A continuing lack of rain in parts of Brazil has officials and experts concerned that forest fires will again be a problem this year. In Brazil, forest fire season is coming. The government space agency uses satellites to observe fires. It reported r...
Climate change is threatening the sea ice environment of Emperor penguins. 气候变化严重威胁到帝企鹅的海冰环境。 A new study suggests that 98 percent of Emperor penguin groups may be pushed close to extinction by the year 2100. And a...
Study: Rough Areas on Moon May Permit Water Ice to Widely Form A new study suggests that rough areas on the moon's surface block sunlight and permit water ice to form across wide areas. The U.S. space agency NASA already confirmed last year that resu...
U.S. land managers have begun efforts to capture about 50 percent more wild horses than originally planned this year because of severe drought across the U.S. West. 美国西部地区严重干旱，美国土地管理人员已经开始捕获比原计划...
Salimullah has been living in the Indian capital of New Delhi since 2013 when he escaped violence in Myanmar. A Rohingya refugee, the 35-year-old now lives in a small temporary shelter with up to 10 other people at a time. He and his family have been...
American colleges are under pressure to protect students against COVID-19 as the new school year is about to start in autumn. The decision on how far to go will depend on legal and political issues as well as the rising infection rates. Just last wee...
Beirut Art Museum Still Rebuilding One Year After Explosion More than a year after Beirut's port explosion, workers and artists are still repairing destruction at the city's Sursock museum. The museum, badly damaged by the August 4, 2020 blast, has l...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Our goal is to teach you American English by any means possible in other words, by hook or by crook. By hook or by...
Costa Rican lawmakers are considering a law this week that would permanently ban fossil fuel exploration and production. The popular tourist destination is trying to have zero carbon emissions by 2050. Costa Rica started efforts to ban fossil fuel ex...
Carmakers -- including BMW, Fiat, Chrysler and Peugeot -- warned this week that the worldwide semiconductor processor shortage will continue in 2021 and beyond. The shortage has affected both production and sales of automobiles. 包括宝马、菲亚特...
At just four years of age, Brigitte Xie has already won a place to perform piano at New York City's Carnegie Hall. The young girl also can read music. She can even play a piece of classical music from Beethoven. It is called Sonatina in F Major. Brig...
Tokyo Olympians Win Social Media Gold This year's Olympic Games in Tokyo are different from all others that came before. First, the Games were delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, just before the start of the Olympics, it was ann...
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 carbon-free. He also proposed new vehicle-emission rules to cut pollution through 2026. 美国总统拜登周四签署了一项行政命令，要求...
Voting Rights Act, 56 Years Later, Is in Danger The U.S. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Within months of its approval, the law permitted hundreds of thousands of African Americans to register to vote. But as the law turns 56 this mont...
Remind or Remember? This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Joelson. He says: Question: Dear VOA, I am an English learner from Brazil. I want to know the difference between remind and remember. Thank you very much. Answer: Hi Joelson, t...
