Natural Disasters Displace 32 Million in 2012 A new report says more than 32-million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 due to natural disasters. Most of the displacement occurred in developing countries, but even rich nations, like the U...
AS IT IS - A discovery that could save the lives of millions of newborns Welcome to AS IT IS, from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, its all about saving babies and preventing pregnancy Kelly Jean Kelly will report on a discovery th...
AS IT IS - A discovery that could save the lives of millions of newborns Welcome to AS IT IS, from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, its all about saving babies and preventing pregnancy Kelly Jean Kelly will report on a discovery th...
Online Universities Offer Free Classes to Millions An engineering class at Stanford University is being recorded as an online course. The university is offering 30 to 40 free courses online, and more than 1.5 million students have enrolled. There are...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government ran a budget deficit of 260 million U.S. dollars in December, the Treasury Department figures revealed Friday. The federal government raked in a revenue of 269.5 billion dollars in December,...
EDUCATION REPORT - Over One Million U.S. Students Are Home-Schooled By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, December 22, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week,...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 80 Million Treated Against Elephantiasis By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, April 19, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Elephantiasis Patient...
Feb 01 2003 A report by the International Labor Organization says millions of jobs in world tourism have been lost due to political 1) turmoil, the global economic downturn and growing unease among ma...
Greg Flakus The U.S. government has granted Texas AM University $18 million to find ways to prevent terrorists from attacking the nation's food supply and possibly human health by spreading diseases t...
What would you do if you were a million- aire? Many people would buy a house or travel the world. As for me, I would start a school. If I had a school, I would be able to educate many children and tea...