Human Trafficking has Worsened in Burma Again

In the 2018 Trafficking in Persons, or TIP, Report, Burma was downgraded to Tier 3 for the second time in three years. It had been on a Tier 2 Watch List in 2017. Tier 1 is for countries that are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of t

VOA标准英语2018--美国制裁尼加拉瓜官员

U.S. Sanctions Nicaraguan Officials The United States has imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan individuals with connections to the government who are involved in serious human rights abuses and corruption. The actions were taken in connection with t

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,

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

VOA常速英语2018--美国制裁尼加拉瓜官员

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. 接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。 The United States has imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan individuals with connections to the government who are invo