Sanctions Relief for N. Korea Dependent on Denuclearization

Following the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and later China to brief them on the way forward with North Korea

VOA标准英语2013--London Terror Probe Traces Path to Radicalization, via Somalia

London Terror Probe Traces Path to Radicalization, via Somalia In the days since the killing, it's emerged that one of the suspects, Michael Adebolajo, was arrested in Kenya in 2010, accused of seeking training with terror group al-Shabab in neighbor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kim, Moon Pledge Denuclearization Of Peninsula And End To Korean War

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The leaders of the rival Koreas have agreed to work towards formally ending the Korean War and to seek a nuclear-free peninsula. That agreement came out of a day-long and historic summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South

2018年CRI Environmental impact of sunken Iranian oil tanker minimal: experts

Chinese authorities are suggesting the environmental impact from the sinking of an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast this week is likely to be minimal, despite the massive blaze which engulfed the Sanchi for over a week before it went down. T

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A: What's happening? B: Not a lot, what about you? A: I'm having a party next Saturday. B: That's nice. A: Are you going to be there? B: I don't think so. A: Is there a reason why? B: I just really don't want to go. A: How come? B: I don't really lik

4.3 Two drops of oil 两滴油

A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was lookin

S. Korea Says Korean Leaders to Meet on Denuclearization

A South Korean official says North Koreas leader commented that he is committed to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. National security advisor Chung Eui-yong also said that the leaders of North and South Korea are to meet in the capital of No

The Oil Painting

An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the the artist.... .....Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets(绿宝石手镯）, a ruby（红宝石） broach, and gold Rolex（劳力士手表）. But y

VOA标准英语2008年-US Oil Companies Finding More Oil in Old Fields

The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

VOA标准英语2010年-Anti-Terrorism Summer Camp Held In Bri

I was very delighted to hear the topics and the briefing that Dr Muhammed ul-Qadri gave, especially on the aspect of de-radicalization of the youth What is being called the Western world's first anti-terror camp for young Muslims is being held in Bri

VOA标准英语2011--Indiana Town's Economy Benefits from Canadian Oil Boom

Indiana Town's Economy Benefits from Canadian Oil Boom The town of Whiting, Indiana, is home to the largest inland oil refinery in the United States. The energy company BP operates the Whiting Refinery, which originally was built by the Standard Oil

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Egypt's Jails Fill, Growing Fears Of A Rise In Radicalization

As Egypt's Jails Fill, Growing Fears Of A Rise In Radicalization DAVID GREENE, HOST: Egypt has a history of breeding militancy in its jails. Some of the figures who inspired the birth of al-Qaida became extremists during their abuse in prison there.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Inside French Prisons, A Struggle To Combat Radicalization

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We now get a rare look inside a French prison. Officials in France say prisons have become incubators of extremism. Many of the homegrown terrorists who've launched attacks in places like Paris and Brussels recently were ra

Oil Conference Discusses Price, Higher Demand

More than 2,000 representatives of world oil and gas companies, academics and industry experts are in Houston this week for the 30th annual conference(会议) sponsored by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or IHS-CERA. With prices rising, partly

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

Iran denies crude oil to Greece: local media

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran has refused to deliver oil to Greece in Persian Gulf, the local Fars news agency reported on Sunday. The Islamic republic refused to deliver a shipment of 500,000 barrels of crude oil to one of the refineries in Greec

Saudis Set to Boost Oil Production

Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ

2016年CRI China Reiterates Denuclearization on Korean Peninsula

During his telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Wang Yi underscored China's firm stand on promoting the elimination of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, and the safeguarding of regional peace and stability. Both sides

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Most of the oil has now been pumped out of the ship, the Rena, which hit a reef on October 5th. The ship carried 1700 tonnes of heavy oil. 350 tonnes leaked into the sea. This oil killed more than 1300 sea birds and polluted the sand and rocks around

Oil rises on tighter supply outlook

NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff