AS IT IS 2015-09-17 Afghan Refugee Wins UN Award for Teaching Aqeela Asifi, who fled to Pakistan as a young woman, has spent her life teaching other Afghan refugees. For her efforts, Ms. Asifi, who is 49, has won the 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee award....
AS IT IS 2015-09-17 Xi's Visit to Come Amid Tensions in US-China Relations U.S. and Chinese officials have been meeting to discuss difficult issues in preparation for the first official state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Washington next week...
In Combating Obesity, a 12-Year-Old Leads by Example From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The number of overweight children in the U.S. is growing. That is the reason the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundatio...
Serbia Says it Cannot Care for More Migrants 塞尔维亚称已无法接收更多移民 Serbia says it is unable to deal with the large number of foreign migrants gathered along its border with Hungary. The Serbian statement came after Hungarian work...
AS IT IS 2015-09-16 Maryland County Overturns English-Only Law 马里兰县推翻惟英语法律 More than half of all American states have laws making English the official language. In a few areas, state laws require some government documents to be...
AS IT IS 2015-09-16 North Korea Confirms Restarting of Nuclear Center 朝鲜确认重启宁边核设施 North Korea appears to be increasing efforts to develop a nuclear bomb and a missile to carry such a weapon great distances. The efforts could lea...
AS IT IS 2015-09-16 Liberia Amputee Soccer Team Struggling in US 利比里亚截肢足球队滞留美国 The Liberia amputee soccer team is one of the top teams in the sport. They have won the African nation tournament for amputees three times. They...
Dealing with Back-to-School Stress: Part 2 This is the second half of a two-part program. Dealing with Back-to-school Stress: Part 1 can be found in the Health Lifestyle section of this website. From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle...
Taliban Free Hundreds of Prisoners in Afghanistan 阿富汗塔利班 袭击监狱释放数百囚犯 Taliban fighters have raided a prison in eastern Afghanistan. Hundreds of prisoners escaped in what Afghan officials are calling a well-organized atta...
AS IT IS 2015-09-15 EU Meets As Europe Tightens Borders on Refugees 欧盟与欧洲控制边境难民入境 European Union members met in Brussels on Monday to discuss the refugee and migrant crisis. The European Union, or EU, is trying to stop the l...
AS IT IS 2015-09-15 Richard Branson Speaks to Vietnamese Businesses 理查德布兰森提及越南企业 In the 1960s, Richard Branson quit high school and started a magazine. He hoped he could change the world by using the magazine to protest the Vi...
AS IT IS 2015-09-15 A Story of Refugees Arriving in Greece 难民抵达希腊的故事 The following story is based on a web blog from VOAs Heather Murdock in Greece. The first picture message was sent on social media at 3:51 in the morning. It appea...
Whale Deaths On the Rise in Alaska 阿拉斯加鲸鱼死亡数量有所上升 American scientists have reported a sharp increase in the number of dead whales found in the Gulf of Alaska. From May through August, 30 whales washed up along the coast of...
Dealing with Back-to-School Stress: Part 1 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. It is back-to-school time in the United States, which for many is bittersweet. The bitter part is for saying goodbye to carefree, unscheduled s...
Willis Conover, the Voice of Jazz, Is Now Online Saxophonist Ahmad Alaadeen said this about jazz music. Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world. The late Willis Conover -- an internationally-known j...
