First story we're explaining today is how the mysterious disappearance of a journalist is having ripple effects around the world. Jamal Khashoggi is a columnist for the Washington Post. He's been living in Washington, D.C. He's originally from Saudi

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年10月

US Army Corps of Engineers Fights Receding Mississippi Waters It's another day of intense heat in the midwest United States, and another day without rain on the Mississippi river. On board the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey ship, the MV Pathfind

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AZUZ: An international murder mystery is deepening. It started with the apparent poisoning of a man named Kim Jong Nam. He was the half-brother of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. And he died on February 13 while traveling through Malaysia at Kuala L

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Our coverage starts in the South American country of Venezuela. It's economy is crumbling and thousands of people there are flooding out into neighboring nations like Brazil and Columbia, who are trying to figure out what to do about the refugees. Ve

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And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

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By Greg Flakus Houston 01 May 2008 Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called

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Several leading economic experts say the turmoil on Wall Street is caused by a crisis of confidence and that it is likely to have a significant impact on the overall economy and ordinary people across the world. VOA Correspondent Cindy Saine reports

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Most Gulf stock exchanges traded lower again, but with smaller losses than in previous sessions. Financial difficulties by the United Arab Emirates second-largest bank are causing a ripple effect in various countries, including Kuwait, as Edward Yer

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Europes Economic Crisis Hits Developing Countries The European economic crisis is having an impact around the world, and causing concern that if it is not ended soon it could spread to a variety of countries that depend on Europe to buy their exports

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Price of Oil Hits $100 a Barrel 油价达到每桶100美元 The price for a barrel of oil rose above $100 Friday amid concerns over instability in Libya and South Sudan, plus a growing U.S. demand for fuel. 周五每桶石油的价格涨到100美元以

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico almost three weeks ago, it caused much destruction across the island, including the small agricultural sector. By some estimates, 80 percent of crops were destroyed. NPR's Merrit Kennedy repor

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: A lot of the aluminum and steel we use here in the United States is imported from other countries. And that, according to a report from the Commerce Department, is a threat to national security. Last week, department officials rec

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 03 December 2007 Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister with an agenda of action on climate change and the repeal of unpopular industrial laws. The new government has signed the Kyoto Protocol on climate

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Concern over the subprime mess is not just isolated to the US markets of course. Shaking news out of the US on housing and jobs, also had Europe's major indices falling sharply. The London FT100 down nearly 3% just in the last week. The next big ques

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 04 May 2006 watch Ripple Effect of Oil report The latest data on consumer spending shows the U.S. economy continues to expand at a healthy pace. But some economists fear o

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US Government Shutdown Casts Shadow Over Promising Harvest 美国政府关闭阴影投下承诺收获 Just one year after a catastrophic drought damaged vast areas of farmland in the Midwestern United States, farmers heading to the fields to harvest

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Occupy Protests Work Outside Political Process The Occupy movement, which started in New York, has grown to more than 1,400 encampments around the country. Occupy has chosen to work outside the political process, shying away from appointing leaders a

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 04 April 2006 Stuart Levey A Bush administration official is calling on Saudi Arabia to do more to crack down on terrorism financing. He made the comments before a Senate

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By Deborah Block Washington, D.C. 02 February 2007 watch Understanding Muslims A group of 60 young adults held discussions in Washington recently (in late January) designed to break down ignorance and misperceptions about Muslims and the Islamic rel

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Bangkok's international airport is returning to normal, after protesters shut it down for eight days. But business experts say the economic damage caused by the country's political crisis may linger for some time. 曼谷国际机场因示威活动被迫

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