VOA双语新闻：美财政部长称失业率可能还会攀升

The U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the unemployment rate may go above its current 25-year high of 8.5 percent, but says the United States and other countries must keep moving forward in making steps toward economic recovery. 美国财政

VOA双语新闻：美将多管齐下制止索马里海盗活动

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Wednesday a multi-pronged U.S. effort to curb Somali-based maritime piracy. Among other things, the United States will move to track and freeze assets of pirate gangs, and press Somali authorities to sh

VOA双语新闻：美遣送前半岛电视台摄影师至苏丹

The Pentagon says it believes a former al-Jazeera cameraman sent from the Guantanamo detention center to Sudan Thursday is still dangerous, and it expects the Sudanese government to help ensure he does not resume what the Pentagon says is his involve

VOA双语新闻：美指责伊朗向塔利班提供武器

The Pentagon said Wednesday Iran is continuing to provide weapons and other material to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, in addition to its alleged continuing support for Shiite militias in Iraq. Officials spoke to reporters Wednesday shortly after

VOA双语新闻：美选民意向未决 奥巴马小幅领先

With less than 100 days until the U.S. presidential election on November 4, public opinion polls show most Americans disapprove of the job President Bush is doing and would generally prefer a Democrat to succeed him in the White House next year. But

VOA双语新闻：美援助北韩首批小麦运抵北韩港口

Help is starting to reach hungry North Korea. A ship carrying tens of thousands of tons of grain from the United States has arrived at a North Korean port. The shipment follows a North Korean deal with the World Food Program to expand its reach in th

VOA双语新闻：韩国最大工会罢工支持抗议美牛肉

South Korean religious groups have temporarily taken over leadership of protests against the resumption of American beef imports, calling for peace and police restraint. At the same time, South Korea's biggest labor union group has begun a strike and

美国有线新闻 CNN 美海军陆战队进入叙利亚 支援叙武装力量夺取IS大本营

U.S. Marines are reportedly on the ground in the Middle Eastern country of Syria and they have artillery. They're gearing up for an assault on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. Syria has been at civil war since 2011. The ISIS terrorist group which c

美国有线新闻 CNN 美退出伊朗核协议 各方反应

Just as the Iran nuclear deal was controversial, so was yesterdays announcement. Senator Dick Durbin, the second most powerful Democrat in the Senate said Americas withdrawal from the Iran deal was a historic mistake that destabilizes the Middle East

美国有线新闻 CNN 委内瑞拉大选开始投票 美圣达菲市发生校园枪击案

Millions of people in Venezuela have gone to the polls to vote in a presidential election. It started yesterday morning. The leader of the South American country has chosen through a simple majority vote and the incumbent president, Nicolas Maduro, i

VOA常速英语2013--美平价医保令许多人望而却步

Policy Cancellations Threaten Promise of Obamacare 美平价医保令许多人望而却步 While technical problems with the web site have plagued the initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- President Obama's health care program, there a

VOA标准英语2013--美央行可能减少经济刺激措施

US Central Bank May Cut Economic Stimulus 美央行可能减少经济刺激措施 Investors are watching nervously as the U.S. central bank considers when to reduce its efforts to stimulate the economy. Many economists predict that the cuts will come

VOA双语新闻：美敦促以巩固完善加沙人道通道

The United States said it is pressing Israel to expand the terms of its temporary cease-fires in Gaza to allow greater access for humanitarian aid to the besieged area. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is continuing to lead U.S. cease-fire diploma

VOA双语新闻：美两汽车商要求政府再注巨资救生

Two US automakers say they need billions more of government money in order to survive. 美国两家汽车制造商表示，他们需要政府再提供数十亿美元的帮助，才能生存下去。 General Motors and Chrysler say they need billions

VOA双语新闻 --- 美总统大选主要对手对撤军表立场

The major U.S. presidential candidates highlighted their positions on the Iraq war in high-profile Senate hearings that featured testimony from the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus. Republican Senator John McCain and Democr

VOA双语新闻：美批卡斯特罗家族专制 继续制裁

The United States said Monday the official transfer of power in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his younger brother Raul was a disappointment, though hardly an unexpected development. The White House said the long-standing U.S. economic embargo against Cub

VOA双语新闻 - 美国土安全部长赞布什安全政策

Outgoing U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the fact that U.S. territory has not been attacked since September 11, 2001, is the central accomplishment of his four years in office. Chertoff credits the policies of U.S. President Ge

VOA双语新闻 - 美失业人数激增 房贷违约破记录

New government figures show a rise in U.S. unemployment last month, with U.S. employers cutting some 533,000 jobs - the most in 34 years. President George Bush says his administration is taking action to help strengthen the economy. 最新的经济数据

VOA双语新闻 ：美空置核电站招商 音响实验室入住

The Satsop nuclear plant in western Washington State never generated a kilowatt of electricity. The cavernous and windowless nuclear reactor building has gone begging for commercial tenants for years. And it finally has one. 位于华盛顿州西部的

VOA双语新闻：美国会议员批评奥巴马关于伊朗讲

President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown on dissent, have met with praise but also some continuing criticism from members of Congress. The situat