Today we look at two words that may cause some difficulty for English learners. Both can help us describe what is happening in a place or with a person. Situation and condition often appear to have the same meaning. However, looking closer, you will...
Online services that use computers to interview job seekers were increasingly used by companies during the coronavirus health crisis. But the technology raises questions about whether a machine can correctly or fairly judge a person's personality and...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a high school violated a student's free speech rights by punishing her for a social media post. 美国最高法院周二裁定，一所高中因为学生在社交媒体上发帖而对其进行惩罚，这侵犯...
The Japanese public mostly opposes holding the Tokyo Olympics next month during a pandemic. However, public protests to show such dissent have been rare. A different way people have expressed their concern about the Olympics has been art. They have p...
The U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security recently announced the expansion of a program to help some minors from Central America legally enter the U.S. The Central American Minors (CAM) program permits immigrant parents or legal g...
Australia has criticized a United Nations plan to declare the country's Great Barrier Reef in danger from climate change. 联合国计划宣布澳大利亚的大堡礁因为气候变化原因而被列入濒危名录，澳大利亚对此提出了批评。...
U.S. lawmakers, educators and students are among those pushing for all school-age children to be taught more Asian American history. The Asian American Student Union at Farmington High School in the state of Connecticut is part of this effort. It org...
Last year, the coronavirus pandemic put a stop to Senegal's yearly jazz music festival for the first time in its 29-year history. This year the festival returned, bringing much needed life to the island of Saint Louis. The island was chosen by the Un...
A top North Korean official Tuesday signaled that future talks with the United States were unlikely. 一名朝鲜高级官员周二表示，未来与美国举行会谈的可能性不大。 The comments came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
What Is the Dispute Over Catholic Communion? A committee of U.S. Roman Catholic bishops is getting to work on a new policy document that some say targets U.S. President Joe Biden. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved the writing o...
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. On a recent sunny day, hikers stood at an entry point on the Appalachian Trail near Hawk Mountain in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Some rested and drank water as they prepared to conti...
The highest court in America ruled Monday that the college sports organization NCAA cannot limit education-related payments to its student-athletes. 美国最高法院周一裁定，大学体育组织NCAA不能限制向学生运动员支付与教育相...
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said Monday he would not meet with President Joe Biden or negotiate over Tehran's nuclear program. 伊朗当选总统易卜拉欣莱希周一表示，他不会与乔拜登总统会晤，也不会就伊朗核项目进...
Japanese researchers have successfully produced healthy mice from frozen sperm that was stored on the International Space Station (ISS) for almost six years. The sperm was freeze-dried and sent to the ISS in 2013. Freeze-drying is a process that remo...
