VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Financial Crisis Puts World Leaders at

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York Friday Leaders from the one hundred ninety-two members of the United Nations gathered in New York this week for the new General Assembly.

Nuclear Crisis in Japan Raises Worries About Radiation Risks

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences

CNN 2011-03-20

Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East. We're going to hit them all in this globetrotting edition of CNN Student News. Guiding you through today's headlines, I'm Carl Azuz. Heroes. That's what a group of about 180 Japanese power plant worker

Cuban Missile Crisis Address

Good evening, my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offen

经济学人:日本的灾难,也是领导力的危机

A crisis of leadership, too 也是领导力的危机 The many-headed catastrophe points to deeper-seated problems in governing Japan 棘手的灾祸背后，日本政府深层次的弊病显露出来 SINCE the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordina

Ending N. Korea Nuclear Crisis Depends on Pyongyang, say US

Ending N. Korea Nuclear Crisis Depends on Pyongyang, say US Official Luis Ramirez A top U.S. security official says that whether negotiations next week ultimately lead to an end to the North Korean nu

VOA慢速英语2011--American History: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) This week in our series, we continue the story of Presiden

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Hails Progress on North Korean Nuclear

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is pressing ahead with a presidential runoff election Friday, without an opponent and in the face of global calls, including from his neighbors, to postpone the poll. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern A

VOA标准英语2012--Can Diplomacy Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis?

Can Diplomacy Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis? Top officials say there is a diplomatic path to avoid a military conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says there are two alternatives - engagement or confrontation. The Islamic Republic of Ir

Japan's Nuclear Crisis Stokes Fears of Radiation Exposure

Japan raised the severity of the Fukushima nuclear crisis from four to five on a seven-point scale of international nuclear events. Fears of radiation exposure has caused a run on salt products all across the region, including in China, where shopper

VOA标准英语2011--Japanese Nuclear Crisis Leaves Fukushima

Japanese Nuclear Crisis Leaves Fukushima Town Broken The Japanese town of Minamisoma was hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami in March. The disaster killed several hundred residents. Tens of thousands were then forced to evacuate as reactors at the

World Energy Market Adjusting to Japan Nuclear Crisis

The earthquake and tsunami（海啸） disaster in Japan has disrupted that Asian nation's power plants, including nuclear facilities（核设施） that are still threatening the area with radiation leaks. The crisis at Japan's nuclear plants has ca

Japan's Crisis Batters Global Nuclear Industry

U.S. President Barack Obama says he believes nuclear power is an important source of energy in the United States. Mr. Obama said in a television interview Tuesday that nuclear plants are designed to withstand certain levels of natural disasters, incl

TED演讲:恐惧核能是怎样伤害环境的(10)

As I was leaving China, the engineer that brought Bill Gates there kind of pulled me aside, and he said, 当我离开中国的时候，那个请来比尔盖茨的工程师曾把我拉到一边，然后他说， You know, Michael, I appreciate your in

TED演讲:恐惧核能是怎样伤害环境的(8)

So when we went through the numbers, and just added that up 当我们查看这些数据的时候，把它们加起来， how much nuclear do we see China and India bringing online over the next 15 years, 未来15年内，中国和印度会建多少核电

历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-22

Of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. October 22nd, 1962Cold War superpowers reach the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba after Soviet missile ba

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-10-22

Of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba October 22nd, 1962, Cold War superpowers reach the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba after Soviet missile b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-10-22

Of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba October 22nd, 1962, Cold War superpowers reach the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba after Soviet missile b

Japan Commemorates 6 Months Since Disasters

Japan fell silent Sunday in a solemn minute of prayer and reflection marking six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami that left 20,000 people dead or missing and sparked a nuclear crisis. Sirens wailed at 2:46 in the afternoon as tens of t

News & Reports 2011-06-26

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he is still confident that Europe can overcome the debt crisis and that China will remain a long-term investor in Europe's de