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Economics Report - US Postal Service Wants Congress to Make Changes to Its Business Model This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This month, the United States Postal Service reported a loss of over five billion dollars from April to June.
By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 November 2007 North and South Korea have not had regular train service across their heavily armed border in more than half a century - but that may be about to change within weeks. Prime Ministers from the two Koreas say they a
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Egypt's government faced international criticism when it blocked Internet service to try to suppress the uprising there. But Egyptian activists found
Economics Report - The United States Postal Service Warns of Default 经济报道 - 美国邮政面临违约 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The United States Postal Service has a his
Economics Report - Websites Cut Service to Protest US Antipiracy Bills This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Some popular websites have protested two proposed United States laws aimed at fighting illegal copying of writing, movies and oth
AS IT IS 2014-05-07 Youths Oppose Required Military Service 年轻人拒服兵役 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report on efforts by people in two countries to
A recent study estimates 66,000 homosexuals currently serve -- about two percent of the total in uniform. In 2002, David Hall was an Air Force sergeant studying to be an officer, pursuing his dream of becoming a military pilot. But once his sexual st
Secret Service Agents Open Up About Kennedy Assassination President John F. Kennedys trip to Dallas on November 22, 1963 was intended to boost support in Texas for his 1964 re-election campaign. An assassins bullet ended his life, however, remaining
Kennedy Assassination Transformed US Secret Service The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, 48 years ago, stunned the world. It was the first time since 1901- when President William McKinley was killed - that a U.S. presi
USPostalServiceFacesFinancialDisaster The United States Postal Service is in big financial trouble. In the last ten years the agency has lost 50 percent of its mail volume. Billions of dollars have been lost and the trend is expected to continue. By
South Africa Service Uses Text Messaging to Help Expectant Mothers By 2014, there will be more phones on this planet than there are people, according to the United Nations telecoms agency. That startling comparison gave birth to an idea: Why not use
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The new movie Thank You For Your Service is about coming home, specifically what it's like for soldiers who come home after serving during the surge in Iraq in 2007. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Pulitzer Pri
Veterans Struggling After Sexual Assault Increasingly Turn To Service Dogs SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Dealing with the effects of sexual assault is a lifelong process that can be filled with, like, psychiatry appointments and medication. As NPR's Adelina Lan
The New Zealand Immigration Service has been in the news recently, for all the wrong reasons. The head of the service, Mary Anne Thompson, resigned last week after it was found that she did not have a PhD after all. Before this job with Immigration,
I was staying at a nice resort hotel in Arizona on a short vacation. I had been out on the golf course playing a round of golf. When I got back into the room, I was feeling pretty hungry. I was meeting some friends for a late dinner around 8:30. I wa
The Beijing municipal government will spend 100 million yuan or nearly 15 million US dollars on the purchase of social service projects. It aims to meet various needs of the public and boost the development of social organizations. Chen Zhe has the s
I pushed the call button to get the attention of the flight attendant. Flight attendant: Yes? What can I do for you? Hal: Its very cold in the cabin. Is it possible to get a blanket? Flight attendant: Were out of blankets, but heres a pillow. Hal: Ok
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A phone and Internet outage has been disrupting 911 services across the country since yesterday, and today the FCC says it's launched an investigation. Montana Public Radio's Eric Whitney reports. ERIC WHITNEY, BYLINE: Louisiana-ba
Today, a memorial service was held in Greymouth for the 29 miners killed in the Pike River Coal Mine. The bodies are still in the mine so families cannot hold funerals but instead this was a service to remember and honour all 29 men. The service was
Buck: Im never going to that coffee house again! Star: Why? What happened? Buck: Its the third time in a week that Ive had lousy service. I dont expect five-star treatment , but I do expect service industry employees to be at least civil . Star: What