2017 International Religious Freedom Report

At the release of the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the report a testament to the United States' historic role in preserving and advocating for religious freedom around the world: Religious freedom

VOA标准英语--俄罗斯因网络入侵而受到新的制裁

New Sanctions Imposed on Russians for Cyber Intrusions The U.S. Treasury Department has announced new sanctions against three Russian individuals and five entities. They were designated under Executive Order 13694, Blocking the Property of Certain Pe

VOA标准英语--美国限制尼加拉瓜人权侵犯者的签证

U.S. Restricts Visa of Nicaraguan Rights Abusers The United States recently imposed visa restrictions that will be applied to Nicaraguan police and other officials linked to violence that has left more than 140 people dead. The Nicaraguan government

A Warning About Iran's Deceptive Business Practices

In the wake of the United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the renewed imposition by the U.S of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, many companies are ending their business involvement with Iran because they do not want to run afoul o

VOA常速英语2018--3D打印技术可降低手术难度

Three-year-old Dexter Clark was born with bad kidneys. His father Brendan says the boy was constantly sick. When he was 1 year old, we had to have a procedure to give him a gastrostomy so it could be fed through a tube because he threw up so much. A

美国国防部长马蒂斯出席北约国防部长会议

Mattis at NATO Defense Ministerial At the recent NATO Defense Ministerial, Secretary of Defense James Mattis observed that threats to our collective security have not waned, whether terrorism to the south or Russia's aggression and hybrid threats to

VOA标准英语2018--美国与格鲁吉亚的关系

U.S.-Georgia Relations This year marks the tenth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Georgia. The United States unequivocally condemns Russia's occupation on Georgian soil, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a plenary session of the U.S.-Georgia

Historic U.S.-N. Korea Summit is Productive

President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK, held a historic summit in Singapore on June 12. Both leaders discussed how to build a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. In a joint statement,

U.S. Welcomes Afghan Peace Talks

During Eid celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered to extend the Afghan government's June 11 ceasefire and start peace talks. The United States supports such talks, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. As Presid

VOA标准英语2018--伊朗著名律师被捕

Lawyer for Executed Iranian Dervish Arrested Iran has reportedly arrested another human rights lawyer the second this month. According to human rights monitors, Zeynab Taheri, defense attorney for the recently executed Sufi bus driver Mohammad Salas,

VOA标准英语--俄罗斯释放政治犯和宗教囚犯

Russia, Release Political and Religious Prisoners The United States has called on the Russian Government to immediately release all political and religious prisoners. In a written statement, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said the Unite

Sanctions Relief for N. Korea Dependent on Denuclearization

Following the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and later China to brief them on the way forward with North Korea

U.S.-Myanmar Relations

Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council Matt Pottinger, visited Myanmar June 14-16 to meet with senior government leaders and civil society to discuss and strengthen U.S.-Myanmar bilateral relationship. The Unit

VOA常速英语2018--美国中部“新硅谷”表现抢眼

Lets start with the numbers, technology companies here pumps 7.7 billion dollars into the citys economy and hire 75000 people. Job postings for emerging tech are up 40 percent over last year and unemployment is only 3 percent. No, this isnt Silicon V