People sell goods and food on the streets of many American cities, often without permits. Many of these sellers are immigrants, and some are in the United States without government permission. Street vending is illegal in Los Angeles, California. Peo...
Technology activists are appealing to tech companies and their leaders to build a future in which the effect of machinery on humans is lessened. Some workers have long feared that machines are coming to take away their jobs. Robots now are doing more...
Many Americans think a circus must have elephants, lions, dancing bears and acrobats. But circuses are changing. In May, after traveling the country for almost 150 years, the large Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus will close. But different...
The South Korean Constitutional Court has removed President Park Geun-hye from office. All eight members of the court agreed with a National Assembly measure calling for her removal. The eight worked to rule on the case by Friday before term limits r...
A study released this week shows corruption remains a big issue in East Asia. The group Transparency International spoke with more than 20,000 people about their recent experiences with corruption in 16 Asian and Pacific countries. The study finds th...
It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASAs Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The news came from SpaceX founder and chief executive off...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A group of students from Kenya was among winners of the 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize. The 10-member team is receiving a $100,000 award to make their school a green energy institution. The Zay...
The Russian Revolution took place 100 years ago. The revolution ended a political system based on the leadership of a single person. It also led to the rise of the Soviet Union. A century ago, Russias Tsar Nicholas the Second was forced to give up po...
WikiLeaks has published documents it says show how the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collects information from electronic devices. The anti-secrecy group did not say how it received the 8,700 documents and files connected to the CIAs Center...
This is Whats Trending Today March 8 is International Womens Day. In the United States, some people will be marking the day by protesting. Wednesday is being called A Day Without a Woman. Organizers of the Womens March on Washington proposed the demo...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Many Americans have toasted bread first thing in the morning. For some, the morning meal also includes hash browned potatoes. Or later in the day, they might enjoy potato chips or crispy...
A new study shows that improving housing conditions may help in the fight against malaria at a time when other efforts be may slowing. The World Health Organization reports that more than 400,000 people died of malaria in 2015. Most of them were chil...
Representatives of United Nations Security Council member countries visited a target of Boko Haram militants on Sunday. 联合国安全理事会成员国的代表于周日访问了博科圣地组织武装分子袭击的地方。 The diplomats travele...
This is Whats Trending Today. The internet search company Google celebrated the 37th anniversary of Indonesias Komodo National Park with its latest Google Doodle. Google Doodles are special, short-term changes of the Google homepage that mark special...
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday that bars travelers from six Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States. The temporary ban removes Iraq from the list of countries covered in a previous order announced January 2...
