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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June of next year. That is almost one-third of its population. South Africa has the most people living with H.I.V. of any nation. The numbe
IN THE NEWS - Week of Final Presidential Debate Ends With More Campaign Activities 时事新闻 - 美国总统选举进入白热化阶段 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻节
2016 Presidential Campaign Presents Unusual Media Challenges The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has presented unusual challenges to the reporters and media outlets covering it. One of the tenets of serious journalism in America is balance, but contr
By Jim Malone Washington 18 May 2007 The 2008 U.S. presidential campaign is off to an early and intense start. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone has been watching the candidates and has a report from Washington. The next presidential election is
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 October 2007 The Health Metrics Network, a global partnership sponsored by the World Health Organization, is launching a drive to get countries to register all births and deaths. The World Health Organization says newborn ba
The turmoil in the U.S. financial markets is dominating the debate in the presidential election campaign, and Democrat Barack Obama appears to be gaining because of it. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has more on the political impact of the cr
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa
Fresh Upheaval Enlivens Republican Presidential Campaign Paul Hines from Texas is used to attracting attention in his 1999 Plymouth Prowler. He drove it to an event in South Carolina to support his current favorite candidate, Newt Gingrich. It's been
South Africans are preparing to vote Wednesday in national and provincial elections. Candidates are making last-minute appeals to voters. South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission Chairman Brigalia Bam said her organization is expecting a turn
New UNICEF Campaign Targets Pneumonia, Diarrhea Global campaign Prompt and effective antibiotic treatment saved a child suffering from acute pneumonia. Not everyone is so lucky. In many poor regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, pneumonia and
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced an initiative called the Blue Campaign to fight human trafficking. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of DHS, is the largest investigator of human trafficking in the U.S. governme
A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks
Campaign Begins to Ensure Free Press The African Union has launched an effort to rid East Africa of colonial-era defamation and sedition laws. Since independence, many countries have used them to clamp down on freedom of the press. The effort to have
Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this
Trump Campaign Says 'Dishonest Media' Misinterpreted His Second Amendment Comment STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's listen twice to Donald Trump's remarks about gun owners resisting Hillary Clinton. The Republican presidential candidate made a remark yester
The two U.S. vice presidential candidates, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, are both getting generally positive reviews following their only debate Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from
By Jeff Swicord Des Moines, Iowa 31 October 2007 Iowa Reublicans have moved their caucus date up to January 3rd, 2008 so that the state can keep Iowa's status as the first in the nation to vote on the presidential contenders. With the caucus date ju
By Jim Malone Washington 27 November 2007 Campaign attacks are intensifying among the Democratic and Republican presidential contenders as the first test in the 2008 U.S. election season draws near in early January. VOA National Correspondent Jim Mal
Now that the U.S. political conventions are over, the candidates for President and Vice President have begun the final two months of intense campaigning. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senator Bernie Sanders is giving it another run. He announced this morning in an interview with Vermont Public Radio that he is launching a campaign for president in 2020. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) BERNIE SANDERS: We began