US Nuclear Waste Dump Marks 20 Years Many years ago, the United States government started a project aimed at proving that nuclear waste can be safely left underground. The government approved plans to set up a processing center, known as the Waste Is...
Many in Congo Do Not Believe Ebola Virus Is Real Health experts are concerned about Ebola Virus Disease spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 卫生专家担心埃博拉病毒在刚果民主共和国东部蔓延。 Eastern Congo...
Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth. The reason: The U.S. Constitution gives citizenship to any person born on American soil. The women pay anywhere from $20,000 to as much as $50,000 to people who...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Today we talk about a color found all throughout nature green! Green is also very common in American English. Lets hear Warren Scheer read a story about these colorful expressions! Green...
College student Grace DeNoya is used to people laughing when they learn what she is studying. Her degree centers on the marijuana plant -- an intoxicating drug that is illegal in many parts of the world. I say, No, its a serious degree, a chemistry d...
British Parliament Rejects Mays EU Withdrawal Plan a Third Time British lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa Mays plan for leaving the European Union for a third time on Friday. 英国议员第三次否决了梅首相的退欧方案。 The rejec...
New Zealand Plans to Be Rid of Pests by 2050 New Zealand is three years into what many consider to be the world's largest animal protection program. The Predator Free 2050 government program has a goal of removing all non-native pests by the year 205...
Donald Trump became the first serving American president to meet with a North Korean leader in June 2018. Trumps talks with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore led to an agreement in which the two nations promised to keep working on several...
Faces of immigrants in paintings by artist Betsy Ashton look the viewer directly in the eye. The subjects of these life-sized paintings seem ready to tell their stories of leaving home to face the problems of living in a strange land. Ashton says she...
Todays Ask a Teacher is all about the word all, thanks to a question from our reader Ibrahim O. He asks: Question: What is the proper use of is and are? If I say, All is empty or All are empty, which one is correct? Answer: Hello, Ibrahim! It sounds...
Apple Announces New TV Service, Expanded News, Credit Card Apple has announced several new product offerings, including television and gaming services, an expanded news app and a credit card. The new services were announced this week during a launch...
Report: US Set Twice as Many Heat Records as Cold in Last 20 Years A new examination of temperatures in the United States shows that there were two times more heat records set in the past 20 years than cold ones. 对美国气温进行的一项调查表...
In the U.S., Some Men Are Helping Women Give Birth An increasing number of pregnant women in the United States choose to work with a doula. A doula is not an official nurse or doctor, but a professional who is trained to help ease a mothers mind and...
Study: Young Women Lack Knowledge About Risks of Heart Disease Researchers warn that many young women know little about the risks they face of cardiovascular or heart disease. But a new study suggests women may be able to reduce those risks by doing...
Grammar and the News: Nouns Modifying Nouns Imagine you are looking at an American newspaper or news website. You read a few stories, and see terms such as health care, football game or bank policy. These terms might all seem to have nothing in commo...
