音频下载 The Sistine Chapel The Roman Catholic Church says someone is demanding payment to return two rare documents . One is a letter signed by the artist Michelangelo , who died in 1564. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling , part of...

音频下载 In this file photo, a Pakistani health worker, left gives a polio vaccine to a child, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Pakistan has arrested hundreds of parents and ordered p...

音频下载 Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, Dec. 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas) Russia says it will stop sending natural gas to Europe...

音频下载 Alexander Graham Bell is probably best known for inventing the telephone. But he also played a vital role in creating and innovating sound recordings. Today , March 10 th , is the anniversary of the first successful telephone call . Alex...

音频下载 Fleet of Malaysia Airline planes on the tarmac of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Malaysia, Jan. 29, 2015. The International Air Transport Association is calling 2014 the safest year ever for commercial aviation . The associat...

音频下载 In this 2010 file photo, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza, right, casts his vote at a polling station in his hometown of Mumba in Ngozi province, northern Burundi. (AP Photo/Sylvain Liechti) Burundi is facing unrest before its presi...

音频下载 Two oil spills -- one in 2008 and another in 2009 -- polluted waters near the town of Bodo , in southern Nigeria . A legal settlement provided money to townspeople . The Shell oil company and the affected community successfully negotiate...

音频下载 A newly published report says Iran and the United States have increased cyberattacks , even as their top diplomats are working toward a nuclear agreement . The goal is to guarantee that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon , and to loo...

音频下载 From left, Girl Scout Troop 2398 members Sara Paget, Nora Nowicki and Olivia Shea peddle cookies at a retail shop in Arlington, Va., Feb. 22, 2015. (Carol Guensburg / VOA) Each year at this time , Girl Scouts of the USA raises money for...

音频下载 FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, a dock sits high and dry at the end of a boat ramp yards away from the edge of Folsom Lake near Folsom, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Before fighting broke out in Syria , the country exp...