Ceasefire Encourages Taliban to Make Peace

In Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani announced the end of the Afghan government's unilateral cease-fire. Despite President Ghani's historic offer to extend the ceasefire another ten days, the Taliban did not extend its own participation past the Ei

Russia Must Protect Press Freedom

The Russian government continues to stifle press freedom and media independence. The U.S., said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, condemn(s) the selective targeting of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or(RFE/RL), and Voice of America, or

U.S.-Ethiopia Trade Partnership

In an effort to open markets and increase business opportunities for entrepreneurs in both the United States and Africa, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Gilbert Kaplan launched a fact-finding mission in June with members of t

More Aid for Venezuelans in Need

The Venezuelan economy is in free fall, with soaring inflation and severe shortages of food, water, and medicine. Political opponents of the regime of Nicolas Maduro reportedly have been subjected to imprisonment and torture. Faced with such misery,

Assisting Primary Health Care in Nepal

The Barhabise Primary Health Care Center in Nepal, which was severely damaged in the 2015 earthquake, is the first health facility that was rebuilt with US Agency for International Development, or USAID funds. In mid-June, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Al

A Warning and an Invitation for Iran

In a recent interview, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that there would be dire consequences for Iran if the regime's leaders, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the IRGC Quds Force, restarted a nuclear weap

VOA标准英语2018--普天同庆摩苏尔解放一周年

One Year Ago, Mosul was Liberated One year ago July 10, the city of Mosul, ISIS's self-declared capital in Iraq, was liberated from ISIS by Iraqi Security Forces. The loss of its capital in Iraq cannot be overstated. The group's capture of the city o

VOA常速英语2018--美国将于8月重启对伊朗的制裁

The United States is set to apply maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to induce Iran's leaders to change their destabilizing policies, including their support for terrorism, missile proliferation, and impoverishment of the Iranian people

VOA常速英语2018--特朗普就最高法院人选卖关子

During a campaign rally in Montana, President Trump sought to build expectations among supporters for his upcoming Supreme Court announcement. As you know, theres now a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and if you turn in Monday at nine oclock, I think y

VOA标准英语2018--伊朗没有对人口贩卖采取行动

Iran Fails to Act Against Human Trafficking Once again, Iran is ranked with some of the worst places in the world in terms of the fight against human trafficking the buying and selling of men, women and children in the labor and commercial sex market

Independence Day 2018

Today, the United States of America celebrates its birthday. It is a commemoration of the day in 1776 when representatives of the 13 British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, a separation from Great Britain. There were many complex rea

Campaign to Change Iranian Leaders' Destructive Policies

The United States is set to apply maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to induce Iran's leaders to change their destabilizing policies, including their support for terrorism, missile proliferation, and impoverishment of the Iranian people

VOA常速英语2018--美国支持欧洲能源的多样性

U.S. Supports Diversity of Energy Sources in Europe At the recent World Gas Conference in Washington, the U.S. reinforced the fundamental importance of countries and regions employing a diverse combination of fuels, source countries, and delivery rou

Super Bowl A Hit With Thousands of Fans

HOUSTON, TEXAS Kickoff is just around the corner for Super Bowl LI (51). The city of Houston, Texas hosts the big game, but for thousands of fans the sideshow to the spectacle of the Super Bowl is a way to spend family time without breaking the bank.

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 4

This is the Top Five Countdown! Were cranking up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending February 4, 2017. Its another week where the deck gets shuffled but no new cards are dealt. Number 5: The Wee

VOA常速英语2017--国际大屠杀75周年

Seventy-five years ago, on January 20th, 1942, senior officials of the German Nazi Party met in a villa in the Wannsee district of Berlin to discuss what they called the Final Solution to the Jewish questionthe deportation and extermination of the Je

VOA常速英语2017--打击叙利亚IS之战再传捷报

The United States and its coalition partners continue to make gains in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. 美国及其盟友继续在对抗伊拉克和叙利亚IS(伊斯兰国)的战斗中再传捷报。 Iraqi forces have

VOA常速英语2017--HIV或越“变”越弱

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, frequently mutates. That has allowed the virus to bypass the immune system and infect about 80 million people over the last 35 years. However, researchers say the rapid evolution of HIV actually may be reducing its ab

VOA常速英语207--打击阿拉伯半岛的基地组织取得新进展

The U.S. military carried out a successful raid on the militant Islamist group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula compound in Yemen on January 28. One U.S. Service member was killed and three others were injured in the raid. U.S. forces were instrumen

VOA常速英语2017--特蕾莎访美 巩固英美双边关系

One week after his inauguration, President Donald Trump welcomed his first foreign leader to the White House Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. 就职一周后，特朗普总统就迎来了白宫第一位外国领袖的到来英国首相特蕾莎梅