Damage to roads and bridges is delaying rescue efforts in Myanmar's western Rakhine State after a powerful ocean storm struck Sunday. 周日，一场强大的海洋风暴袭击了缅甸西部若开邦，导致道路和桥梁受损，延误了救援工作...
Thailand's two main opposition parties won big in the general election and have agreed to seek a ruling coalition to replace the current military-backed government. 泰国两个主要反对党在大选中大获全胜，并同意组建一个执政联盟...
Franklin Pierce: Ineffective VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. He took office in 1853 at age 48. At that time, he was the youngest person elected t...
The midwestern U.S. state of Kansas is one of the country's top grain-producing states. But farmers there are having to kill or plow over their winter wheat crop after a bad growing season. Farmers plant winter wheat in the autumn and it grows during...
New US Aircraft Carrier Arrives in Norway for NATO Exercises Norway's armed forces welcomed a nuclear American aircraft carrier on Wednesday. Norway called the U.S. its most important ally on the arrival of the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford. The huge warship...
Petro Nikitin is the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. The 59-year-old doctor works to repair the bodies of some of the most badly injured soldiers. I only operate, Nikitin said as his team continued surgery on a...
Failure of US to Pay Debt Raises Fears of Financial Crisis The United States government has a history of paying its bills on time. Many people, however, are worried about what would happen if the U.S. defaults on debt that it owes lenders. Default me...
Brazil Rejects Offshore Oil Drilling Request from State Oil Company Brazil's environmental agency recently refused to give oil company Petrobras permission to search for oil under the ocean near the mouth of the Amazon River. Petrobras is Brazil's st...
Dispute Centered around Redevelopment of Historic Tokyo Park, Stadiums Tokyo's governor is a major supporter of a building project that is raising concerns among sports fans, history fans and environmentalists. Critics say the redevelopment plan for...
At a recent event for investors, Tesla presented an idea that may change the way cars are made around the world. 在最近的一次投资者活动上，特斯拉提出了一种可能改变世界各地造车方式的理念。 The manufacturing idea is...
Thailand will hold an election on May 14 after nearly 10 years under a military-led government. 泰国将于5月14日举行大选，此前近10年来，泰国一直由军政府领导。 Voters will choose from opposition parties, including Pheu Thai...
Ukraine said Saturday that it shot down one of Russia's hypersonic missiles using an American-made defense system. 乌克兰周六表示，该国使用美国制造的防御系统击落了俄罗斯的一枚高超声速导弹。 Ukrainian military comm...
Iranian officials have been shutting down businesses that they say violate the law requiring women to wear head covers called hijabs. 伊朗官员一直在关闭他们认为违反了要求女性戴头巾的法律的企业。 Ali Akbar Javidan is the...
This winter, the U.S. state of California received unusually large amounts of rain and snow. 今年冬天，美国加利福尼亚州遭遇了异常大的雨雪天气。 Now, people worry that some areas will flood as the snow in the Sierra Nevada Mou...
On April 5, a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center. 4月5日，一名男子在巴西一家日托中心杀害了四名儿童。 In the weeks since, Brazilian officials have detained 300 adults and children nationwide. 在那之后的几...
