Massive flooding killed at least 195 people in northern Europe last week. Massive wildfires are burning across much of the western United States. These extreme weather events, scientists warn, are clear signs of global warming. And they say more is n...
What Happens to Pets When Couples Break Up From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In the United States, the law views domestic animals, or pets, as property when married people legally separate. Now, American courts are seein...
News reporters and media groups are upset over reports that governments may have hacked their mobile phones. 新闻记者和媒体机构对政府可能入侵了他们手机的报道感到不安。 A kind of software known as spyware may have been use...
Pope Francis placed limits Friday on the use of Latin in the Roman Catholic Church service called Mass. The decision cancels a reform established by Pope Benedict XVI, who led the Church just before Francis. Benedict had ordered that Latin could be u...
A new study predicts that a changing moon cycle will increase high-tide flooding across U.S. coastal areas in the mid-2030s. The finding is based on ocean tide data collected from 89 coastal areas covering every U.S. state and territory except for Al...
Fast-spreading Algae Found in Waters Near California Coast Scientists in California report the first appearance of a species of bright green algae, caulerpa prolifera, growing in the ocean near California. And the researchers say they hope to never s...
Major Fannie Griffin McClendon never thought too much about being part of the only Black female United States army group to serve in Europe during World War II. Neither did those who served with her in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. T...
Many people who exercise need good music to get themselves through their workout. But in South Korea, their choice of music had been reduced under new COVID-19 rules. 许多人在锻炼的过程中需要听好听的音乐。但是在韩国，根据最新...
Burkina Faso Rapper, Farmer Talks of Climate Change Africa's Sahel is seeing the worst effects of climate warming anywhere on the planet, says the United Nations, or U.N. The Sahel is a region of western and north-central Africa that stretches from S...
How Job Training for US Students Can Get Better Monica Bentley is the administrator for Edison Academy in the American state of Virginia. The academy helps students learn about things like computer security, car repair, hair and beauty care and super...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples that show how to how to use them. And sometimes we explain where they come from. Today, our expre...
Italy has announced a ban on large cruise ships sailing into the northern city of Venice. 意大利宣布禁止大型邮轮驶入北部城市威尼斯。 Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the ban was approved during a Cabinet meeting on July 1...
South Sudanese runner Paulo Amotun Lokoro is among a group 29 athletes named to the International Olympic Committee's Refugee Olympic Team. He will compete in the Summer Games in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. Lokoro fled conflict in South Sudan and...
Researchers say they have used brain waves of a paralyzed man who cannot speak to produce words from his thoughts onto a computer. A team led by Dr. Edward Chang at the University of California, San Francisco, carried out the experiment. The study re...
Britney Spears Wins Court Battle to Hire Her Own Lawyer Pop music star Britney Spears won court permission Wednesday to employ a lawyer of her choosing to represent her interests. The decision came in a court hearing in Los Angeles, California. Spear...
