Cubans Prepare For Hurricane Ivan

By Jim Teeple The center of Hurricane Ivan passed to the south of the Cayman Islands, and appears headed for a direct strike on Cuba. The storm has killed more than 50 people as it passes through the

VOA标准英语2013--US Budget Breakthrough Ends Air Travel Delays

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VOA慢速英语--iOS 11为iphone、ipad提供了新功能

iOS 11 Offers New Features for iPhones, iPads Last week Apple released iOS 11, the update to its mobile operating system for iPhone and iPad. This update has features that may make your current device feel like a new one. iOS 11 is free to download n

2017年CRI Trump to privatize air traffic control system

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks before signing a decision memo and a letter to members of Congress outlining a plan for privatizing the nation's air traffic control system, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC, on June 5, 2017

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VOA标准英语2013--New Director of Johnson Space Center Faces Cutbacks, Uncertainty

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Announces Plan To Privatize Air Traffic Control

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The White House announced a plan today to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. This is part of the administration's focus this week on the country's aging infrastructure. President Trump says the FAA has been trying to

2015年CRI Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Needs 249 Bln Yuan for Air Pollution Control: Report

The report, compiled by a panel of experts from the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning and Nanjing University, comes after two years' field investigation, as well as data collection, analysis and calculation. Xie Hongxing, director of the Sec

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Beijing unveils new steps to curb air pollution

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday. The capital will take 180,000 old vehicles off the roa

CCTV9英语新闻12月：嫦娥3任务使用尖端的深空跟踪

By CCTV reporte Han Bin The Change-3 lunar probe will be the countrys first attempt at a soft landing on any extra terrestrial surface and the first moon landing by any country in almost 40 years. The extreme distances present new challenges for the

Kazakhstan has 17,266 registered HIV carriers

ALMATY, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS said Friday that the country had 17,266 registered HIV carriers as of Oct. 1,compared with 15,908 as of Feb. 1, 2010. Of the HIV-positive people, 1,432 were diagnosed w

Heavy fog delays flights in Xinjiang

URUMQI, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fog in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sunday left 87 flights delayed or diverted. Twenty-five inbound flights from cities such as Beijing, Dalian and Chengdu to Urumqi have

Smog disrupts Beijing traffic, flights

BEIJING, Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Fresh smog shrouded Beijing and some other provinces in China early on Sunday, disrupting highway traffic and flights. Readings for PM2.5, hazardous particles measuring 2.5 microns in diameter or less, exceeded 200 microgr

英闻天下——372 Lawmakers Call for Revised Air Pollution Control Law

Beijing and other parts of northern China have been battered by smog starting from the beginning of this year. The capital was blanketed by smog for 26 days in January, while eastern China's Jiangsu Province saw 13 days of heavy pollution in February

2015年CRI Second-hand Smoke Causes Over 100,000 Deaths in China Annually: WHO

The World Health Organization has called on China to enact a national tobacco control law. WHO, the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, jointly released a report on Monda

CCTV9英语新闻：4 officials dismissed over poor crowd control

China has dismissed four officials over a stampede at a mosque in the country's northwest region that left 14 people dead. The Sunday tragedy in Xiji county of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is blamed on poor organization and management. It happen

北京首条无人驾驶地铁线路燕房线于日前'试跑'

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英闻天下——236 Review of Air Pollution Control Rules Start Soon

Municipal authorities here in Beijing are preparing to start a review of the air pollution control rules later this year. A draft of the new rules, thought to be the strictest ever, is being put out for public consumption until this Friday. The rules

2016年CRI Imported Zika Cases in China Rise to Five

The two new cases involve a 38-year-old man and his eight-year-old son from Yiwu City in Zhejiang Province. Xiong Huang with the National Health and Family Planning Commission has an update on all of the patients. Currently, a Zika patient in Jiangxi