Awkwafinas Win Makes History at Golden Globe Awards Awkwafina said it was a mind-blowing experience to learn she had made Golden Globes history. On Sunday night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded the new star with the Globe for Best Act...
Pro-Iranian groups in Iraq are leading efforts to oust American military forces from the country. The campaign is gaining strength following the American airstrike at Baghdad's airport last Friday. That attack killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani...
Weinstein Faces New Charges in LA as Trial Begins in New York Prosecutors in Los Angeles, California, have brought new sex abuse charges against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The charges were announced Monday, the same day that his trial for r...
Australia to Pay Whatever it Takes to Recover from Wildfires Australia's government has promised to pay whatever it takes to help communities recover from ongoing wildfires. 澳大利亚政府承诺将不惜一切代价帮助社区从持续的野火中...
Study Provides New Details about Teenage T. Rex Scientists say they have discovered new details about young Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs. 科学家说，他们发现了有关幼霸王龙恐龙的新细节。 Researchers examined fossilized skeleton sa...
Robots have become common in warehouses across America. Warehouses are centers where products are stored and organized before they are sent to buyers. Manufacturers of robots say the machines can do the most repetitive and difficult jobs. But critics...
America's space agency is nearing completion of a vehicle that will search for evidence of past life on Mars. It is too cold and dry for life to exist on the surface of Mars today. But scientists hope the rover will find evidence of life that once li...
China Has Painkiller Addicts, But No One Is Counting Them In 2013, doctors expected Wu Yi to live only a few more years. He was only 26 years old at the time. Cancer was destroying his body. 2013年，医生预计吴仪只能再活几年。当时他只...
American colleges and universities are increasingly discussing the idea of reparations linked to their historical ties to slavery. Until now, schools have created monuments, changed building names and issued public apologies instead of providing mone...
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目时间。 Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible. So, for some expressions, we use the first letters of the words instead...
Aid for African Migrants in Libya Getting in the Wrong Hands The European Union (EU) started sending millions of dollars in aid to Libya in 2015 to slow the numbers of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The money came with promises to improve m...
Sudanese-American Player Promotes Wheelchair Basketball Wheelchair basketball is becoming more popular in South Sudan. 轮椅篮球在南苏丹越来越流行。 The sport offers hope for athletes with disabilities. 这项运动为残疾运动员提供...
Trend in Brazils Cocoa Industry: GI Labels Brazilian cocoa growers are learning lessons from French wine makers. 巴西可可种植者正在向法国葡萄酒生产商学习。 Like producers of wine from France's Champagne area, Brazil's chocolate i...
Study Says Female Filmmakers Made Major Gains in 2019 Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in film directing. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than in any year b...
Indonesia Seeds Clouds to Block Rain from Flooded Capital Indonesia's air force has seeded clouds with salt in an effort to stop rain from falling on the flooded capital, Jakarta. 印度尼西亚空军已经用盐撒上云朵，以防止雨水落在洪...
