American drug-maker Merck has agreed to let some companies produce its experimental COVID-19 pill. 美国制药商默沙东公司已经同意允许一些公司生产其实验性的新冠肺炎治疗药片。 The move, announced Wednesday by a health...
Doctors, Oil Workers Join Protests against Sudan Military The World Bank halted aid to Sudan on Wednesday after the military's capture of power from the transitional government. Meanwhile, state oil company workers and doctors in Sudan said on Wednes...
Maine Residents Will Vote on Food Rights Voters in the American state of Maine decide next week if all its people should be permitted to grow food crops and raise farm animals, or livestock. Supporters of the right to food constitutional amendment sa...
Egypt is worried about its supply of fresh water. To help deal with the problem, it is offering financial assistance to private companies to build 17 new desalination factories over the next 5 years. The process of desalination removes salt from wate...
A former Facebook employee gave members of the United States Congress thousands of company documents. The documents show a company that recognizes the harm it is causing but does not want to find solutions. The documents are being called The Facebook...
Tips to Address Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to threaten or insult someone. Concern over cyberbullying has been at the center of recent criticism directed at social media companies. Last month, Facebook delayed t...
Japan's Princess Mako on Tuesday quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations. She said her marriage to her former university classmate, Kei Komuro, was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts. 日本的真子公主...
Two brothers who cut hair in northern India are offering more than just the usual haircut. They are making art. Brothers Rajwinder and Gurwinder Singh Sidhu are using their customers' heads and hair to make their art. They cut hair into the shapes of...
Australian Town Has Unusual Plan to Get People to Move There The Australian Outback town of Quilpie is home to 800 people. The town hoped its offer of free land might draw five new families to the community. In less than two weeks, the town has recei...
A government plan in Vietnam calls for the country's use of coal for electricity production to increase by 100 percent by 2030. 越南政府的一项计划要求，到2030年，该国发电用煤量要增加100%。 The development plan was created by...
It has been one month since the Cumbre Vieja volcano began bursting on the Spanish island of La Palma. 西班牙拉帕尔马岛上的坎布雷维贾火山爆发已经一个月了。 The eruption forced Culberta Cruz, her husband and their dog from th...
People from the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East are starting to receive COVID-19 vaccines. 来自亚洲、非洲和中东最贫穷国家的人们开始接种新冠疫苗。 But the latest information shows that women are vaccina...
The Food and Drug Administration asked food companies to use less salt in more than 150 items as a way to make Americans healthier. 美国食品药品监督管理局要求食品公司在150多种食品中减少盐的使用量，以使美国人更健康...
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. 欢迎收听VOA慢速英语《词汇掌故》节目。 On this program we will explore English expressions. 在本期节目中，我们来探索一下英语短语。 On today's program we ta...
A group of health experts says older adults without heart disease should not take aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke. The group says the risk of bleeding inside the body for people 60 years of age and older is greater than the protection fro...
