Milagros Sotelo had plans to travel from South America to Tennessee to work at Ober Gatlinburg ski resort this winter. The 22-year-old student worked the last two winters in the equipment rental store at the small resort in the Smoky Mountains. She w...
New measurements show that radiation levels on the moon are two to three times higher than on the International Space Station. The measurements were taken by an instrument on China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander. The spacecraft touched down on the far side...
What Can Happen in US Presidential Election Election Day is usually the end of the presidential campaign in the United States. This year, it could be just the beginning. Republican and Democratic Party activists are preparing for possible legal fight...
Vietnamese officials have lowered expectations for their country's normally fast-growing economy in 2020. The officials noted that weakness in the international economy has reduced demand for exports and international travel. 越南官员在2020年降低...
At the Pyramids of Giza, a few tourists walk among Egypt's ancient wonders. At Red Sea resorts, visitor numbers are well below what they were in earlier years. Coronavirus cases in Egypt remain under control. But, officials, hotel owners and tour gui...
More Women Lead Atlantic City Gambling Operations For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation. Women now run four of Atlantic City's nine casinos. Some industry officials say that c...
English Professor in Panama City Helps Families, Schools Every Friday afternoon, Joel Alvarez gets his disco lights and music ready. When he turns on the Zoom camera at 6 o'clock, he is surrounded by blue lighting, or lights of some other color. Some...
An Afghan woman received the highest score last week out of 170,000 students on the national university entrance examination. Her path has not been easy. Two years ago, an Islamic State militant suicide bombing in west Kabul killed many classmates at...
Is taking African artwork from a European museum a political act, or a criminal one? That is the question a French court is considering this week at the trial of a Congolese activist who wants his country's art returned. It belongs to us! shouted a B...
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Each week on this program, we explain expressions often used in American English. We give you lots of examples. This way, you can learn how to use the expressions when you speak English. Tod...
