A pharmacist in the American state of Wisconsin told police that he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine. In court documents released Monday, the man said he believed the vaccine would change people's DNA. Police in the city of Graf...
Iran has denied it is using crew members aboard a seized South Korean oil tanker as hostages. 伊朗否认该国利用扣押的韩国油轮上的船员作为人质。 Armed troops from Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the ship Monday near the Strait...
Cindy Soule is a teacher in Portland, Maine, an area known to have extremely cold and snowy winters. But cold weather is not stopping Soule and her students from continuing with outdoor learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in the school...
President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden are campaigning in Georgia Monday ahead of the Senate runoff elections there. Both of the state's Senate seats are open after indecisive results following voting on November 3. This second and fina...
The United States says it is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in order to vaccinate more people. 美国称其正考虑给某些人接种一半剂量的新冠肺炎疫苗，以便为更多人接种疫苗。 Mo...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 As COVID-19 vaccinations begin, health officials around the world are watching for any problems that might develop. These side effects -- a...
Journalism Collective Finds Safety in Collaboration Eight years ago, investigative journalist Regina Martnez was found beaten and dead in her home in Veracruz, Mexico. A well-known reporter, she was investigating power and corruption, including the s...
New Scientific Discoveries Made in 2020 In 2020, many of the world's top scientists centered their attention on the new coronavirus. Their efforts provided valuable information about the virus and led to new vaccines to fight it. But there were other...
Google reportedly moved to increase its control over research reports written by its scientists. In 2020, the company created a new review, or examination, process for research writings, Reuters news agency reports. The process asks researchers to ge...
Islands in the Pacific Ocean have few coronavirus cases. But the pandemic has caused problems by interfering with supplies, causing price increases and a loss of business from foreign visitors. Many governments have started community projects to help...
A government committee in Jordan is facing a difficult question. How can it save the country's ancient past while planning for its future? 约旦一家政府委员会正面临一个难题。在规划未来时，要如何保存该国的古老历史？...
Experts: Pandemic Shows Importance of Believable News The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large effect on worldwide media. There is some increased censorship and harassment of reporters in several countries. But there is also a growing belief in the impo...
Japanese officials say they are pleased with the quality of asteroid material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth. 日本官员表示，他们对航天器收集并送回地球的小行星材料的质量感到满意。 Last week, officials...
Student reporters have been on the frontlines of COVID-19 news coverage at their universities. This year, many of them broke stories about the spread of the new coronavirus on school grounds. They also brought attention to how university leaders deal...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. To say 2020 was difficult, is probably the understatement of the year. The coronavirus pandemic turned 2020 into a really tough year. It affected our lives in many ways and made other serio...
