NPR 2010-04-22

At least 11 people remain missing from an oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana. Seven workers are badly hurt from the blast and fire late last night on the offshore drilling platform. Theres no word on what caused the blast. The Coast Gu

NPR 2011-11-07

In Connecticut: We're disappointed, discouraged, tired. Chet Matczak from Tariffville, Connecticut expressed the frustration of thousands who have been without power for eight days. Power crews are still working after a freak October snowstorm took d

Fiscal Year

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 3, 2003 This is Bob Doughty. Welcome to the VOA Special English Economics Report. You can now hear environment news on Tuesday as part of Science in the News. Our fi

US Congress Rejecting Cuts in Foreign Aid, Diplomacy

United States congressional committees have rejected proposals to sharply cut spending for U.S. diplomatic and foreign assistance programs. In his first budget, President Donald Trump called for a reduction of nearly one third in the State Department

NPR 2011-04-01

A barrage of questions today for Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen. They were grilled extensively on Libya by the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. As NPR's David Welna reports, both Pentagon offic

CPC congress begins closing session, new central committee to be elected

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Wednesday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will be elec

VOA标准英语 IMF Steering Committee Boosts Lending Agency's Resou

The 24 nations that comprise the International Monetary Fund's policy-making committee agreed Saturday to an immediate $250 billion increase in the lending agency's resources. The decision is in line with the recommendation made by world leaders at

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

VOA标准英语2009年-Republicans, Democrats Debate Obama Budget Prop

U.S. lawmakers are reacting to President Barack Obama's proposed budget for the 2010 fiscal year that begins in October. Democrats and Republicans commented on the $3.5 trillion budget that would raise the federal deficit to $1.75 trillion. US Senat

VOA标准英语2011--US Congressional 'Supercommittee' Faces Deadline on Budget Deal

US Congressional 'Supercommittee' Faces Deadline on Budget Deal The battle over how to reduce the United States' $15 trillion debt is now being debated by a bipartisan congressional supercommittee. With a deadline for agreement just days away, the sa

VOA标准英语2009年-Democrats, Republicans in New Dispute Over

Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are engaged in a new dispute over the Central Intelligence Agency, involving allegations the CIA misled Congress. Leon Panetta (file photo) The latest controversy was sparked by a letter

NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-03-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The Senate Budget Committee is considering a Democratic plan for the next fiscal year. As NPR's Craig Windham reports it includes $1 trillion in spending cuts and an equal amount of new revenue from clo

Signs of Compromise to Reduce US Deficit

With a deadline looming to cut Americas massive federal deficit, lawmakers of both parties appear to be softening rigid ideological stances in hopes of striking a bipartisan accord that would put the United States on a sounder fiscal path. Economists

US Deficit Super Committee Prepares to Begin Work

As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil proposals to spur U.S. economic growth and job creation, a bipartisan committee of lawmakers tasked with slashing the federal deficit prepares to convene for the first time. The Joint Select Committee on D

U.S. fiscal deficit issue is manageable

NEW YORK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Tuesday that the current U.S. fiscal deficit（国库赤字） problems were manageable and bipartisan efforts were required to address the challenge. (The fiscal deficit

英国议会批评国家安全政策

英国议会批评国家安全政策 LONDON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- British Members of Parliament (MPs) Tuesday issued a report critical of national security policy in which they said important decisions were driven by the need to save money. The report

UN committee starts assessing postwar queries in Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A committee（委员会） of independent experts, tasked by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), started on Sunday meetings and tours in the Gaza Strip to assess postwar investigations（调查） by concerning parties to t

Time Running Out For US Deficit Reduction Deal

U.S. lawmakers say time is running out for a congressional super committee to identify $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction during the next 10 years. Partisan disagreements remain on how best to improve Americas fiscal health, despite a softening of ri

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC Standing Committee to deliver work report

Now we are now joined in our studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao, to help us understand the work of the NPC Standing Committee. Q1. First of all, tell us about the work of the NPC Standing Committee, and how they perform their duties

CCTV9英语新闻：Senior economist on Chinese economy in 2016

Supply side-reform is dominating the Two Sessions thus far. Five national political advisors have just briefed the media on this subject. Here's Li Yining, a senior economist -- and also a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee -- on how he sees Chin