Jair Bolsonaro was elected Sunday to be the next president of Brazil. Results showed that the Social Liberal Party candidate won 55 percent of the vote over Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad. His presidency may help build stronger relationships...
Barcelonas Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, is finally getting a building permit, more than 130 years after work on the structure began. City officials announced the permit agreement earlier this month. It ended a long argument over the...
An Indonesian passenger airplane crashed into the sea on Monday, just minutes after taking off from Jakarta. Indonesian officials say all 189 people on Lion Air Flight 610 were likely killed. The Associated Press reports that search and rescue teams...
German Chancellor Merkel to Step Down in 2021 Germanys Angela Merkel says she will not seek a fifth term as chancellor in 2021. 德国总理默克尔表示，2021年将不再寻求连任。 In an announcement on Monday, Merkel also said she would ste...
Americans learned last week of pipe bombs sent by mail to Democratic Party political leaders and other critics of President Donald Trump. The leaders included former President Barack Obama and his Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State a...
US: 80,000 Flu Deaths Last Winter United States health officials say an estimated 80,000 people died of influenza and problems resulting from the flu last winter. 美国卫生官员表示，去年冬天估计有8万人死于流感和流感引发的疾病...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. When trying to make a successful career, which is better: being a generalist or a specialist? In other words, should you generalize and know a little about a lot of things? Or should you...
The man who has been named to be Iraqs Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is trying to find a way to reduce corruption in government. To build his government, he opened a website where anyone can apply to run one of Iraqs 22 ministries. These jobs have...
An American law that blocks placement of Native American children with non-native American families was ruled illegal earlier this month. A federal judge in Texas announced the decision, surprising many native groups. The judge said the Indian Child...
Vietnam Wants to Grow Film Industry Vietnams movie business is growing quickly. New theaters are being built across the country. Young filmmakers are entering the market. In the past, movies about Vietnam centered on Hollywoods ideas about the Vietna...
Water is a necessary resource for the health and survival of living things. But the availability of fresh water is decreasing for much of the worlds population. The United Nations estimates that about 3.6 billion people currently live in areas that f...
Each year, millions of people visit the 4,570-meter-high Baishui Glacier in southern China. Scientists say it is one of the worlds fastest-melting glaciers. The huge body of ice is in the southeastern edge of a Central Asian region called the Third P...
Let's Talk About 'Meat-and-Potatoes' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Food expressions are popular with language learners. They combine two things important to every culture: food and language. Today we are going to talk...
Italy, the EU Prepare for Budget Battle The European Union (EU) and Italy are disputing which side has control over the countrys budget. Recently, the EU ordered Italy to change its proposed budget for 2019. The EU wants the Italian government to pro...
Women in Catholic Church Call for Change Some Catholic women are calling to remove the barriers that prevent them from reaching the highest positions in their churchs leadership. They say women should be able to vote in major policy meetings. They wa...
