The U.S. economy continues to expand at a slow pace, according to the latest growth figures provided by the federal government. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate o...
And while some Chinese are experimenting with Frappuccinos, others are interested in buying their first car. China has quickly become the world's third largest car market and it keeps getting bigger. Automakers like what they see and are looking to i...
By Sabina Castelfranco Vicenza, Italy 17 February 2007 Tens-of-thousands of Italians protested Saturday in the northeastern city of Vicenza against the planned expansion of a U.S. military base nearby. Sabina Castelfranco was there, and filed this VO...
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 February 2007 In late January, Venezuela's national assembly voted to allow President Hugo Chavez to rule by decree for an 18-month period. Since then, Mr. Chavez has moved quickly to nationalize the country's electri...
IN THE NEWS - European Union Expansion By Cynthia Kirk BROADCAST: December 21, 2002 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The European Union has officially asked ten c...