Most people who keep animals choose to have dogs, cats, fishes or small birds. But, Recep Mirzan keeps a different animal on his farm in Western Turkey. The 63-year-old retired postal worker has a swan, a large and long-lived bird found in many parts...
The Serene Haven private school in central Kenya is giving teenage mothers and pregnant girls a second chance to finish their education. Many of the girls, between the ages of 13 and 19, were forced out of their local schools. In a normal year, about...
On many Everyday Grammar programs, we have talked about a verb form called an infinitive. By now in your English learning journey, you have heard and used infinitives hundreds of times. For example, if someone says to you, It is great to see you, the...
Two countries sent their first spacecraft to Mars this week China and the United Arab Emirates. 中国和阿联酋这两个国家本周将他们各自的首个探测器送到了火星。 A Chinese spacecraft went into orbit around Mars on Wednesday....
Hundreds of tour buses, boats and three-wheeled motorized tuk tuks sit unused across Thailand's capital, Bangkok. The coronavirus pandemic and a lack of foreign tourists have brought the transport industry to a halt. Lunar New Year celebrations begin...
A secret United Nations report says North Korea has used attacks over the internet to steal hundreds of millions of dollars. The money was then used to pay for the country's nuclear program and to improve its ability to develop ballistic missiles. Th...
A program supported by the United Nations says it is ready to deploy coronavirus vaccines to the neediest people, especially in poor countries. The COVAX program announced its plans last week to provide 100 million doses of vaccine by the end of Marc...
Student Mental Health Difficulties on the Rise Claire Brennan Tillberg's 11-year-old daughter has been hospitalized twice in recent months after sharing that she was having suicidal thoughts. The Massachusetts girl has autism, depression and anxiety....
U.S. rhythm and blues singer Mary Wilson has died at the age of 76. Wilson rose to fame as a member of the female, three-person singing group The Supremes in the 1960s. Wilson started The Supremes with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard while living in...
The coronavirus most likely first infected humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists said Tuesday. 国际和中国科学家团队周二表示，新冠病毒很可能最初是通过某种动物感染人类。...
Protests in Myanmar against the military overthrow of the elected government have grown in recent days. But the country's military rulers have taken steps to make organizing the protests difficult or even illegal. Here is a look at who is organizing...
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says it will team up with a German company to develop new vaccines to target variants of the new coronavirus. The announcement comes as concern grows that some changes, or mutations, in the virus that causes CO...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Throughout the coronavirus health crisis, health officials across the world have been advising people to take important precautions to protect themselves. We have been asked to wash our...
American carmaker Tesla said on Monday that it had invested around $1.5 billion in bitcoin, an internet-based form of money. 美国汽车制造商特斯拉公司周一称其在比特币上已经投资了大约15亿美元，比特币是一种基于互联...
Military Rulers in Myanmar Ban Gatherings as Protests Continue Myanmar's military rulers on Monday ordered a curfew and banned gatherings in the country's two largest cities. The move follows days of protests against the military overthrow of the gov...
