Can a Two-State Solution Survive the Israel-Hamas Conflict? For 30 years, many nations around the world considered two states - one Israeli, one Palestinian - as the way to reach peace in the Middle East. VOA recently spoke to several experts about i...
Migrants Overwhelm Spains Canary Islands Fifteen-year-old Guinean Moussa Camara is one of a record 32,000 migrants who have arrived in Spain's Canary Islands this year. They travel an extremely dangerous path by sea from Africa. Moussa's parents are...
US, China Promise to Work Together on Climate Goals United States climate diplomat John Kerry and Chinese climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua recently agreed to restart a suspended climate working group. The agreement came at meetings from November 4th to...
Older, More Diverse America by the Year 2100 The U.S. Census Bureau is a federal agency that researches information about America's population, housing, and economy. The latest Census Bureau report shows that the U.S. population will decrease with lo...
Japanese Support Fishermen by Buying from Fukushima Area People from all over Japan are purchasing fish caught in the waters near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In August, the power plant started releasing treated and diluted radioactive water fr...
Negotiators Meet in Kenya for Talks on Plastic Pollution A large group of international negotiators and United Nations representatives are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya this week. They aim to take the next step in creating a document that hopes to stop p...
Body of Water in Hawaii Mysteriously Turns Bright Pink A small body of water in Hawaii has turned such a bright pink it could have been used as a set for the movie Barbie. But the unusual color-changing event has some experts concerned. Scientists sa...
Richard Nixon: Resigned VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about Richard Nixon. Nixon is well-known to many Americans for one reason: he was the only president to resign from the position. Facing possible legal a...
Young, Educated Are Leaving as Turkey Marks Its 100th Anniversary Economic problems and fears of repression in Turkey have caused Huseyin Buyukdag to make a decision. The teacher and his wife want to move to Germany to find a better life. They are am...
Hurricane Michael hit the American state of Florida five years ago. The major storm came with wind speed of 250 kilometers per hour. It damaged many homes, boats, cars and trucks. But Bonny Paulson's home in the coastal community of Mexico Beach only...
Kenya Surprises Public with Holiday to Plant Trees The government of Kenya says November 13th will be a public holiday for nationwide tree planting. The surprise holiday is part of a huge plan to grow 15 billion trees by 2023 to fight climate change....
Masks, Polluted Air Are Back in New Delhi Face coverings, or masks, are back on the streets of New Delhi as residents deal with an increase in air pollution. The city's government has ordered primary schools to close this week and polluting vehicles...
How Reliable Are Gaza Health Ministrys Death Numbers The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that more than 10,000 Palestinians have died in the current conflict with Israel. The agency, however, does not differentiate the number of deaths...
Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, large animals from Africa. The South American country aims to control the big animals using several methods. Officials might sterilize the animals through a medical operatio...
Native Americans Work to Keep Sheep Herding Tradition as Climate Changes Members of the Native American Navajo tribe in Arizona have been raising sheep for over 500 years. The Navajo started working with sheep when Spanish colonists brought the anima...
