Berdychiv: Town of Greatness Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. About 300 kilometers west, away from the crowd and the noise of the c...
In Vietnam, New Rice Growing Methods Aim to Reduce Methane Farmers in Vietnam are growing rice using a new method thought to reduce emissions of methane gas and labor costs. The method is called alternate wetting and drying, or AWD. It uses about 30...
Indigenous Brazilians Push Back Against State Oil Drilling Plan Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, wants to look for oil near the nation's northeastern coast. Ibama is Brazil's environmental agency. The agency denied Petrobras' first proposal...
South Korea's Constitutional Court has begun hearing a case that accuses the government of failing to protect 200 people by not dealing with climate change. The case, which began Tuesday in Seoul, includes many young environmental activists and child...
What Countries, Industry, Activists Want in Plastics Treaty International negotiators are meeting in Canada's capital to discuss writing a treaty to control plastic and pollution linked to it. The meeting in Ottawa is part of the United Nations Envir...
Berdiansk: Ukrainian City at Crossroads Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. Berdiansk is a Ukrainian city on the northern coast of the...
Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations Spread Among US Universities Tensions over strong opinions about Israel's war in Gaza are spreading at some universities around the United States. On Monday, Columbia University in New York City canceled in-person class...
Activists Want US to Re-think Student Visa Policies for Africans Activists say visa denial rates for African students seeking higher education in the United States are too high. Fanta Aw is executive director of NAFSA: Association of International Ed...
US Librarians Fear Penalties, Prison over Book Bans An illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale was released in 2019. The book is widely considered a classic work about the oppression of women. An illustrated version of the b...
Top US Colleges Will Cost $90,000 or More; Most Students Pay Less The cost of attending a top college in the United States could be as much as $95,000 this year. That total includes tuition as well as meals and living space at the school. But college...
