2020-07-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Egypt is experiencing a renewed social media movement against sexual abuse that led to many accusations against a single man.Cairo police arrested 21-year-old Ahmed Bassam Zaki at

2020-07-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Critics are denouncing new media laws in Jammu and Kashmir State as measures to suppress government criticism. They also argue that the laws violate the country's constitution.Ind

2020-07-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The personal protective gear that was in dangerously limited supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the United States is running low again.This comes as the vir

2020-07-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The coronavirus health crisis has led to delays for thousands of people wanting to become citizens of the United States.The federal agency that processes citizenship requests, U.S.

2020-07-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Our story today is called "Athenaise." It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on t

2020-07-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Intonation is like the music of a language.Intonation means the changes that someone makes to the sound of their voice when speaking.The up and down movements in the voice can show

2020-07-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The worldwide fishing industry has slowed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But experts say it is unclear if the slowdown will help endangered sea life recover.Hours rec

2020-07-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In its first big abortion ruling since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana law that would likely have closed all but one abortion center

2020-07-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated &ndash

2020-07-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The other day, I started crossing a busy street in Washington, D.C., while looking at my phone. Suddenly, I heard a man shout, "Watch out!" He was telling me about an oncoming car.

2020-07-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Europe faces big economic, trade and public health issues as Germany takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union.The EU's most powerful member became president

2020-06-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to remove the Confederate flag emblem, which dates back to the U.S. Civil War, from the state's flag.The move had wide support from both politic

2020-06-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Syrian Kurdish groups recently announced plans to work together to govern the northeastern part of Syria.United States officials have expressed support for the unity effort.Since 2

2020-06-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When her father became infected with the coronavirus, Sumona Khanom struggled to find a bed for him at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The hospital was already crowded with too man

2020-06-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated &ndash

2020-06-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Jokes can not only challenge your ideas and make you laugh. They can also teach you about grammar.Today on Everyday Grammar, we will show you how humor can help you with speaking,

2020-06-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysia's political problems have increased in the last two years although hopes were high in 2018 that the country was making democratic gains.In 2018, a new political coalition

2020-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

During several weeks of protests over police killings and abuse of black Americans, many police forces have clashed with activists. But in Camden, New Jersey, a poor city of mostly

2020-06-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

At age seven, American Julia Young saw a picture of the black nationalist leader Malcolm X in a food store. She thought he was somehow related to her father since his name is also

2020-06-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The western American city of San Francisco, California suffered a huge earthquake on April 18th, 1906.More than three thousand people are known to have died. The true number of dea

2020-06-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

If you read or listened to Part 1 of our program on comparisons of equality, you know that we can compare equal qualities and actions by using the word "as." We can also compare eq

2020-06-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Republican Party members of the United States Senate have proposed legislation to change police procedures and accountability.The proposal is called the "Justice Act." It is the br

2020-06-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Across Britain, statues of famous people are at the center of a public debate.Activists say statues honoring some political or business leaders from the past should be removed from

2020-06-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

We present the short story "Doctor Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited f

2020-06-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a classic American story.It tells the sad tale of a mysterious rich man, Jay Gatsby, who loves Daisy Buchanan, a married woman.The Great