JINAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms have left four people dead and affected more than 3 million people in east China's Shandong Province over the last week, local authorities announced Friday. More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate l...
Family-Planning Campaign to Aid Millions in World's Poorest Countries The Margaret Pyke Center is a sexual health clinic in central London that offers provides everything residents need for family planning. Patients can pick up a variety of contracep...
NANNING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Eight people in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have been killed by rainstorms that have wrought havoc in many parts of the country over the last few days, authorities said on Monday. As of Monday evenin...
Education Report - Conflicts Keep Millions of Children Out of School 教育报道 - 冲突使得数百万儿童失学 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Conflicts around the world are ke...
Pinterest Website Draws Millions of Women Elizabeth Fraser likes to look at photos of dogs on Pinterest. Those of us who dont really have kids often will feel like our pets are our children, Fraser explains, and I think its really cute when people ha...
EXPLORATIONS - Hoover Dam: Taming the Colorado River and Powering Millions BOB DOUGHTY: This is Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Hoover Dam. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: Our repor...
ILO: World Needs 600 Million Jobs Within 10 Years The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth...
ICRC Suspends Food Aid to 1.1 Million Somalis In mid-December, authorities in Jowhar, in the Middle Shabelle region of central Somalia, stopped a Red Cross humanitarian convoy for what they called a quality check. Four weeks later, the ICRC says it h...
Education Report - Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries 教育报道 - 全球教育合作组织向7个国家提供1.7亿美元资助 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 A thr...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration is committing an addition 50 million U.S. dollars in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Obama also set a new target of helping six mi...