2017-05-05 White House, Congress Try to Negotiate a New Spending Bill for Iraq War
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. White House officials have begun talks with Congress on a war…
2017-04-28 Yeltsin Remembered: Russia’s First Freely Elected Leader, but With a Mixed Record
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Russia buried its former president with full honors in…
2017-04-21 Issues After Killings at Virginia Tech Go Beyond Debate Over Gun Laws
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Friday was a statewide day of mourning in Virginia for the…
2017-04-14 Robinson’s Number Is ‘Unretired’ for a Day to Honor Baseball Hero
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Sunday will mark an important anniversary in American society. Sixty years…
2017-04-07 Presidential Candidates Raise Record Amounts of Money for Campaigns
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The next presidential election in the United States is in November,…
2007-03-31 Arab Leaders Urge Israel to Accept 2002 Plan for Peace and a Palestinian State
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Arab leaders met this week in Riyadh. The Arab League Summit…
2007-03-24 Fighting in Mogadishu Leads to Appeal for Countries to Keep Their Promise to Help Somalia
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A plane carrying eleven people aiding the African Union peacekeeping force…
2007-03-17 Presidential Candidates Crowd the Field for a Long Race to November ’08
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The next presidential election in the United States is in November…
2007-03-10 Congress Investigates Treatment of Wounded Troops Returning Home
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Both houses of Congress held hearings this week on conditions at…
2007-03-03 Stock Market Investors Count Their Losses After a Bad Week Felt Near and Far
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Financial markets around the world took investors on a shaky ride…
2007-02-24 Britain to Withdraw 1,600 Troops in Iraq, and More May Follow
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that one thousand…
2007-02-17 Harvard Gets a Female President; Progress Slows at Other Colleges
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On July first, America’s oldest university will get its twenty-eighth president…
2007-02-10 Calls for Action Follow UN Report That Human Activity Is ‘Very Likely’ to Blame for Global Warming
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Last week, a United Nations report said humans are “very likely”…
2007-02-03 Super Bowl: Coaches Make History Before First Pass Is Thrown
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Sunday is the biggest sporting event of the year for…
2007-01-27 ‘America Must Not Fail in Iraq’ Is Bush’s Warning; ‘New Direction’ Is Democrats’ Call
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush gave his two thousand seven State of the Union…