With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games. 距离东京奥运会还有一个月时间，索马里将派出首名女子跆拳道运动员参加奥运会。 No athlete repre...
In the 1950s, University of California professor Harold Biswell experimented with controlled burns in the state's forests. At the time, many people thought he was insane to do so. Now, however, Biswell is seen not as insane but as someone whose resea...
MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently donated over $2 billion to hundreds of organizations, including colleges and universities. She is one of the wealthiest women in the world. Even with the donation, she still has...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today, we talk about a type of shared belief. Often in our lives, we come together with others because of a shared...
Have you ever wondered how astronauts clean their clothes in space? You may find the answer surprising they do not. They wear their under clothes, and everything else, until they cannot take the dirt and smell anymore. Then, they throw them away. NAS...
American business leaders are looking for advice on how to deal with ransomware - a kind of software designed to seize a computer system until money is paid. 美国商界领袖正在寻求有关如何处理勒索软件的建议，勒索软件是一种旨...
The delta variant is a version of the coronavirus that has been found in 80 countries since it was first discovered in India. It got its name from the World Health Organization, which names important variants after letters of the Greek alphabet. 德尔...
Award-winning American film director Steven Spielberg has just signed a new deal with Netflix. The movie streaming service is joining forces with Spielberg's production company, Amblin Partners, to make several films each year. The partnership is a b...
'A Princess of Mars,' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Part Two Editor's Note: Last week we brought you the first of four programs called A Princess of Mars. Our story is from a series of books by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. They are science fictio...
European Union leaders are in a dispute with Hungary over a law the Hungarian parliament passed last week. The law bans sharing information about homosexuality or sex change operations with people under 18 in school sex education programs, movies or...
Hello! Summer in the United States is a popular season to hold outdoor celebrations. Today, we answer a question from Egypt about the word party. Here's the question: Question: This word party has many meanings. It changed according to the context. P...
Three Chinese astronauts recently arrived at the country's new space station in another step forward for the growing space power. 3名中国宇航员最近抵达了该国的新空间站，向不断增长的太空力量又迈进了一步。 Here is a...
When Pope Francis meets with followers on Wednesdays, he is usually the most notable person at the gathering. However, on a recent Wednesday, the Roman Catholic leader played second to another man. That man, Matteo Villardita, was made up to look lik...
The delayed 2020 Olympics open in Tokyo in one month. As the Games get closer, people are concerned that the event will not be much fun for anyone involved because of COVID-19 restrictions. Many Japanese people are still not vaccinated against the co...
When they visit their mother, Barbara and Christine Colucci want to take off their face coverings and give her a kiss. Their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia, lives in a home for retired adults in the state of New York. The two women also want t...
