The Associated Press (AP) recently reported on what it calls the Great Spotted Lanternfly War. On one side are the people of Pennsylvania, what the news agency calls the states citizen-soldiers. Their enemy is a large, colorful insect: the spotted la...
Charcoal Trade Is Destroying Africas Forest Cover Across Africa, men carrying tools for cutting down trees spend weeks deep inside forests. They cut down the trees to burn them in order to make fuel for fires known as charcoal. Because they work at n...
Rights Group Says Migrant Workers Unpaid, Trapped in Qatar The human rights group Amnesty International says thousands of migrant workers in Qatar are not getting paid by their employers. The workers also are being forced to live in bad conditions. Q...
Remains of more than 200 wooden ships lie at the bottom of Mallows Bay near Nanjemoy in the state of Maryland. The oldest ships sank there in the 1700s; the most recent ones are from the 20th century. They and the waters around them form the newest n...
First Lab Reproduction of Coral Offers New Hope for Threatened Sea Life American scientists have reported the first successful sexual reproduction of Atlantic coral in a laboratory setting. Researchers at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa recently announ...
Just before sunrise, Shainkiam Yampik beats a drum at the start of a Roman Catholic prayer service in Wijint, a village in the Peruvian Amazon. Jesusan namanguinde, he says. That means the body of Christ in the language of the Achuar people. Yampik g...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explain where words and expressions in the English language come from, and -- probably more important for those learning to speak English -- how we use them. Our show tod...
Japan Shows Off High-Tech Toilets at Rugby World Cup Japan is known for creating unusual high-tech products across many different industries. One place to experience an example of such development is in some of the countrys public bathrooms. 日本素以...
For some people, higher education is not just a goal in life, but also an expectation. In the United States, if your parents attended a college or university, there is a good chance that you will, too. Even if your parents did not go to college, you...
U.S. Administration Proposes Historically Low Refugee Limit American President Donald Trump and his administration have proposed that the United States accept up to 18,000 refugees in the coming year. 美国总统川普及其政府已经提出,美国...
US College Track and Field Programs Helping to Train International Competitors American colleges and universities are fast becoming training grounds not only for members of the U.S. Olympic team, but Olympians from other countries. A recent example o...
Botanical Artists Still Document the Word of Plants with Pictures Artists who make pictures of plants are known as botanical illustrators. Today, some may see such a job as something people only did hundreds of years ago. 给植物绘图的艺术家被...
Afghans Prepare for Presidential Elections Millions of Afghans are expected to vote in presidential elections on Saturday. 预计数百万阿富汗人将在周六的总统选举中投票。 The Taliban is telling Afghans to stay away from voting stat...
Facial recognition technology is already widely used by governments, law enforcement and some advertising companies. The technology uses machine learning tools to search for faces in an attempt to identify people. Now, these systems are also being us...
Energy Ministers Call for Rise in Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles Officials from around the world have agreed to support a sharp increase in hydrogen technology. 来自世界各地的官员们同意支持氢技术的大幅增长。 Japan announced Wednesda...