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...
Experts Study Writing in Ancient Mexican City Many mysteries surround the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. One mystery is especially difficult to solve. What is the meaning of the symbols that are on its paintings and statues? Earlier this month,...
United States President Donald Trump has mild symptoms of COVID-19 after announcing Friday that tests showed that he and his wife Melania have the coronavirus. 美国总统川普周五宣布，经过检测他和妻子梅拉尼娅感染了新冠病毒，...
Sales of used clothing are part of fast fashion, but the industry is breaking down because of COVID-19 restrictions. Fast fashion is a term for the manufacture and marketing of clothing that often looks like popular fashion creations. But fast fashio...
Our story today is called A Municipal Report. It was written by O. Henry and first published in 1904. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. It was raining as I got off the train in Nashville, Tennessee -- a slow, gray rain. I was tired so I went straig...
This week, we received the same question from a fan in Italy and another in Brazil. But, we are sure the question is shared by even more English learners-so let's answer it! Question: Could I know the different meanings of take and get? Thanks Bruna,...
The Trump administration has proposed cutting the number of refugees the United States accepts each year. 川普政府提出减少美国每年接收的难民人数。 The administration informed Congress Wednesday that it plans to limit refugee admis...
The American Library Association (ALA) released its list of the 100 books that have been censored the most in the United States. The ALA calls it the list of most challenged books. The list includes books from writers Toni Morrison, a Nobel Prize win...
Netherlands Museum Opens Its Secrets to the Public All the paintings and other works of art you find at museums around the world represent just a small percentage of their collections. Most of what they have is, at any given time, stored away, out of...
Twenty-five years ago, the nations of the world came together to make sure that half of its population gained the rights, power and recognition of the other half. It has not happened yet. And it will not happen anytime soon. United Nations officials...
The Sixth Sense is a famous American movie. The 1999 film tells the story of a young boy who has an unusual issue. He claims that he can see dead people. In the film, the boy describes his problem: I see dead people....Walking around like regular peo...
A new search tool uses machine learning to search millions of U.S. newspaper pages for historical pictures. The U.S. Library of Congress recently launched the tool, called Newspaper Navigator. The online search system is available for free to the pub...
New US Citizen Refugees Excited for First Presidential Vote They came to the United States fleeing war and persecution in countries like Myanmar, Eritrea and Iraq. They were chosen by the Obama administration to resettle in the U.S. under longstandin...
