US Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in 2015

The Supreme Court often looks at a major social issue over a series of cases. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it considered the rights of gay people. At the time, voters in many states had approved laws strongly limiting gay rights. For example, p

CCTV9英语新闻：20th MERS death confirmed in South Korea

SEOUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Wednesday reported eight more cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infection and one more death, bringing the total death toll to 20. A staff worker checks the temperature of Seoul Mayor Park

Islamic Court in Nigeria Frees Woman

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 27, 2003 From VOA Special English, this is Steve Ember with In the News. This week an Islamic court in northern Nigeria freed a woman who was sentenced to death by

万花筒 2013-04-29&04-30 世卫组织：无H7N9人际传播证据

Three elderly Chinese patients who contracted bird flu prepare to leave a Shanghai hospital. According to state media,the men have maDe a full recovery with this man seen on Sunday.He felt in fine spirits. The news comes as the World Health Organizat

VOA慢速英语2014 美国务卿克里称打败伊斯兰国需要很多年

Kerry: It Will Take Years to Defeat Islamic State 美国务卿克里称打败伊斯兰国需要很多年 U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday it will take years to defeat the Islamic State militant group. He also said that airstrikes agai

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cases Pulled For Refusing The Death Penalty, Attorney Sues To Get Them Back

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now a legal dispute over the death penalty in Florida that's turned into a political standoff. The Florida Supreme Court must decide whether Governor Rick Scott has the authority to remove cases from a state attorney who refuses

2018年CRI China moves on trial reform of IPR cases

Chinese authorities have unveiled new guidelines for improving the procedures surrounding intellectual property rights (IPR) cases. The new document is China's first one specially designed for IPR trials. The reform plan released by the State Council

E. coli infection cases rise sharply in Germany

BERLIN, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Germany's disease control center reported on Wednesday 365 new cases of the fatal enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), which marked a sharp rise since its outbreak in the middle of May. Twenty-five percent of the new cases inv

VOA标准英语2010年-Cases of Domestic Violence Increase in

Florence Wanjiku lived that life for 10 years with her husband, an alcoholic. She describes one drunken night. He went to the kitchen, grabbed the wooden spoon, came with it, started beating me up the way you beat a little child, using a stick or som

中国新增四人感染H7N9病毒

中国新增四人感染H7N9病毒 HANGZHOU, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China reported four more human H7N9 virus infections on Tuesday, including one death. A 70-year-old man in east China's Zhejiang Province was confirmed on Tuesday to have contracted the

Cholera deaths increase to 109 in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of deaths caused by cholera in the Dominican Republic have increased to 109, and there are 15,876 suspect cases, according to government figures released on Friday. Public Health Ministry said in a statem

Death toll from E. coli rises to 30

BERLIN, June 9 (Xinhua) -- A 57-year-old man died of E. coli infection in Germany's Frankfurt Thursday, pushing the death toll from the bacteria to 30. The man had traveled with his wife to the city of Hamburg, an epicenter of the outbreak, Frankfurt

Tokyo has first swine flu cases

Tokyo has first swine flu cases 东京第一例猪流感确诊 Health officials in Japan have confirmed the first cases of swine flu in the densely populated （人口稠密的） capital, Tokyo. Two schoolgirls tested positive for the H1N1 virus after their return

CCTV9英语新闻：Some serious school bullying cases in China

School bullying is a major problem worldwide, and China is no exception. This problem has become rampant in recent years in primary and middle schools nationwide. It has been estimated that there have been 43 cases of severe school bullying in this c

Police crackdown resolves 185,000 fake drugs and food cases

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Police have resolved 185,000 criminal cases during a one-year sweep of counterfeit and substandard food and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. A total of 147,000 underground facilities, which manufac

Brazil achieves progress in fighting tuberculosis

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday highlighted Brazil's efforts to stop tuberculosis (TB) in its territory. According to a report released by the organization, Brazil achieved significant and sustained

CCTV9英语新闻：Puerto Rico debt crisis could hamper Zika response

The White House has expressed concerns that the debt crisis confronting Puerto Rico could hamper its ability to deal with the spread of the Zika virus. The US says the financial turmoil in Puerto Rico is having a negative impact on its public health

Venezuela confirms 482 A/H1N1 influenza cases

CARACAS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 influenza in Venezuela has risen to 482 this year, Health Minister Eugenia Sader said on Wednesday. According to the latest report, the state of Merida in southeastern Venezuel

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

CCTV9英语新闻：China concludes 1.42 mln private lending cases in 2015

Head of China's Supreme People's Court, Zhou Qiang, says the country's courts at various levels handled a total of 1.42 million cases involving private lending in 2015. Zhou said while delivering a work report to the third plenary meeting of the NPC