Major nonprofit organizations are protesting the planned sale of the dot-org internet registry system they belong to. The groups say the sale of the system to a private investment company could lead to much higher costs to register and keep a domain...
Efforts Intensify to Contain New Coronavirus By Mario Ritter Jr. 01 February 2020 The outbreak of the new coronavirus that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan has mobilized medical efforts around the world. The World Health Organization declared the...
Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about a common expression made from two common words -- stir and crazy. Put them together and you have the adjective stir-crazy! Now, before we talk about stir-crazy, let's talk ab...
The aid group Doctors Without Borders says the Boko Haram conflict is blocking aid workers from reaching more than 1.2 million Nigerians. The group reports that the population of northeast Nigeria is victim to all sides in the conflict. The fight has...
Many Americans will turn on their televisions or computers Sunday to watch the championship game of professional American football. In 2019, about 200 million people tuned in to the yearly sporting event called the Super Bowl. Most of these viewers p...
Philippine Artist Uses Ash from Taal Volcano to Make Paintings By Ashley Thompson 31 January 2020 Ash that came from a Philippine volcano has become painting material for artist Janina Sanico. Sanico is 24 years old. She lives in a town near the Taal...
As February begins, Britain is no longer a member of the European Union (EU). The British withdrawal from the EU comes 3 and a half years after the country's voters decided to leave the union. 从2月份开始，英国不再是欧盟成员国。在英国...
United States and United Nations agencies launched a program this week to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (I...
By Jill Robbins 31 January 2020 This week we continue our answer to a question from Nga, a university student in Vietnam. Question: How can I improve my English listening skill? Answer: Dear Nga, Last time, we talked about face-to-face listening and...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently tested an oven they used to bake five chocolate chip cookies. We now know the results of that experiment: the cookies took a lot longer to bake in space than on Earth. The cookies that...
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak from China a public health emergency of international concern. The virus was first reported in late December. It is believed to have spread to humans from wild animals sold at a mark...
The market research company Nielsen reports that Vietnam has one of the world's highest rates of consumer savings. But observers disagree on whether it is a good sign. 尼尔森市场研究公司报告称，越南是全球储蓄率最高的国家之一...
United States military officials warn that Islamic militants are using news of possible American military cuts in Africa to call for more attacks against U.S. interests. Earlier this month, the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab killed three Americans...
Burkina Faso's parliament has approved legislation permitting the military to use civilian volunteers in the fight against Islamic extremism. The decision shows just how much help soldiers need in dealing with attacks across the West African country....
Hi everyone! Thanks for listening to Everyday Grammar. If you listen often and find the material easy to understand, you probably have been practicing English for a long time. That's great it means you have made a lot of progress since you first bega...
