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The Pope has signed into law new rules aimed at making the financial dealings of the Vatican Bank more transparent. The move comes as the bank is being investigated over money laundering claims. The Vatican is setting up a financial watchdog to monit
The US economy added no new jobs in August. The zero figure is much worse than had been expected. The predicted figure was about an addition of about 70,000. Figures from the Department of Labor show the unemployment rate remains unchanged, from July
Go to finance, and new figures show Italy's recession is deepening, the country's economy shrank for the fourth quarter in a row, tough austerity measures are continuing to bite, affecting everything from manufacturing to consumer spending, but some
Top stories today, three more shots have been fired from the house at the center of an ongoing siege in Melbourne's northwest, the man holding police at bay is understood to be 43-year-old, Christopher Dean Binse, a convicted prison escapee, authorit
OECD Says Global Economy Rebounds, But Not In Europe New government data shows the U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip last year than earlier estimates. And it's likely to perform better in 2013. The OECD says the world's largest economy will post
We've told you about the economic convulsion in Italy that threatens to take down the mighty countries of Europe and send a shock wave across the Ocean to American 401(k)s. Well, tonight, Italians are talking about an unconventional hale merry idea,
模仿文本: One is a former European commissioner, a professor, an academic, an economist and a technocrat. The other has dominated Italian politics for the past two decades, dodged dozens of indictments, being convicted for tax evasion, as at th
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 08 November 2007 A U.S. army helicopter has crashed in northern Italy, killing four people on board and injuring seven others. The causes of the crash are still unclear. For VOA, Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. In t
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The International Red Cross Movement grew out of a major battle in the unification of Italy. The Battle of Solferino took place one hundred fifty years ago, in June of eighteen fifty-nine. This past wee
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have promised twenty billion dollars to increase food security in poor countries. The promise came Friday on the third and final day of the Group of Eight summit m
By David Byrd Washington 21 December 2006 Italy captured football's (soccer's) World Cup, Roger Federer dominated men's tennis, Tiger Woods overcame sadness to rule the golf course, and drugs and scandal tainted the sports world. As VOA's David Byrd
The U.S. Soccer Team has overcome long odds to reach the Confederations Cup semifinals in South Africa. The U.S. defeated Egypt, 3-0, and got help from Brazil, which beat World Cup champion Italy by an identical 3-0 score. USA's Charlie Davies, top,
Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro Italians surprised the world, and perhaps themselves - splitting their vote among disgraced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a center-left coalition and a protest movement led by a former comedian. Th
The Chinese embassy to Italy has confirmed that a fire at a garment factory in central Italy early Sunday killed at least seven Chinese workers and seriously injured two others. Rescue workers on the scene of the fire in Prato. The Chinese consulate
France considers itself the world's center of wine but there may be some red faces in Burgundy today-because a study provides more evidence that techniques for turning grapes into a glass of wine may have come over what today is Italy. The research i
今天我们要学的词是vacation。 Vacation是假期的意思。To be on vacation是正在渡假。A paid vacation是指带薪水的假期。The couple has been planning their European vacation for months, 意思是这对夫妇好几个月来一直
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 18 September 2009 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a press conference in Rome, 19 Sep 2009 The killing of six Italian soldiers in Afghanistan has re-ignited the debate over whether troops should be withdraw
The International Organization for Migration says about 1,000 Moroccan migrants who came to Italy with the promise of seasonal work, are living in squalid conditions on abandoned farms. IOM says the migrants were lured to Italy with false promises o
The local share market has ended the session higher helped by gains for the big banks. If we take a look at the final numbers, the All Ords finished 12 points higher, while the ASX 200 added 13 points. The big banks finished higher. Westpac did the b
Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑波拿马 About a hundred years ago there lived a great general whose name was Napoleon Bonaparte. He was the leader of the French army; and France was at war with nearly all the countries around. He wanted very much to ta