French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a highly unpopular bill Thursday to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron acted without the support of Parliament. 法国总统马克龙周四下令通过了一项极不受欢迎的法案，将退休年...
The United States military on Thursday released a video of what it said was a Russian fighter jet releasing fuel onto an American drone. The incident took place in international airspace. U.S. military officials said the Russian jet also hit the dron...
Brazils President Offers Support to Territorial Claims of Indigenous Groups Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva has expressed support for creating new territories for the country's Indigenous communities. Lula spoke about the subject during...
Pakistan's second-largest city, Lahore, has been named the city with the most polluted air in the world in 2022. 巴基斯坦第二大城市拉合尔市被确定为2022年全球空气污染最严重的城市。 IQAir, a Swiss company that makes air p...
President Joe Biden told Americans Monday that the nation's financial system is safe. Biden made the comments after the collapse of two large banks with ties to the computer technology industry. 拜登周一对美国人表示，美国的金融体系稳...
Heat Causes Issues during Alaskas Famous Iditarod Race Competitors in this year's Iditarod dogsled race in Alaska are dealing with another struggle along the trail unusually high temperatures. Jason Mackey leads one of the dogsled teams. He told The...
Farming in Ukraine Will Take Years to Recover after War Food prices around the world increased when Russia invaded Ukraine last year partly because Ukraine is a big grain exporter. Ukrainian farmers left their fields to either fight in the war or go...
Researchers have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding. The evidence comes from 5,000-year-old human skeletons in central Europe. 研究人员发现了骑马最早的直接证据。这些证据来自于5000年前中欧地区的人类骨...
Thomas Jefferson: Complex VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about Thomas Jefferson. Although he took office in 1801, he is still one of the country's best-known and most popular presidents. You can see a memoria...
A surprise rule by China requires Chinese college students overseas to learn in-person if they want their education to recognized back home. 中国突然要求海外的中国留学生必须就读面授课程，否则他们的教育经历在国内无法...
At least six people died early Thursday as Russia launched a wave of missiles into Ukraine. 周日早些时候，俄罗斯向乌克兰发射了一波导弹，导致至少6人死亡。 It was the first large missile attack by Russia since the middle o...
Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday elected Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president. 周四，越南国会选举武文赏为新一任国家主席。 The country is changing its top leadership as it continues its anti-corruption campaign. 随着...
The war in Tigray is over, but the trauma remains. Tsega Fitsum is a volunteer teacher at the Mai Weyni school in the Tigray capital, Mekelle. She said, when school started soon after the November peace deal of last year, her students' minds were sti...
Egypt Struggles with Economic Problems Intensified by Ukraine War Egypt is in an economic crisis made more severe by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The conflict, now in its second year, has increased food and energy prices. High inflation, the low exc...
Japan Destroys Rocket after Launch Failure Japan's space agency had to destroy a rocket after a launch Tuesday because its second stage engine failed to start. The 60-meter-tall rocket is called the H3. It is Japan's first new rocket in more than 20...
