More than three million people visit the Museum of Modern Art or MoMA every year. The museum was closed during a huge renovation that took place over the summer, but the entire space reopens this month. The renovation cost over 450 million dollars, a...
The State Department recently hosted the Warsaw Process Human Rights Working Group meeting, which focused on women, peace and security. 美国国务院最近主办了华沙进程人权工作组会议,重点讨论妇女、和平与安全问题。 Du...
This is VOA news. I'm David Byrd. 欢迎收听VOA新闻,我是大卫博德。 As many as a million Chileans are protesting in the capital, Santiago, in the biggest demonstrations yet since violence broke out a week ago over entrenched inequality in...
Intelligent Threat-Sensing Building on Horizon There is an active shooter in this school. How do the people inside respond? Will they behave differently if the building is designed differently?Virtual reality is the first step to answering these ques...
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is at the forefront of the global fight against poverty and hunger. In 2018 alone, USAID contributed more than 3.7 billion dollars in food assistance, helping 68 million people, according to US...
Underwater Robots Swim Discover Remains of WWII Japanese Warship Hundreds of kilometers off the Pacifics Midway Atoll rests a pivotal piece of 20th century history, the Japanese aircraft carrier, Kaga.You see the damage these things took, and, you kn...
Art Exhibit Highlights Impact of Climate Change The climate change art and action exhibit consisted of more than 75 works by 15 renowned artists who are concerned how global warming is dramatically changing our environment. It was sponsored by Honori...
DC Chefs Stand Against Domestic Violence The best restaurant chefs in the capital are sharing space for a cause.Theyre cooking to draw attention to the problem of domestic violence in the country.They have teamed up with the national network to end d...
Germany Responds to Youth Demands for Action on Climate Change In late September, children and teenagers in Germany took the train to their countrys largest Fridays For Future climate change protest.They wanted adults to follow their lead.We hope tha...
Floating Lab Aims to Accelerate a Transition to Greener Energies Atop the Thames River, against the backdrop of historic London, floats what is quite possibly the future of green energy.Millions of boats are transporting everything from what were wea...
Honey Prices Soar as Bees Die Harsh chemicals meant to boost agricultural output while endangering the honeybee. Our bees are decimated due to these products that farmers spread on tomatoes and coffee plantations. Beekeepers say pesticides farmers us...
Internet Overuse Grows, as Does Reliance on the Internet Just over 60 percent of the world now has access to the Internet, and in developed countries, there are computers everywhere at work, school and home, and even at our fingertips.But according t...
Iraqi Film Festival Focused on the Environment Each year, Sulaymaniyah City hosts a week-long film festival screening movies from across the globe.During the festival, musicians from different areas come to perform as well. The fourth year of its exi...
Britains Super Saturday as Brexit Vote Goes to the Wire A Brexit breakthrough in Brussels, but now the battle moves on to London and a rocky road ahead in Parliament.Boris Johnsons Conservatives dont have a majority in the body, so the 10 votes of th...
Deforestation Threatens Brazil Forest, Golden Lion Tamarin That Lives There High above the ground in Brazil, the fate of an endangered species depends on the fate of its endangered habitat. The Atlantic rainforest is one of the planets most threatene...