VOA双语新闻：9、韩国努力回收电子垃圾

韩国努力回收电子垃圾 South Korea is coping with increasing amounts of garbage from electronic devices, also called e-waste. To prevent tons of old computers, smartphones and appliances from ending up in landfills, leaking toxic chemicals, s

VOA双语新闻：9、厄尔尼诺现象使鱼群从墨西哥游到加州

厄尔尼诺现象使鱼群从墨西哥游到加州 Fish in an unexpected spectrum of sizes, shapes and colors are moving north, through El Ni?o's warm currents from Mexican waters to the Pacific Ocean off Californias coast. El Nino is the periodic w

VOA双语新闻：2、油价下跌 德克萨斯州喜忧参半

油价下跌 德克萨斯州喜忧参半 Oil rig workers, known as roughnecks, face unemployment as oil prices fall, but the impact is greater in regions like Alaska and North Dakota, where production costs are higher than they are in the Eagle Ford

VOA双语新闻：2、智能手机成为诊断疟疾新工具

智能手机成为诊断疟疾新工具 Doctors fighting malaria - one of the deadliest diseases on the planet - may soon have a new affordable weapon in their smart phones. Researchers have found a way to use the phones camera to detect the microorg

VOA双语新闻：9、索马里将禁止女性生殖器割礼

索马里将禁止女性生殖器割礼 Hope at last for girls in Somalia as the government signals its intentions to ban female genital mutilation, a brutal practice girls in Somalia have been forced to undergo for years. 长久以来，索马里的女

VOA双语新闻：5、时尚摄影师用镜头寻找另一种美

时尚摄影师用镜头寻找另一种美 Where do you find beauty? Fashion Magazines? Music Videos? One American photographer is finding beauty in unexpected places. And a new documentary about his work might help change the traditional standards o

VOA双语新闻：14、印度寡妇获得新生

印度寡妇获得新生 Nearly 2,000 widows who have been abandoned by society and their families live in government shelters lacking basic amenities in India's northern city Vrindavan. The Supreme Court last year said the women should be given the

VOA双语新闻：3、谁将是下任美联储主席？

谁将是下任美联储主席？ The economist who guided the world's largest economy through the worst financial crisis in decades is expected to step down early next year. The financial press is filled with speculation about who will take over fro

VOA双语新闻：2、伊朗核会谈再次开始

伊朗核会谈再次开始 International nuclear negotiators will meet with Iran's foreign minister again this week for talks on limiting the country's nuclear program. Some nations fear that Tehran may be trying to develop atomic weapons. Iran is h

VOA双语新闻：9、美债危机临头 全球市场忧心

美债危机临头 全球市场忧心 Less than a week before the U.S. government could run out of money to pay its bills, the world's financial markets are already showing concern. If officials cannot agree to let Washington borrow more money before

VOA双语新闻：3、伊朗要求缓减制裁

伊朗要求缓减制裁 World powers and Iran are gearing up for a new round of talks in Geneva later this month about Tehran's nuclear program. The United States and its allies want Iran to take concrete steps to show it is not and will not pursue

VOA双语新闻：9、美国天然气现在还不能帮助欧洲

美国天然气现在还不能帮助欧洲 As Russia continues to raise its natural gas prices to Ukraine, some people are looking to American gas as a way to ease Europe's energy dependence on Russia. But it's a solution that's still several years o

VOA双语新闻：2、新科技：没有电的地方也可灯火通明

新科技：没有电的地方也可灯火通明 This year's Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to inventors of the light emitting diode, commonly known by the acronym LED, now being used around the world. However, according to the International Ene

VOA双语新闻：13、难民涌入 意大利和希腊压力大

难民涌入 意大利和希腊压力大 Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges, ready to risk their lives to escape misery. Europe has been flooded with migrants and this year th

VOA双语新闻：4、顾客口味改变促快餐业转型

顾客口味改变促快餐业转型 Fast-food giants are facing demanding customers who want healthful food that can be tailored to individual tastes. These days, they want something more than just hamburgers and french fries. 面向的苛刻的顾客

VOA双语新闻：1、韩国同性恋自豪日

韩国同性恋自豪日 The U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating marriage equality nationwide has energized gay rights supporters around the world. Gay rights remain a highly contentious issue in a key U.S. ally, South Korea, where police did a def

VOA双语新闻--吉尔吉斯反对党要总统下台

Kyrgyzstan's opposition has proclaimed an interim government to replace the administration of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. At least 65 people were killed in violent protests that forced the president to flee the capital, Bishkek. 吉尔吉斯斯坦的反

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦暴力升级

As Zimbabwe braces itself for a runoff in the presidential election, violence against people loyal to the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, has reached unprecedented levels. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday that more than 50 people

VOA双语新闻 ---乌克兰面临俄罗斯减少天然气供应

The government of Ukraine will meet Wednesday to consider options in the face further reductions in natural gas deliveries from Russia. Russia's state-run energy giant, Gazprom, is assuring customers in Europe that their supplies will not be affected

VOA双语新闻 ---Asian Markets Higher on US Interest Rate C

Markets posted steady gains in Asia following an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Earlier this week most Asian stock exchanges plummeted on fears that the U.S. credit crisis is far from over. Investors are still fearful that the Fe