Russian Volunteers Joining Ukraine to Fight Russia In Ukraine, a man who goes by his military name Karabas is training to fight against the Russian army. But Karabas is not from Ukraine. He is from Russia. Karabas was living in Moscow when Russia inv...
Young Indonesians Clean up Waterways, Better Solution Needed Children in the Indonesian city of Bogor are cleaning up a local lake on their own. The young people take small boats, called kayaks, out on the water. They direct the kayaks toward floatin...
Young Indonesians Clean up Waterways, Better Solution Needed Children in the Indonesian city of Bogor are cleaning up a local lake on their own. The young people take small boats, called kayaks, out on the water. They direct the kayaks toward floatin...
Indigenous Women Bring Amazon Tribe Back from Near Extinction The Juma are native people of the Amazon rain forest area in Brazil. In the 1990s, there were only four people remaining in the tribe. They were Aruk, the father, and his three daughters B...
Gates Foundation Takes on Poverty in US In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or riding long distances to their jobs or schools. So when city administrator, Laura McAloon, learne...
Nickel Mine, Environmental Activists Exist Together in Michigan About 20 years ago, the international mining company Rio Tinto said it would open a nickel mine in the far northern part of the American state of Michigan. Rio Tinto promised good jobs f...
Free Toy Store Helps Needy Families 慈善商店帮助有需要家庭 Four years ago, country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, helped create a free food store in Nashville, Tennessee. Their goal was to give fam...
US Studies Possible Change to Safer Nuclear Fuel Documents show that a U.S. research program is making progress on its goal to use a safer kind of fuel for nuclear-powered Navy submarines and military ships. But the program's governmental financial s...
Venezuelas Claims on Guyanas Territory Raise Concerns Venezuela has increased pressure on its claim that the territory of Essequibo belongs to the country. However, the government of President Nicols Maduro has little to no support from neighbors or...
Agency Aims to Remove Stray Cats from Puerto Ricos Historic Fortress The US National Park Service recently announced a plan to remove hundreds of stray cats that wander historic Old San Juan on the island of Puerto Rico. Local people and tourists con...
COP28 Meeting in Dubai Centers on Phase Out or Phase Down of Fossil Fuels The world's climate negotiators are meeting this month in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations Climate Conference. Activists, scientists and U.N. officials want the representativ...
More Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Bangladesh by Boat This Year The number of Rohingya taking risky boat trips to flee refugee camps in Bangladesh is rising even higher than last year. Human rights groups and aid agencies told VOA that those numbers coul...
Biden to US Congress: Ukraine Is 'Out of Money, Out of Time' 拜登督促国会批准尽快对乌克兰援助 The administration of American President Joe Biden warned lawmakers Monday against rejecting a military aid proposal for Ukraine. 美国总统...
US States Push to End Food Waste When Sean Rafferty first worked in a food store 40 years ago, anything that was not sold got thrown out. But on a recent day at his store near the New York City area, he was preparing boxes of bread, vegetables, and m...
Walmart Shifts to India, Cuts China Imports Walmart, the world's largest store, is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its dependence on China. Between January and August this year, Walmart shipped 25 percent of its U.S....
