We're airborne with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 31, 2018. Last week, we had a big new addition to the Top Five this week it's the same lineup, just slightly shuffled. Number 5: Pos...
We're on the move with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 24, 2018. It's always a good week when we welcome a new song, and this one is already setting records. Number 5: Bebe Rexha Flori...
The United States continues to methodically target the individuals and businesses who profit from the sale heroin. 美国依然在系统性地打击从贩卖海洛因中获利的个人和企业。 Most recently, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's...
Four years ago this month, Russia held an illegitimate, fabricated referendum in Ukraine in an attempt to legitimize its purported annexation of Ukrainian territory. Crimean residents were compelled to vote under scrutiny by heavily armed Russian tro...
The ancient spring festival of Nowruz is currently being celebrated around the world, by, among others, Afghans, Azeris, Americans, Chinese, Iraqis, Kurds, Pakistanis, Persians, and the peoples of Central Asia. 全球各地正在庆祝诺鲁兹节,也...
Today in Syria, we are confronted once more with some of the worst atrocities known to man, said National Security Council Advisor Lieutenant General HR McMaster in a speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington. 如今在叙利亚,我们再次面临...
In an effort to address ongoing, nefarious attacks emanating from Russia, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced additional sanctions targeting 19 Russian individuals and five entities responsible for a range of destabilizing activities, includi...
The ever-evolving illicit drug trade is shifting to a new paradigm. Increasingly, international criminal organizations are dealing in highly dangerous synthetic drugs. 不断发展的非法毒品贸易正在转向一种新的范式。越来越多的国...
The United States is continuing to actively engage with its allies and partners in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. These are nations that share our democratic values and our commitment to work together for a stable and peaceful hem...
Nothing is more important to sub-Saharan Africa's future than inexpensive, reliable energy delivery. No endeavor can succeed without it. Indeed, said USAID Administrator Mark Green at the Fourth Annual Powering Africa Summit, Power is also a crucial...
Thirty years ago, on March 16, 1988, and just before the start of the al-Anfal operation, the regime of then-President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, committed one of the worst atrocities of the modern era: the murder by poison gas of thousands of civilian...
The long reach of terrorism threatens to steal the future of countless Africans, said Secretary Tillerson in a recent speech. In the last year alone, thousands of Africans have died at the hands of terrorists. 恐怖主义四散使无数非洲人的未...
Immigrants working at a large, remote farm in the state of Kansas are forced into hard labor to pay back the farms cost of illegally bringing them into the country, an Associated Press report says. The AP spoke with former workers at the Fullmer Catt...
Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Every week, we explore common expressions in American English. Thunder storms. Rain storms. Snow storms. Electrical storms! If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a...
Software applications let smart phone users do a lot with their photographs. Apps such as Snapchat already give users the ability to add dog ears, colorful rainbow tongues and other images onto smart phone photos. Virtual mirrors are a little differe...