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35 阿雷翰多·托莱多当选秘鲁总统 DATE=6-9-01 TITLE=IN THE NEWS #484 - Peru's President-Elect Alejandro Toledo BYLINE=George Grow (start at 1'05
Singapore retains its title as the world's most expensive city for a fourth consecutive year, according to the latest cost-of-living survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit. 根据经济学人智库发布的最新生活成本调查,新加坡连续
The recent rise in China's inflation has grabbed the attention of the public and policymakers alike. Consumer price inflation rose to 4.4 percent in October and a further increase is expected. This is higher than we are used to in China, although it
Species of plants, animals and other categories of living things are disappearing. And millions of people still live in extreme poverty. But is there a connection? For example, is the ongoing destruction of the Indonesian rainforest driven by the eco
On this eighth anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted the US invasion of Afghanistan, a leading Senate Democrat has demanded that far more Afghanistan security forces be trained. Until that happens, Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin says n
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. As street protests in London's financial district dispersed this evening, the G-20 leaders and their wives gathered as dinner guests of Queen Elizabeth. Tomorrow they'll attempt to agree on a response to
The news that employer slashed another 651,000 jobs last month coupled with an unemployment rate that is now above 8% shows an economy firmly in the grip of recession. The unemployment rate which rose at 8. 1% in February is the highest it's been in
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A Baltimore man is in federal custody for allegedly plotting to blow up a military recruitment site in Maryland. The Justice Department says the suspect, Antonio Martinez, is a 21-year-old Muslim conver
The unemployment rate drops to 9.5% as more unemployed Americans are left out of the count because they've stopped looking for jobs. As jittery public digest the government's jobs report for June, President Obama warns of more tough times ahead. We c
The unemployment rate is down to 8.9% after employers hired workers at the fastest pace in nine months. According to the latest Labor Department report, the economy picked up 192,000 jobs last month, but the drop in the unemployment rate is baffling.
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Terrorism is not being rolled out in today's shooting attack in Frankfurt, Germany that left two US airmen dead and two others wounded. President Obama says he is saddened and outraged. I want everybody
President Obama is condemning this week's attack on Afghan civilians allegedly at the hands of one US soldier, and hes promising swift punishment for anyone involved. The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own
Iran is largely cut off from global commerce after a banking hub severed ties. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or Swift is reinforcing sanctions the EU imposed in a bid to make Iran stop its nuclear development. Swift'
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Existing home sales in the United States declined by 2.2 percent in May to a seasonally(季节性的) adjusted annual rate of 5.66 million units, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported on Tuesday. The
VOICE ONE: Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. For thousands of years, people have been debating the meaning of happiness and how to find it. One big happy family -- or are they really? From the
AS IT IS 2015-07-07 Extremely Dry Weather Raises HIV Risk 极端干旱天气与艾滋病传播的关系 Could saving money reduce the spread of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus? A new study finds protecting people from financial hardship may red
AS IT IS 2016-05-03 Australian Revealed as Creator of Bitcoin? 澳大利亚人创造了比特币? This is Whats Trending Today: Do you know who Craig Wright is? Have you ever heard of Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, if you are a Twitter user, you probably
美国零售商大战即将打响 It's the most profitable time of the year for retailers, accounting for 20 to 30 percent of annual revenue. 对于零售商来说,最挣钱的时候到了,这一时期将占据年营业额的20-30%。 And this ye
European stock markets were volatile Monday despite the European Central Bank saying it intended to buy up government debt. European Commission spokesperson Ollie Bailly said Monday that the measures taken by the European Central Bank should calm inv
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This coming Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department will release a report card on how the U.S. economy is doing. The second quarter gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of the most anticipated numbers this year. It's going to give