Former South Korean President Park Sentenced to 24 Years A South Korean court has sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to 24 years in prison for corruption. The Seoul Central District Court ruled Park guilty of bribery, extortion, abuse of power...
From VOA Learning English, this is American Stories. Our story is called The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. It was written by Stephen Crane. Today, we will hear the second and final part of the story. Dont know whether there will be a fight or not, answe...
Brazil High Court Rejects Lula Appeal to Stay Out of Jail Brazils highest court rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvas request Thursday to not go to prison. He is appealing a corruption conviction. He faces a 12-year sentence for accept...
Bollywoods Salman Khan Found Guilty in Poaching Case This is Whats Trending Today Bollywood star Salman Khan was found guilty Thursday of illegally killing rare deer in a wildlife refuge in 1998. An Indian court sentenced the actor to five years in p...
US Suspects Listening Devices in Washington The United States has acknowledged that it suspects that cellphone spying devices exist in Washington. It says the devices could be permitting foreign spies and criminals to follow an individuals movements,...
Scientists: Bowhead Whales Are 'Jazz Singers of the Arctic' Bowhead whales have many unusual qualities. They can live for 200 years. They have the largest mouths of any living animal, yet only eat very small ocean creatures through a filter-feeding p...
The film Casablanca is one of the most famous American movies of all time. At the end of the film, the actor Humphrey Bogart says a heartbreaking farewell to the woman he loves. Bergman: But what about us? Bogart: We'll always have Paris. Besides aff...
YouTube Shooter Told Family She Hated the Company This is Whats Trending Today A woman who believed YouTube suppressed her videos fired shots at the companys California headquarters on Tuesday. Police said she wounded three people before killing hers...
Remembering Their Father, Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its leader when the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. But four children also lost their father. Yolanda was 12 years old. Martin was...
The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey have promised to increase efforts to end unrest in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara on Wednesday. A joint stateme...
Happiness Class One of Yale University's Most Popular Ever The search for one of lifes greatest goals, happiness, is what brings almost 1,200 students to one of Yale Universitys most popular classes ever. The class is called Psychology and the Good L...
Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore common words and expressions in American English. In the United States April 1 is a day when you need to be a little careful. Why? It is April Fools Da...
Almost all job searches require applicants to meet with the people offering the job to answer questions about themselves. Banks often require people asking for a loan to do the same. And even meeting your romantic partners parents for the first time...
Does City Living Hurt Mental Health? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 Are people happier in nature with blue skies overhead and fresh green grass underfoot? Could noisy stre...
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Shows the Makeup of Jupiter Scientists are finding that the inside of Jupiter is just as interesting as the part of the planets atmosphere that we can see. At the center of the planet is a liquid mixture of the elements hydroge...