Early in the pandemic, many Asian countries appeared to control the spread of the virus while European nations struggled with high numbers of deaths and infections. Not anymore. India on Wednesday reported more coronavirus deaths in one day than any...
Apple is fighting a court battle against Epic Games that could affect how major technology companies are regulated in the future. The trial, which began in California on May 3, is expected to last about a month. It centers on whether Apple's control...
Scientists have found that sharks use the Earth's magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS. This permits them to swim across great distances in the world's oceans. GPS, or Global Positioning System, is a United States government-owned service that pro...
A top Japanese medical organization representing 6,000 doctors is now calling for the country to cancel this summer's Tokyo Olympics. 日本一家代表6000名医生的顶级医疗组织现在呼吁该国取消今年夏天的奥运会。 The Tokyo Me...
A journalist in Bangladesh known for her reporting on government corruption was arrested on charges of violating an official secrets act, officials said Tuesday. 孟加拉国官员周二表示，一名以报道政府腐败而闻名的记者因违反《...
Officials in northern Vietnam have ordered the closure of four industrial parks because of an outbreak of COVID-19. The parks, in the province of Bac Giang, are to remain closed until the situation improves. We hope the measure will be in place for j...
A growing number of U.S. school systems are removing mask requirements for students. But some public health experts and parents are concerned that it is too soon to lift the rules. In Florida, the head of a school system recently announced she would...
The General Services Administration, or GSA, says the United States Coast Guard has decided it no longer needs four of the nation's most beautiful lighthouses. And it is inviting certain types of organizations to take them over at no cost. The GSA is...
Israel launched heavy airstrikes Monday aimed at Hamas targets, ignoring international efforts to end the violence that has killed hundreds of civilians. Israeli military said it destroyed 15 kilometers of tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commande...
Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant used the pageant to criticize the military government that seized power in February. The contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, spoke out in a video message created for the pageant, which took place Sunday in Hollywood, Flor...
Eighty-eight-year-old Robert Seaman has been drawing since he was a boy. At age 60, he left his job selling houses and other properties to take up his hobby professionally. But it took the coronavirus pandemic to fully return him to what he loved to...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Every 17 years, billions of insects, known as the cicadas of Brood X, rise from the earth. This year, perhaps, there will be trillions! Different broods, or groups, of cicadas come out o...
Sales of costly homes have been booming in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai during the coronavirus health crisis. 在新冠病毒健康危机期间，中东城市迪拜的豪宅销售一直很火爆。 People from Europe and the United States have be...
Scientists say NASA's most distant exploring spacecraft has recorded what they describe as humming' beyond our solar system. A new study suggests the continuous hum, detected by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, is caused by waves existing in interstellar sp...
A set of boxing gloves worn by Nelson Mandela during the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa lies in a darkened room. The quiet is broken only by the sound of insects hitting the glass case that holds the gloves. They were once among the most pop...
