US Fishermen Fear the Growth of Wind Power Industry Fishermen on the northeastern coast of the United States are voicing concerns about the development of offshore wind power. Some of the fishermen are based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The town wa...
Food Cravings: They're All in Your Brain. From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 We have all been there. It's 3 o'clock and you've been hard at work. As you sit at your desk, a st...
South Korea said on Thursday it plans to ban trading of cryptocurrency, including the popular bitcoin. The announcement sent bitcoin prices much lower and created unrest in the cryptocurrency market. Justice Minister Park Sang-ki said the government...
This is Whats Trending Today YouTube says it has punished an American blogger over a video that appeared to show the body of a suicide victim. The blogger, Logan Paul, took the video in the Aokigahara forest, near Japans Mount Fuji. The area is known...
The Philippines and Indonesia are working together to stop supporters of the Islamic State terror group from entering the Philippines. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi recently met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in the southern ci...
Vietnam Tries Former Oil Company Officials Vietnam is trying 22 business leaders on corruption charges, including a former top Communist Party official. The trial is part of the campaign against corruption by Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen...
CES 2018: Voice-Controlled Assistants Steal the Show The biggest technology show of the year is taking place this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. 今年最大的科技展将于本周在内华达州的拉斯维加斯市举行。 The show is called CES 2018...
Newly Discovered Solar System Matches Our Own The American space agency NASA and the technology company Google have identified an eighth planet in a faraway solar system. 美国宇航局和谷歌科技公司已经发现了一个遥远的类太阳系中...
World's First Nuclear Fusion Reactor 50 Percent Complete At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, American President Ronald Reagan met with the Soviet Union's General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. 在1985年11月的日内瓦超级大国首脑会...
South Korea Calls for Talks with North Korea on Winter Olympics South Korea has offered to hold high-level talks with North Korea over the North possibly taking part in the Winter Olympic Games next month. 韩国政府提议与朝鲜举行高级别会谈...
Creator of Me Too to Start Ball Drop in Times Square Around the world in 2017, women and some men used the social media hashtag #MeToo to tell their stories of sexual abuse. 2017年，全球的男性和女性开始在社交媒体上通过MeToo的话题...
Massimo Bottura is an Italian chef, with plans to open two new restaurants in Paris and Naples next year. 博图拉（Massimo Bottura）是一位意大利厨师，他计划明年在巴黎和那不勒斯开两家新餐馆。 But wealthy diners will no...
UNESCO Recognizes Panama's Hats The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized the artisans of Panama for their woven hats. 联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）认可了巴拿马手工艺人编制的草帽。...
Gun violence is a reality of American life. Across the country, at least 12 people were shot to death on the first day of 2018. A shooting can happen anywhere: in homes, businesses, on the street, and in schools. There were nine school shootings in t...
Visitors to the Amazon rain forest in South America face different rules for how they can interact with wild animals. A new report issued by the animal rights group World Animal Protection says that animals suffer when they are kept in captivity so t...
