USAID Supports Religious Tolerance

Why would a U.S. Government agency specializing in administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, concern itself with religious freedom in the countries where it works? At USAID, we see freedom of worship as an essential element in ou

Taxes and Health Care Aside, Views on Trump Central to US Election

WASHINGTON It is a scene playing out across America as the crucial Nov. 6 congressional elections edge closer biting attack ads portraying Republican incumbent politicians as unworthy of re-election. With upbeat background music, the announcer on the

VOA常速英语2018--飓风佛罗伦萨将抵美国 应对工作已逐步到位

South Carolinas coast looked serene on Wednesday but the picture may be quite different on Friday morning. Hurricane Florence is expected to be a long-duration high-impact event for much of South Carolina, including areas well inland from the coast.

特朗普要求纽约时报交出白宫匿名评论员

Trump Demands NYT Turn Over Anonymous White House Critic WHITE HOUSE Top Trump administration officials are denying they are the author of an anonymous New York Times opinion piece criticizing President Donald Trumps petty and ineffective leadership

布雷特.卡瓦诺表示：最高院不应被视为党派之争

Kavanaugh: 'Court Must Never Be Viewed as Partisan' The U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh got off to a rocky start Tuesday, with demonstrators shouting against his appointment and minority Democrats losing a bid to delay the

VOA常速英语2018--泰国缅甸难民找工作难

In the new village of Lay Kay Kaw, there are clear signs that much development is still needed on the path to repatriation, but roads to the area arent the biggest concerns, as new settlers still lack the basics. 在新村Lay Kay Kaw，有明显迹象表

VOA常速英语2018--叙利亚为英烈家属建设提供免费住处

This village currently hosts five families and many more are expected to join, but what sets this village apart from any other is that all the residents living here are women and children. 这个村庄现在有5户人家，以后还会有更多。但这

VOA常速英语2018--美国人准备对特朗普做出中期裁决

President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Tennessee[is] blasting Democrats on the immigration issue as he battles to save the Republican majority in the Senate.Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens to pour into our co

VOA常速英语2018--人们对特朗普代理司法部长的选择予以批评 对此特朗普猛烈抨击

President Trump has repeatedly called for the end of the probe that he calls a witch-hunt. 特朗普总统一再呼吁结束他称之为政治迫害的调查。 Following the midterm elections, he promptly fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who ha

VOA常速英语2018--俄日关系能否改善取决于日本的态度

To visit the island of Sakhalin is to be reminded of the shifting fortunes of empire. 访问库页岛，提醒着人们帝国命运的不断变化。 From Imperial Japan to Tsarist Russia, and later Soviet rule,Wars and changing boundaries have shape

VOA常速英语2018--立陶宛抵制共享拼车APP

Gunaras Riabokas says driving his taxi along the streets of Vilnius every day has made him Lithuanian unofficial pollster of public opinion. Gunaras Riabokas表示，开出租车环行维尔纽斯大街小巷的他，每天都是如此。这使他不是

VOA常速英语2018--联合国助力马拉维应对粮食危机

For the past three years, drought and El Nino winds destroyed the crops for many Malawian farmers and led to food shortages. 过去3年来，旱灾和厄尔尼诺引发的大风摧毁了许多庄稼，很多马拉维农民都遭遇了粮食短缺。

VOA标准英语2018--美国从地方基层打击人口贩卖

Fight Against Human Trafficking Starts at Local Level Every year, the United States Department of State issues the Trafficking in Persons Report, or TIP Report, which evaluates the anti-trafficking efforts of 187 countries and territories, including

与ISIS的持久战

Toward an Enduring Defeat of ISIS The terrorist group ISIS is no longer the threat it used to be.Though it may be diminished, ISIS is far from defeated. As it loses ground in the Middle East, its fighters disperse to cause trouble all over the world,

2018年人口贩运问题报告概述

2018 Trafficking in Persons Report Overview Trafficking in persons, or modern slavery, is a crime that involves the exploitation of a human being for the purposes of compelled labor or a commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion

VOA标准英语2018--Pence on Border Crisis

The United States is facing a crisis of illegal immigration on its southern border, said Vice President Mike Pence during a recent speech in Guatemala. The majority of migrants are coming from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Since the start of

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,