Afghanistan has promised to intensify the fight against the Islamic State, or IS, after the group claimed responsibility for a deadly weekend attack. President Ashraf Ghani declared Monday that his government would seek to destroy all safe havens use...
Treating Eczema During Infancy Helps Prevent Asthma, Allergies Eczema is a type of skin condition that causes itchy, red, raised areas on human skin. The condition most often affects children, but adults can also get it. No one knows what causes ecze...
How to Fight Climate Change? Plant a Trillion Trees Scientists are asking: What is the best way to fight climate change? 科学家们问：应对气候变化最好的途径是什么？ A new study says: Plant many trees; one trillion trees, maybe mor...
When Countries Compete, Earth Wins Big Sports are usually the way that countries compete with one another. However, there is another way countries around the world are competing for the top spot: planting the most trees. 很多国家通常会以体育的...
France May Permit More Women to Become Pregnant With Medical Help Life may soon change for some women in France.French law currently prevents unmarried and homosexual women from seeking medical help to get pregnant.If they want assistance conceiving...
Life Lessons from a Duck Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. 欢迎收听《美国之音》学习英语栏目的《词语掌故》。 Many animals live in and around bodies of water.Take ducks, for example. 很多动物在水...
Telescope Project Blocked in Hawaii Seeks Permit to Build in Spain The group planning to put a telescope on a Hawaiian mountain is now seeking permission to build in Spain because protesters are blocking the project in Hawaii. 计划在夏威夷某座山...
Social Verbs and Prepositions Talking, laughing, joking these are some of the actions we do while we are with friends and family. 说话、笑、开玩笑这些是我们跟亲友在一起时会做的一些动作。 In todays report, we explore the gr...
In Greeces Aegean Sea, Divers Find Gulf of Plastic Corals Like colorful corals, they rocked gently in the ocean current. 它们像五彩缤纷的珊瑚，在水下流动中摇摆不定。 Only these were not beautiful natural reefs grown over centuri...
Facing Poverty, Afghan Children Forced to Work Every day before the sun rises, 10-year-old Kamran goes to work with his father and other family members at a building materials factory outside Kabul.For Kamran and other children in Afghanistan, going...
Astronomers Make New Map of the Milky Way Astronomers have created the most correct map yet of the Milky Way the part of space that contains our sun, solar system and more than 100 billion stars.Researchers made the three-dimensional map by measuring...
US Military Experts Propose Sharing Nuclear Arms with Japan, South Korea A group of military experts is proposing that the United States share its nuclear weapons with Japan and South Korea to answer the nuclear threat from North Korea. 一些军事专...
Ozaguin is one of the most popular singer-songwriters in the Central African Republic. Recently, he went to the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to make the world pay attention to the struggles in his country. The Central A...
The way cloth is made, and what it is made of, is changing. Companies that make textiles are trying different materials because people want products that are more sustainable, or better for the environment. Shannon Maher leads Home Products Developme...
A recent study suggests that a poor-quality diet may increase the chances of weakness in older people. Researchers followed 2,154 older adults in the United States for four years. At the beginning of the study, the adults were between the ages of 70...
