Trump Will Not Block Former FBI Director's Senate Testimony

Aides to President Donald Trump say he will not stop James Comey from speaking to members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. Comey is the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Committee members want to question

When booking a flight, what questions do you need to ask?

Modern business often involves international travel. When booking a flight, what questions do you need to ask? 现代商务经常涉及到国际旅行，当预订航班的时候你需要询问什么样的问题 Imagine you are booking a flight and a hotel over the phone. What words

New York Jewish Director Makes Pro-Palestinian Film

Miral, a new film by acclaimed director Julian Schnabel, is based on a book by Palestinian author Rula Jebreal. It chronicles the lives of four Palestinian women - from 1948 when the state of Israel was created to the 1990s. Through the four women, a

VOA慢速英语2015 WHO Names First Woman as Africa Director

AS IT IS 2015-02-12 WHO Names First Woman as Africa Director The World Health Organization has appointed a new regional director for Africa. For the first time, the director is a woman. Matshidiso Moeti promises to shake up the office, or make change

VOA标准英语2014--Malaysian Jet's Disappearance Exposes Security Gaps 马来西亚飞机失踪的暴露安全漏洞

Malaysian Jet's Disappearance Exposes Security Gaps 马来西亚飞机失踪的暴露安全漏洞 The investigation into the Malaysian airliner which disappeared last Saturday has brought up questions about security, especially since two of the plane

VOA常速英语2008年-CIA Director Confirms Use of Waterboarding on T

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimon

Danish film director wins Nordic award

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg won the annual Nordic Council Film Prize for his latest movie Submarino on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Nordic Council（北欧理事会）, Vinterberg receive

Fast & Furious to peak in conclusion: director

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Fast and The Furious film franchise will reach its peak in the sixth installment to be screened in May around the world, the film's director said in Beijing on Monday. Fast Six is a conclusion of the Fast series and th

Air Mauritius to add one weekly flight to China's Shanghai

PORT-LOUIS, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Air Mauritius will add one more weekly flight to China's business hub Shanghai from Jan. 24, 2013, the national airline of Mauritius said in a statement on Friday, bringing to two weekly fights due to increased demand.

NASA plans unmanned Orion flight in early 2014

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multipurpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and evaluation, the U.S. s

IMF taps French Lagarde as new Managing Director

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Tuesday that it has selected French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to serve as its next Managing Director. The Executive Board of the IMF said it has picked Lagarde t

Ang Lee wins Oscar Award for Best Director

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards Ceremony. He beat Michael Haneke for Amour, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg fo

Ben Affleck wins Golden Globe for best director in motion picture

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Argo director Ben Affleck has won the Golden Globe for best director in a motion picture at the 70th annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony which is taking place at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood, California Sunday nig

Famed director Jia Zhangke to open arthouse theater

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing News reported Wednesday that director Jia Zhangke plans to open his own arthouse movie theater in Beijing. The paper cited a Sunday entry from Jia's microblog on Weibo.com, a popular Chinese microblogging sit

Late fighter jet director honored as "most beautiful"

BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan on Monday praised a recently deceased fighter jet production director as a most beautiful Chinese. Luo Yang, head of production for China's new J-15 fighter jet,

Hollywood director Robert Zemeckis calls "Flight" gripping human drama

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Flight, the latest feature film by acclaimed American director Robert Zemeckis, is a film that is ripe with moral ambiguity surrounding a troubled pilot hailed as a hero, the filmmaker said Monday. The film is ripe with mor

"Top Gun" director Tony Scott jumps to self death

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Famed British film director Tony Scott jumped from a Los Angeles bridge to his death on Sunday, local media outlets reported. He was 68. Scott, who was famous for filming a number of blockbuster hits including Tom Cru

'J.Edgar' Centers on Controversial FBI Director

Academy award-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood has teamed up with actor Leonardo DiCaprio on J. Edgar, a biopic of the former FBI head, J.Edgar Hoover, who died in 1972. The film focuses on J.Edgar's controversial personality. It follows him as he ma

Robin Dutt joins DFB as sporting director

BERLIN, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Robin Dutt has joined German Football Association (DFB) as sporting director on a four-year contract, the DFB announced at an official press conference on Wednesday. The 47-year-old Dutt is the successor of Matthias Sammer

CCTV9英语新闻：Chinese director on jury for technical award

Among the honors to be bestowed at the Cannes Film Festival, let's not overlook the technical skills that make movies possible. This year, Chinese director Gao Xixi is among jurors for the festival's Vulcan Award. Let's hear from him now. Gong Li at