NPR 2012-02-27

Thousands of Russians turned out today to form a human chain around the central part of Moscow. NPR's Corey Flintoff reports the demonstration was designed to show support for free elections in opposition to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Central Mos

CNN 2010-11-25

Ingmar Guandique has been found guilty of both counts in this case. That would be, the important one here is first-degree murder. This jury has had a tough time with this case. They've been out since Wednesday. They deliberated through the weekend. A

NPR 2009-5-24

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama says he is looking to nominate someone to the Supreme Court who has common sense and who understands the practical day-to-day impact of the court's rulings. Mr. Obama is expected to ann

NPR 2009-6-26

Singer Michael Jackson has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles. A fire department official tells the Los Angeles Times that paramedics had performed CPR when they arrived at his home because Jackson wasn't breathing. Civil liberties

NPR 2010-08-27

The latest jobs report reveals an unexpected decline in new unemployment claims last week, but economist Hugh Johnson says the better measure on labor trends, the four-week average, tells a different story. The truth is that the jobless claims have b

NPR 2012-02-15

Hu Jintao's heir apparent in China Xi Jinping is on his first high-level visit to the White House, where President Obama raised a number of disputes looming over US-China relations. On critical issues like human rights, we will continue to emphasize

NPR 2012-05-06

The man who claimed he planned the 9/11 attacks is before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants would not answer the judge's questions and even refuse to listen to them by taking off the

NPR 2012-05-01

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has given the most extensive justification so far for the USs use of unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists. The strikes have been controversial because they can even target US citizens w

CNN 2009-06-27

Good Morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta, it's Friday Morning, and here's a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The sudden death of Michael Jackson is making headlines around the world. The LA Coro

CNN 2010-12-19

A lot of protests took place around the city's centre, around parliament, we did have some violence riot at this time, and it started with protesters throwing Molotov cocktails, and the police so responding, things escalated for a while, and the parl

VOA慢速英语2017 大毒枭在纽约接受审判

United States officials are preparing to try a Mexican man who has been called the worlds most powerful drug trafficker. 美国官员正准备审问全球最厉害的毒品贩子。 Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, better known as El Chapo, will be t

NPR 2008-03-10

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Barack Obama is the winner of yesterday's Democratic caucuses in Wyoming. He picks up seven delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer. Hillary Clinton won another five delegates. Wyom

NPR 2008-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. It appears the death sentence of the man known as Chemical Ali will be carried out after a lengthy delay. Iraqi officials say the presidential council has approved the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid. Th

NPR 2009-03-12

President Barack Obama chose to sign in private today a 410-billion-dollar omnibus spending bill that keeps the federal government in business to September. Nearly 9,000 individual projects known as earmarks were included in the measure and the pres

NPR 2010-12-16

The US government is suing BP as well as eight other companies and subsidiaries over the unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Attorney General Eric Holder says the suit is just the first step in holding BP and others accou

FIFA承认两届世界杯贿选 欲追讨千万资金

FIFA acknowledged last Wednesday that bribes were paid for votes in bids for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, and the organization is trying to recoup tens of millions of dollars in damages. 上周三，国际足联(FIFA)承认在1998年和2010年世界杯

AP 2010-07-07

1. Oil skimmers are once again back at work in the Gulf of Mexico. Bad weather and high waves earlier this week had forced the ships out of the way. However, they are now once again trying to block oil from reaching land. 2. Vice President Joe Biden

Illegal kidney trade trial concludes in central China

CHANGSHA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A court in central China's Hunan Province on Friday concluded the trial of nine people involved in the case of a teenager who sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad. The court will later pronounce its verdi

法国开云集团起诉阿里巴巴

Alibaba is being sued by the company behind luxury brands including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, which alleges the Chinese ecommerce group ?encourages and profits from the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform. 旗下拥有古驰(Gucci)、伊夫圣

英语听书《白鲸记》第776期

Likewise a fish is technically fast when it bears a waif, or any other recognized symbol of possession; so long as the party wailing it plainly evince their ability at any time to take it alongside, as well as their intention so to do. 同样地，顾名