinese president, Xi Jinping. Xi, when he was China's vice president, met with President Obama at...
American History: Meeting in Philadelphia to Write a Constitution 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 States Co...
Kerry Travels to Turkey for Syrian Opposition Meeting The issue of refugees will be high on the meeting's agenda as Syrian government attacks continue to drive people across the border into Jordan. You can imagine the destabilizing impact and the pro...
IN THE NEWS – September 28, 2002: IMF-World Bank Meetings Protest By Caty Weaver (VOA Photo - R. Daguillard) This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The International...
IN THE NEWS – June 22, 2002: Group of Eight Meeting By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. Leaders from the Group of Eight nations begin their yearly me...
IN THE NEWS -May 4, 2002: UN Special Meeting On Children By Caty Weaver (Photo -UNICEF) This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. This Wednesday, the United Nations Genera...
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