VOA常速英语2017--国际社会就朝鲜问题面临关键决策点

The U.N. Security Council convened an emergency meeting on North Korea November 29th -- the ninth such meeting this year --after the DPRK launched its highest and longest ballistic missile to date, demonstrating the regime's relentless determination

VOA常速英语2017--赤道几内亚执政党以绝对优势获得多数席位

The recent legislative and municipal elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea were a chance for the government there to live up to the goal of widening the country's democratic space; a goal that was the focus of Equatorial Guinea's celebrated

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 9

This is the Top Five Countdown! Were on the march with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Dec. 9, 2017. If you feel your week isnt complete without a new song in the hit list, then youll be hap

VOA常速英语2017--全球贩卖濒危野生动物行径猖獗

The U.S. continues to prosecute endangered species traffickers. Michael Hegarty, an Irish national, was sentenced in federal court in Miami, Florida, on November 14th to 18 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for frau

VOA常速英语2017--塔伊巴组织领导人得释放

The United States is deeply concerned over the release from house arrest in Pakistan of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leader Hafiz Saeed. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, or LeT, is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent

VOA常速英语2017--越南年轻记者因散布抗议视频而入狱

Vietnamese authorities continue to crackdown on free speech. The latest victim is activist blogger Nguyen Van Hoa. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly conducting propaganda against the state, by producing videos and blogging in pr

VOA常速英语2017--反对性别暴力16天运动

The two weeks between International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, and Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10th, are dedicated to 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: 16 days of campai

VOA常速英语2017--美国再对朝鲜施加新制裁

The Administration of President Donald Trump has ratcheted up pressure on North Korea, in a continuing effort to get the rogue country to abandon its illegal nuclear and missile programs, and to cease its support of terrorism. 特朗普政府加大了对

VOA常速英语2017--南苏丹战火纷飞 停火迫在眉睫

The U.S. welcomes an order by President Salva Kiir of South Sudan to allow unimpeded humanitarian access in the war torn country. The pledge is only one of several that need to be implemented. The U.S. has made it clear to leaders in South Sudan that

VOA常速英语2017--大批恐怖分子家人返乡成急需应对的问题

With the loss of the territory ISIS once held in Syria and Iraq, and of its two capitals, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, the terrorist group's false, self-proclaimed Caliphate has crumbled. 随着IS失去其在叙利亚和伊拉克所掌控的领土

VOA常速英语2017--人道主义物资成功抵达也门

Critically-needed supplies, including food and medicine, have arrived in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition eased the three-week military blockade they had imposed on Yemeni ports and Sanaa International Airport. The blockade began

VOA常速英语2017--美国发布《关于安全行走在地球上的报告》

Excess and loosely secured weapons and munitions worldwide pose a security risk and humanitarian threat through illicit diversion to terrorists, insurgents, and other destabilizing actors. Landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants

VOA常速英语2017--伊拉克脱离IS控制后的战后工作

After a courageous three year campaign of intense fighting, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the liberation of all Iraqi territory from ISIS control. The United States applauds the leadership of Prime Minister Abadi, said State Department

VOA常速英语2017--美国提出通过人权的手段打击恐怖主义

Governments that sponsor or condone violence or discrimination against their own people are more likely to see extremism grow in their country. If left unchecked, human rights violations and abuses and poor governance spawn radicalized individuals an

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 16

We're gathering the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Dec. 16, 2017. Winter is fast approaching here in the Northern Hemisphere, and sure enough, the chart freezes up this week, yielding no new ti

VOA常速英语2017--尼日利亚与美国在多领域展开合作

Through its Bi-national Commission with Nigeria, the U.S. hopes to find new areas of collaboration with regard to security cooperation; economic growth and development; and democracy and governance. 通过与尼日利亚的两国委员会，美国希望

VOA常速英语2017--美国全力配合国际社会反腐

Corruption is an abuse of power at every level that impacts rich and poor countries alike, in both the private and public sectors. 无论贫穷还是富裕，也无论是私营企业还是事业单位，每个国家都面临着腐败问题，面临着各

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普承认耶路撒冷为以色列首都

After a more than twenty-year delay by successive administrations, President Donald Trump has finally made good on the promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He also directed the State Department to begin preparations to move the Am

VOA常速英语2017--美国与欧盟开展合作

The partnership between America and the European Union is based on shared values, shared objectives for security and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, and we remain committed to that, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. 美国与欧盟之

VOA常速英语2017--也门多地急需人道主义援助

The United States has announced an additional $130 million dollars in emergency food assistance to Yemen through the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID. This brings the total U.S. contribution in humanitarian aid for the people