Melinda French Gates to Donate $1 Billion for Womens Rights Melinda French Gates announced this week that she plans to give $1 billion over the next two years to support women and families around the world. French Gates is the former wife of Microsof...
Locals Report Monkey Deaths During Heat Wave in Mexico An environmental group is warning that the hot weather in Mexico is among the causes of many deaths of howler monkeys. Howler monkeys are big primates known for the loud sound they make. The Asso...
A Japanese town hopes to keep out crowds of visitors by building a large barrier to block views of the country's tallest mountain, Mount Fuji. 日本一座小镇希望通过建造一个巨大的屏障来挡住该国最高的山峰富士山的景色，以...
What Causes Severe Rainfall in Kenya? Heavy rains and severe flooding have been hitting Kenya since March. They are among the most disastrous rainstorms to hit the East African country in recent years. At least 169 people have died from the heavy rai...
Taliban Aiming to Bring Visitors to Afghanistan A school for tourism and hotel management has opened its doors to students in Kabul, Afghanistan. The students are of different ages and their levels of education and professional experience are not the...
A Laotian immigrant who has battled cancer for eight years will share hundreds of millions of dollars with a friend after winning a game of chance. Forty-six-year-old Cheng Saephan lives in Portland, Oregon. He spoke at a news conference held by the...
Bakota: Beautiful Place with a Frightening History Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. Hi, my name is Kate, and I am from Odessa regio...
Officials, Citizens Struggling with High Heat in Southeast Asia Officials closed schools and issued health warnings as a deadly heat wave has spread across Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, the education ministry announced on Sunday that in-person...
Berdychiv: Town of Greatness Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. About 300 kilometers west, away from the crowd and the noise of the c...
In Vietnam, New Rice Growing Methods Aim to Reduce Methane Farmers in Vietnam are growing rice using a new method thought to reduce emissions of methane gas and labor costs. The method is called alternate wetting and drying, or AWD. It uses about 30...
Indigenous Brazilians Push Back Against State Oil Drilling Plan Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, wants to look for oil near the nation's northeastern coast. Ibama is Brazil's environmental agency. The agency denied Petrobras' first proposal...
South Korea's Constitutional Court has begun hearing a case that accuses the government of failing to protect 200 people by not dealing with climate change. The case, which began Tuesday in Seoul, includes many young environmental activists and child...
What Countries, Industry, Activists Want in Plastics Treaty International negotiators are meeting in Canada's capital to discuss writing a treaty to control plastic and pollution linked to it. The meeting in Ottawa is part of the United Nations Envir...
Berdiansk: Ukrainian City at Crossroads Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. Berdiansk is a Ukrainian city on the northern coast of the...
Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations Spread Among US Universities Tensions over strong opinions about Israel's war in Gaza are spreading at some universities around the United States. On Monday, Columbia University in New York City canceled in-person class...
