Coffee Growers Worry about New EU Anti-deforestation Rules Coffee growers in many countries are worried about a new European rule designed to prevent deforestation. Deforestation describes when developers cut down trees to make room for crops, buildi...
Kenyans Build Sand Dams to Keep Water In southeastern Kenya earlier this year, people from Kasengela village built a special kind of dam. The barrier is called a sand dam. It reduces water flow and increases the amount of wet sand behind it. Sand dam...
Ship Crash Collapses Major Highway Bridge in Baltimore A container ship smashed into a major bridge in Baltimore, Maryland early Tuesday, causing it to collapse. The accident sent several vehicles and people into the river and closed one of the busie...
Hungry Gazans Eat Wild Plant to Survive The United Nations Security Council is demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Some members are concerned that a famine might have begun. The territory's civilians are reportedly eating a wild plant...
In Vietnam, People Leave Mekong Delta to Find Jobs in City Eleven-year-old twins Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung live on a houseboat in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. But their dreams take them far away. Tran loves K-pop. She watches videos at n...
Historic Bridges Are Under Threat from Modern GPS 美国古廊桥受到汽车导航系统威胁 Historic covered bridges in the United States are under threat by the use of the modern technology GPS. 美国历史悠久的廊桥正受到GPS这种现代技...
Female Presidential Candidate Brings Hope in Senegal Senegal's only female presidential candidate may have little chance of winning Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is important. They argue that the candidacy of Anta Babacar Ng...
Indias General Election to Stretch over 44 Days India will begin the world's largest general election next month. The process is expected to stretch over 44 days before results are announced on June 4. Nearly 970 million Indians more than 10 percent...
In South Americas Lithium Triangle, a Struggle Between Tradition, Industry An area stretching across Argentina, Bolivia and Chile forms what is called the Lithium Triangle. The earth there is rich in lithium, a necessary metal in creating batteries f...
Aid Groups: Gaza, Haiti Are Facing Famine Aid groups warn that famine, a widespread lack of food, will soon strike two troubled places: Gaza and Haiti. In Gaza The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is an organization that follows hu...
Taliban May Never Reopen Girls Secondary Schools An Afghan education official says the ruling Taliban group might permanently close girls' secondary schools. The official said the Taliban is instead supporting religious schools known as madrasas. The...
Report: Pakistan, Bangladesh Suffer Worlds Most Polluted Air 2023年全球空气质量报告发布 孟加拉国最差 Information from this year's IQAir World Air Quality Report shows only seven countries met the World Health Organization's (WHO) pol...
Bird Flu Spread Increasing, Killing South American Wildlife The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading more aggressively than ever before since its arrival in South America in 2022. It is killing wild birds and marine mammals on the continent. Reute...
Lessons From Flowers 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. My name is Nadiia Kyba. I am from Cherkasy. And this is my essay. They come i...
India Implements Much-debated New Citizenship Law India has put into effect a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslim minorities to seek Indian citizenship. The much-debated law was first approved by India's parliament in 2019. But the government...
