Officials in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to live on an isolated island. The move came as international organizations have called for the process to be stopped. The 1,642 refugees left on seven Bangla...
Today, we answer a question from Jorge in Colombia. He writes: Question: I'd like to know the difference between how long and how much time. When should I use them? Thank you from Jorge in Colombia Answer: Dear Jorge, Thank you for your question. Bot...
Security researchers at the tech company IBM say they have found a cyber effort to collect information on the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. The researchers said the effort began in September but that they are not sure who is leading it....
Scientists studying the remains of ancient creatures say that large dinosaurs did not grow at the same rate. Some dinosaurs grew slowly and steadily. Others experienced a growth spurt as they neared adulthood. A growth spurt is when something or some...
China's effort to win an international certification for Pao Cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan, is turning into a large disagreement on social media. 中国四川的泡菜获得了国际认证，这在社交媒体上引发了巨大分歧。...
Six migrants listen closely as Mbaye Babacar Diouf speaks to them. The 33-year-old man has faced his own difficulties as a migrant from Senegal to Spain. Today, Babacar is a nurse in the Spanish city of Bilbao. He also runs a nonprofit organization t...
Imagine you are watching a movie in English. Perhaps it is a musical, such as Mary Poppins Returns. Well maybe all those things That you love so Are waiting in the place Where the lost things go In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore some of th...
Study: Facial Recognition Is Getting Better at Identifying People in Masks A U.S. government study has found that facial recognition technology is getting better at identifying people wearing masks. The study is part of ongoing research by the U.S. C...
Britain has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. 英国已经批准了辉瑞公司的新冠疫苗用于紧急用途。 Developed by the American drug-maker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, it is the world's first COVID-19 vaccine to co...
A shiny piece of steel about 3.4 meters tall appeared last month in the red-rock desert of the American state of Utah. Just ten days later, it disappeared. Only a few rocks remained to mark the spot where the monolith once stood. A photographer from...
There is little to do in Norcatur, Kansas. It has a service station, a building for storing grain, and a weekend place where the locals play pool, eat pizza and drink beer. Yet COVID-19 still found this small, rural town, which is home to about 150 p...
Huge Puerto Rico Telescope Collapses A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico collapsed on Tuesday. Its 800-metric-ton receiver stand fell onto the reflector dish more than 120 meters below. The collapse at the Arecibo Observatory shock...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. It could be a picture from any English language classroom. A piece of paper with English letters hangs on the wall. A teacher stands and points to the letters. The students sit on the floor and...
Vietnam reported two new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. The new community transmissions happened in Ho Chi Minh City. They come one day after the country reported its first local transmission of the virus in 89 days. 越南周二报告了两例新冠病...
The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's northern Tigray area. 联合国表示，埃塞俄比亚北部提格雷地区的近10万厄立特里亚难民的食物已经耗尽。 The camps will ha...
