Heifer International

Broadcast: August 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer Internation

Amnesty International Concerned About ‘Us Versus Them’

A human rights group is warning against a rise in politically divisive speech and international indifference to rights abuses. Amnesty International released its 2016 report on Wednesday. The report is called The State of the Worlds Human Rights. The

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International Dance Day, also known as World Dance Day, is celebrated on April 29 each year. It started in 1982 to commemorate the birthday of the dancer Jean-Georges Noverre. The day is organized by the International Dance Council (IDC), which is pa

Fewer New International Students Attending US Colleges

For the first time in 12 years, the number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped. That information comes from the 2017 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. The report is a project o

Top international universities

Rob: Hello! Im Rob and this is 6 Minute English. Im joined today byAlice. Hi Alice. Alice: Hi Rob. Rob: Today, were talking about universities around the world, and a new list thatshows the top two hundred. Im going to start by asking you a question

Amnesty International Criticizes US War on Terror

Tom Rivers In its annual assessment of human rights violations on a global scale, Amnesty International is blaming both armed groups and governments for perpetuating what it calls the most sustained o

EBRD Picks Up International Support to Expand Operations

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International Agencies Rally to Help Explosion Victims in N.

Lisa Schlein The United Nations and international aid agencies are stepping up efforts to meet the long-term health needs of hundreds of victims, many of them children, injured by the giant train expl

International Players to Watch in the NBA

International Players to Watch in the NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is arguably the best basketball league in the world. Some of the most famous teams are the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. There was a time when

俄罗斯一位年仅20岁的国际象棋大师玩跑酷不幸丧命

Russian chess champion Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, has died after falling from the balcony of a Moscow apartment block when his parkour practice went wrong. 现年20岁的俄罗斯国际象棋冠军尤里埃利塞夫在练习跑酷时出现差错，从莫斯科

International Co-operative Day（国际合作节）

-In 1921, at the International Co-operative Congress of World Co-op Leaders wanted to identify and define the growing co-operative movement's common values and ideals to help unite co-ops around the world. They decided to hold a special event to cele

Chinese general calls for international cyber space rules

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, on Monday urged the international community to make joint efforts to formulate rules for cyber space as the world is faced with grim c

Chinese premier meets UN chief on international issues

ABU DHABI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held talks Monday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on major international issues. During their talks, Wen said the United Nations had played an indispensable role in boosting int

2007年VOA标准英语-International Police Organization to Work with

By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 July 2007 INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives. As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years

美语听力 English Cafe 383

Topics: Famous Americans - Bobby Fischer; Kiss; barely versus scarcely; polite phrases used to refer to death; situation versus circumstance Words: chess match grandmaster child prodigy rivalry collusion seclusion to defend (ones) title to revoke hea

International strawberry symposium opens in Beijing

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The seventh International Strawberry Symposium opened in northern Beijing Saturday with over 1,000 agri scientists from around the world exchanging latest technologies of strawberry cultivation. Vice Premier Hui Liangyu a

International music competition opens in Budapest

International music competition opens in Budapest BUDAPEST, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Budapest's 46th International Music Competition opened here Thursday, attracting musicians worldwide to perform on instruments selected in advance by organizers. The even

Beijing international film festival to open

BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The second Beijing International Film Festival is set to kick off Monday evening with an opening ceremony to be held at the National Convention Center. More than 260 films from across the globe will be screened during th

TED演讲:拇指游戏(3)

While you are basking in the glow 当你沉浸在你第一次 of having won your first massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling game, 赢得超级多人拇指摔跤比赛胜利的光荣中时 let's do a quick recap on the positive emotions. 我们来说说

英闻天下——158 Movie Review: "The Grandmaster"

The Grandmaster is perhaps the most anticipated yet the most disappointing movie that has reached Chinese cinemas of late. Director Wang Jiawei is said to have spent eight years on it, yet the result appears to be no better than a rushed-out product.