English Learning Blog

An employment offer is needed to get an H-1B visa, but economic conditions may limit opportunities. Part 41 of our Foreign Student Series. Transcript of radio broadcast:

Not one slave came to help John Brown with his seizure of military supplies at Harpers Ferry. And the few his men had freed refused to fight when the shooting started. Transcript of radio broadcast:

East African singer Nakaaya Sumari sings about social issues in Tanzania. Local music critics have said that she represents the 'dynamic spirit of the modern East African woman'.

Deadwood, a remote town in the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, is far from any big city or superhighway. Yet every year, more than one million people visit the place. Here's why:

Every great innovation, from the wheel to the microchip, has required an imaginative leap into the unknown by someone willing to make what seemed like an outlandish idea into a practical reality. Some of these inventors sought honor and fame. Others wanted merely to help themselves, or others.

Philadelphia is known as the birthplace of the United States, the nation's cradle of liberty. It began back in 1776 when the 13 American colonies announced their independence from the British Empire with their Declaration of Independence. And Philadelphians, along with other Americans, mark this day of freedom every July 4th. As the nation prepares for its 233rd birthday.

Fans of pop-star Michael Jackson have been mourning his unexpected death. In southern Africa, where he performed several times and visited often, tributes have been pouring in.

Russia strongly opposes the U.S. plan to station a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. That issue will be discussed during the upcoming summit meeting in Moscow between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

When U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Moscow next week for a summit with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev he will take the somewhat unusual step of taking the top U.S. military officer with him. Admiral Mike Mullen's presence is partly related to the key summit issue of further strategic-arms reductions. But it will also emphasize the importance the new U.S. administration puts on renewing a broad range of relations with Russia.

The United States is warning Honduras that there will be a cascade of negative consequences for the Central American state if the coup that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday is not reversed. The Obama administration is backing mediation on the situation by the Organization of American States, the OAS.

Movement, Geneva Conventions both grew from ideas of Swiss businessman Henri Dunant after the Battle of Solferino. Transcript of radio broadcast:

Astronauts proved that two spaceships could meet in almost the same orbit. And they proved that humans could survive for the time needed to get to the moon and back. Part four of an eight-part series. Transcript of radio broadcast:

Despite the huge toll that malaria takes on the world, preventing the disease is relatively easy. Since most transmissions occur through mosquito bites in the middle of the night, widespread use of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bednets can reduce transmission by as much as 90 percent.

The European Union and dozens of countries have pledged to speed up social support for Holocaust survivors and the search for art and other items that were stolen during World War II by the Nazis. At the meeting in Prague, they agreed to establish a special European institute to deal with these issues and education.

Taliban militants have pulled out of a peace deal in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, dealing a blow to the government's efforts to eliminate attacks by Islamic extremists.

A Yemeni Airbus 310 passenger plane traveling from Yemen's capital, Sanaa, to the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, crashed early Tuesday as it approached the islands, killing most of the 153 people on board. A Comoros police official says a child has been rescued alive from the sea, but he knew of no other survivors.