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This week, from 18th to 24th, is International Languages Week. Listen to International Languages Week 2012 to hear about this. A recent report by the Royal Society of New Zealand said that more than 160 languages are spoken in New Zealand. We have a
By Mario Ritter Broadcast: July 1, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, an international meeting in Sacramento, California, brought together agricultu
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 29 September 2009 The author of a recently released report says that the international community needs to do more to prepare itself for the likely scenario of a return to conflict in Sudan. Senior U.S. officials are meeting T
Nurses do one of the most important jobs in the world. There is a special day for us to celebrate them. International Nurses Day (IND) is on May 12 every year. Of course, this is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. On IND, nurses take pa
International Beer Day is a celebration of one of the worlds best-loved drinks. People in almost every country drink beer. Many beer-drinking countries say their countrys beer is the best. The International Beer Day website says the day was created s
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – December 23, 2002: Heifer International By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organi
IN THE NEWS -January 12, 2002: International Monetary Fund By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. A team from the International Monetary Fund completed a
Thursday is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and environmentalists are using this year's observation to call for tougher measures to protect whales. The 88-nation International Whaling Commission (IWC), is set to rule soon on proposals to partially
AGRICULTURE REPORT - Heifer International By Broadcast: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Heifer International is sixty years old. This organ
IN THE NEWS – March 2, 2002: International Women’s Day By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. Next Saturday is International Women’s Day. The United
The move is part of a new effort aimed at bringing peace and security to war-torn Afghanistan. Selah Hennessy | London 28 January 2010 Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech during the Opening Session of the Afghanistan Conference in
A recent report by Amnesty International says women and girls living in Nairobi's more than 200 slums are at constant risk of being raped, especially after dark. Risk of 'going to the toilet' Going to the toilet at night for some girls and women livi
This week, from Aug 19th to Aug 25th, is International Languages Week. During this week, the Association of Language Teachers reminds New Zealanders about the value of learning an international language. Many New Zealanders are not motivated enough t
The Edinburgh International Festival is over fifty years old and has earned its reputation as one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts. The founders of the Festival believed that the Festival programmes should be of the highest possible a
EDUCATION REPORT - American Schools Celebrate International Education Week By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, November 17, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. It i
(L to R) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend a meeting of the International Syria Support Group on Syria in Vienna, Austria, May 17, 2016. (Xinhua/Qian Yi
Selah Hennessy | London 09 April 2010 Dozens of parliamentarians from around the world made a call Friday for the upcoming elections in Sudan to be postponed. In a public letter they say the building blocks for a free and fair election are not in pla
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 We believe older people hav
On Tuesday morning, the naval destroyer USS Lassen sailed within 12 nautical miles of Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea without notifying the Chinese government. This has raised strong oppositions from the Chinese side, as sailing within 12 nautical
Hospitals in Haiti are struggling to cope with the flood of people injured in Tuesday's earthquake, as bodies pile up in severely damaged areas. International aid is streaming into the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in response to the crisis. Injure