In Brazil, Some Internet Providers Suspected of Organized Crime Ties As the people of Rio de Janeiro sheltered at home last year during Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak, a police official found something unusual about a local internet service. The internet...
Ukraine says it has received some unusual financial support in its fight against the Russian invasion: cryptocurrency donations. People around the world have donated millions of dollars directly to Ukraine's war effort through cryptocurrencies such a...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine could declare neutrality and consider talks on the disputed eastern area of the country. While he suggested Ukraine could compromise, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's goal is securing its independence and its t...
Experts: Crisis in Ukraine Shows Three Ways of Leadership Three heads of state playing big parts in the Ukraine crisis show three very different leadership styles, experts told VOA. Samuel Hunter is a professor of industrial and organizational psycho...
It is estimated that the U.S. has almost 1.7 million asylum cases waiting to be heard in immigration courts. And that is only for people who tried to enter along the border with Mexico. The administration of President Joe Biden has set rules that per...
Urban Mining Empties Brazil Neighborhood In northeastern Brazil, the capital of Alagoas state used to be filled with the sounds of busy city life: cars and buses going to places of business, people enjoying daily life, and children playing. But now,...
The United States State Department has referred more than 5,000 Afghan refugees seeking admission to the United States to a partner program in Canada. Wait times for refugees there are shorter. 美国国务院已经将5000多名寻求进入美国的阿...
A Russian artist and a Ukrainian owner of a holiday home complex on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have come together in a special way. They are promoting peace and unity through a large piece of art. The piece of art is made up of a kind of wr...
After-school Programs Face Labor Shortage As students return to classrooms in the United States, many parents are still not able to return to work. They are finding that after-school childcare programs are in short supply. School-based providers list...
American President Joe Biden and Western allies promised Thursday to order new sanctions against Russia and provide more humanitarian aid to Ukraine. 美国总统拜登和西方盟友周四承诺下令对俄罗斯实施新的制裁，并向乌克兰提...
Officials in southern and eastern Africa are working to vaccinate 9 million children against polio after a confirmed outbreak in Malawi. The emergency campaign began in that country this week. Vaccines are being given by mouth to children everywhere...
Mexican Town Hopes Octopus Farm Lifts Local Economy The eight-armed sea animal known as the octopus is becoming a popular food in many parts of the world. But, as more people want to eat them, the population in the wild is decreasing. Experts blame r...
Cars are collecting more information about how people drive and what they are doing while they drive. 汽车正在收集更多有关人们如何驾驶以及他们开车时在做什么的信息。 The cars gather information about the music their driv...
Ukrainian officials rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol surrender Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the port city. Russia has intensified its efforts to force the surrender of Mariupol. But the Russian ground offensive in...
Madagascar: a Green Island Turns Red With few trees left to slow the wind in southern Madagascar, sand blows continuously. It settles across fields, villages, roads and in the eyes of hungry children waiting for food aid. Four years of extremely dry...
