Many people in the United States are returning to changed workplaces after months of lockdowns. New social distancing and cleaning requirements are being put into effect in some places. One big difference is in break rooms, where workers used to drin...
Myanmar Gears Up for November Election Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party is widely expected to win the most votes in the country's November 8 general elections. However, political experts say it is less clear if it will win e...
Republican Party activists are urging supporters across the United States to closely watch early voting sites and ballot drop boxes in the weeks before elections next month. 共和党积极分子正督促美国各地的支持者在下个月大选的前...
Tasmanian Devils Return to Australia Mainland after 3,000 Years Tasmanian devils have been returned to the Australian mainland 3,000 years after the animals died off there. The mainland population is believed to have been partly killed off by a group...
This Monday is Columbus Day in the United States. The celebration of the holiday, observed on the second Monday of October, is now somewhat different from ones in the past. The U.S. government established Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 to...
Calls to Reduce Seal Population in US Northeast In the Northeastern United States, some Americans are debating what to do about an animal that almost died off the grey seal. The grey seal population has grown so much in recent years that critics are...
The world has changed in many ways since the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now, you can add end-of-the-year holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being affected. Many retail businesses are launching the holiday shopping season earlie...
With many students working on computers from home, teachers are learning new ways to teach their classes. I recently spoke with some English teachers about how they are meeting these demands. The teachers seemed to agree on three issues they now face...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The tango is a South American dance that is passionate and emotionally intense between two people. Our expression for today's program is: It takes two to tango! So, let's do the tango ... i...
Ukraine Short on Doctors to Treat Coronavirus Infections The number of coronavirus infections in Ukraine began rising in late summer. And the effects are now reaching towns like Stebnyk in the western part of the country. That is where Natalia Stetsi...
Forty-four years after a massacre of Thai students, Pojanee Theil returned to Thammasat University in Bangkok. How could they have done this to other human beings? asked the 64-year-old. This country has gone nowhere since then. Pojanee was at the un...
Wearing bright colors, Andy Costa rides his bicycle in the streets of Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast. He carefully makes his way through the city, trying to avoid cars and trucks. Africa's many crowded cities make it the world's deadliest co...
The music world lost a rock and roll superstar this week when guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer. He was only 65 years old. 吉他手埃迪范海伦本周因癌症去世，音乐界失去了一位摇滚巨星。范海伦去世时只有65岁。...
More than 4 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election, with Election Day still four weeks away. In 2016, only 75,000 people had voted one month before the election. 距2020年美国大选日还有4周时间，已经有4百多万美国人...
The Lady in Black by Eleanor H. Porter Our story today is called The Lady in Black. It was written by Eleanor H. Porter. Here is Faith Lapidus with the story. The house was very still. In the little room over the porch, the Lady in Black sat alone. N...
