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AWARDSby Chris RoseThe Nobels are the originals, of course. Alfred Nobel, the man who invented deadly explosives, decided to try and do something good with all the money he earned, and gave prizes to people who made progress in literature, science, e
25 The Hare and the Tortoise One day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. I can beat anyone!cried he. Will one of you try a race with me? I will,?said the tortoise. You!?laughed the hare. Oh, oh, how funny!? Save your laughing
By Parke Brewer Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic confirmed his status at the world's best all-around athlete when he won the Olympic decathlon gold medal Tuesday night. Most Olympians specialize in
American economist Richard Thaler has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics. Thaler was recognized for his work as a behavioral economist. That means he studies the reasons behind the economic decisions people make. Thaler received the prize partly
1. Senator Ted Cruz wins the Wisconsin republican presidential primary, finishing far ahead of Donald Trump. Cruz called the victory A tuning point and urged the party to rally around his candidacy. 2. On the democratic side, senator Bernie Sanders f
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The presidential election of nineteen twenty-eight gave American voters a clear political choice. The Democratic Party nominated Al Smith. He was the popular g
EDUCATION REPORT - Teen Taught by Mom Wins Top Science Competition By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, December 15, 2005 I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report. A sixteen-
OK, my twin brother. Well, my twin brother is called Daniel, and he is four minutes younger than me. We were both born on the 5th of January, and I think that we kind of look a like except that he's a lot taller than me and he has very dark hair but
The Swedish Academy awarded one of Swedens most famous living poets, Tomas Transtr?mer, the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday - making him the first Swede in nearly 40 years to win the award. The Nobel prize in literature for 2011 is awarde
LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt set a new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds as he won the 100 meters gold medal on Sunday night. Bolt finished ahead of fellow Jamaican, Yohan Blake, who finished in 9.75 and Justin Gattlin, who ran 9.79, one hundre
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's table tennis team final against South Korea on Wednesday, making a clean sweep of gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. It was the 24th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis co
GENEVA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer savored his fifth title at his Swiss Indoors home tournament on Sunday, beating Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour. The world number four Swiss has appeared in eight Basle finals in
SHEFFIELD, May 2 (Xinhua) -- John Higgins from Scotland defeated England rising star Judd Trump 18-15 to clinch his fourth title at the Snooker World Championship on Monday. The 35-year-old world No. 1 Higgins trailed behind 10-7 after the first two
LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took a major step Tuesday toward winning the Republican Partys presidential nomination with a convincing victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Romney easily defeated five Republican rivals one we
ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships. Zhang powered home in seven minutes, 32.
LONDON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards saw 'Amour' triumph as best film, as well as picking up two further awards, on Sunday. 'Amour' is Austrian director Michael Haneke's French language tale of an elderly married
Britain's Olympic boxing champion Adams wins writers' award LONDON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Nicola Adams became the first female boxer to win an award from the Boxing Writers' Club of Britain, it was announced here on Tuesday. The 29-yea
ETON DORNEY, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women's pair rowing gold for Britain at the London Olympic Games at the Eton Dorney Lake here on wednesday. This is the first gold medal for the host at the Games as the britis
The result of the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau electorate yesterday was a win for Hone Harawira. Kelvin Davis, Labour, was second with 867 fewer votes than Hone. The Maori Party candidate was third. Hone says this is a win for the new Mana Party but