The owner of technology company Google has reported progress in its plan to offer Internet service to rural areas around the world. Googles parent company, Alphabet, calls the plan Project Loon. Its goal is to increase access to the billions of peopl...
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Imagine you are at a business meeting in the United States. The meeting is held one day after a major sporting event, like the Super Bowl. You might hear comments like this: A: Did you see that ter...
A human rights group is warning against a rise in politically divisive speech and international indifference to rights abuses. Amnesty International released its 2016 report on Wednesday. The report is called The State of the Worlds Human Rights. The...
This is Whats Trending Today. 欢迎收看今日热点节目。 A few days ago, we told you about a young giant panda named Bao Bao. 几天前，我们讲了一则叫做宝宝的年轻大熊猫的故事。 She spent the first three years of her life...
Many Americans do not trust opinion polls. They are not moved by recent polls on the presidency of Donald Trump. Studies show that, nationwide, 44 percent of those questioned approve of Trumps actions since taking office in January. But his favorabil...
Excitement was in the air and on the grounds of Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Friends and family gathered there to watch loved ones become U.S. citizens on the 285th anniversary of Washingtons birt...
Have you wanted to try an ebook? Would you like to keep ebooks handy to read on your phone or tablet? Has the cost of ebooks stopped you? Well, there are ebooks out there that you can download some books without spending any money at all. Several web...
For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting around a single star. The finding was announced Wednesday by officials from NASA the U.S. space agency and other research team members. The discovery...
Malaysian police say the two women suspected of poisoning the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been trained. Police also are seeking two more suspects including a North Korean diplomat. At least one of the women arrested in connect...
The United Nations Childrens Fund says about 1.4 million children face death from starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. UNICEF issued the warning with an appeal to the world for help to feed these children. Anthony Lake is UNICEFs ex...
This is Whats Trending Today. The last time this many people were talking about Iceland was in June, when the small countrys soccer team defeated England in the Euro 2016 tournament. People were talking about players like Sigurdsson and Sigthorsson,...
Women are under-represented in the technology industry around the world. At colleges and universities in the United States, women represent only one in six students of computer science. That number is changing at some schools, like Harvey Mudd Colleg...
The United States remains a popular destination for immigrants from Africa, according to the U.S.-based Pew Research Center. 根据美国皮尤研究中心的统计，美国仍然是最多非洲移民前往的目的地。 The number of African immigr...
Big data is having an increasing effect on the way we live. Big data can be defined as information that is too big or complex to be contained or processed by any one machine or person. It can include which comments, photographs or stories you like on...
In 1991, workers in New York City made a troubling discovery. 1991年，纽约市的工人有了一些令人不安的发现。 They found human bones. After examinations by experts, the remains were found to be of African-Americans, some of whom had...
