This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Swimmers broke many records this week at the world championships in Rome. But there was the swimsuit issue. Start of the men's 200 meter individual medley race in Rome FINA is the group that governs swimmi...
Environmentalists are hailing a Bangladesh High Court decision to order the closure, in two weeks, of all ship-salvaging yards which do not have environmental clearances. The judges also have banned toxic ships from entering Bangladeshi waters. The...