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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So since President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court back in July, advocacy groups have spent a whole lot of money, nearly $10 million, on these warring TV ads for and against him. Now the attacks - and t
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The pharmaceutical giant Merck is pulling out of an agreement to sell a lifesaving vaccine to poor countries at a reduced cost. At the same time, the company has just started sending the vaccine to China, where it will likely be
The United Nations announced new pledges to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria at its Global Fund Conference in New York on Tuesday. Public and private donors of the fund made commitments worth 11.5 billion US dollars over the next three years. UN
66 million years ago, the check shoot the media right, a rock over 60 miles wild, snapped in to the earth. And you know what happened next, the dinos disappeared. But BB says to consider the big picture for a moment.You have to think not only about t
The late Leona Bridges, a New York woman who married into millions, left her mansion and her $12 million fortune to her pet, a little white Chihuahua named Duchess. Although Leona is survived by one son, Wilbur, and three grandchildren, they received
Starting from Jan. 27, Chinese wanting to travel to France can get their visa in 48-hours. This is part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Sino-French diplomatic ties. In the past Chinese tourists destined for France had to wait 10 worki
Doctors Say Millions Worldwide Suffer From Diabetes 世卫组织警告糖尿病将成全球流行病 The World Health Organization estimates that 346 million people globally suffer from diabetes. Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries.
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Millions of Teens Show a Taste for The Hunger Games JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. On the program today, we hear about a new album from jazz musician Esperanza Spalding We also
A Century Later, Statue of Liberty Still Attracts Millions 一个世纪后,自由女神像仍吸引数以百万计游客 From VOA Learning English, welcome to This is America. I'm Steve Ember. Today we tell about the Statue of Liberty. The huge, gree
The International Committee of the Red Cross warns millions of Iraqis are at risk of disease from polluted water and inadequate health care. It says the situation of inadequate health care, water and sanitation services is particularly bad in the Ir
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After construction wrapped up on his new hotel in Washington, D.C., President-elect Donald Trump declared it the height of luxury. The Trump Organization spent $200 million to renovate the historic post office building, redoing a
-Yeah, we're on the Yangtze. We're doing what millions of Chinese migrants have done in recent decades, moving, going to the city. So it's been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, human migration in history, millions of people going from the coun
By Sonja Pace London 17 March 2008 A new Red Cross report says that five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis still lack adequate access to basic health care, sanitation and clean drinking water. VOA's Sonja Pace has more from Londo
Investigations are continuing into the alleged theft of more than $1 million from a government program that funds Kenya's Free Primary Education initiative. As a result of the scandal surrounding the case, both the British and American governments ha
The game of baseball was the undisputed national pastime for more than a century, until American football overtook it as the nation's most popular and profitable sport. These are four baseball fields surrounding a rural school. School fields used to
Though she was discovered on Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle is reportedly launching a professional music career here in the US. According to London's Daily Mirror, Susan Boyle would not only release her first album in the United States, but she'll
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 The World Health Organization says more than three-quarters of a million people in 19 countries, most in Africa, will receive life-saving anti-tuberculosis drugs over the next year and a half. It says UNITAID, a
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 June 2008 India's English-speaking population has helped fuel its growing economy. However, only a fraction of the country's billion-plus people are fluent in the language. Now, amid an economic boom, tens of thousand
Education Report - Conflicts Keep Millions of Children Out of School This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Conflicts around the world are keeping tens of millions of young people from going to school. Many have physical or emotional injur
By Robert Raffaele Washington 02 May 2008 The U.S. Commerce Department says soaring prices for food, gas, and other everyday needs pushed consumer spending higher than expected Wall Street enjoyed an upswing Thursday, despite mixed economic news conc