Potato Grown in New Zealand Could Be Largest Ever Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were working in their New Zealand garden in late August. They were removing unwanted plants when they found something strange. After a little digging, Colin discovered ther...
Indonesian Zoo Tries to Save Komodo Dragons Young Komodo dragons move around in a zoo in the city of Surabaya, Indonesia. Some fight over a female while others look for food in a pond, a small body of water. The zoo in Indonesia is breeding Komodo dr...
Office Buildings Are Being Changed to Living Spaces Across America In cities across America, property owners are turning office buildings into homes at an increasing rate. Online housing services company RentCafe.com reports such conversions are at a...
In Chile, Searching for Alien Life in the Sky With its clear sky and dry air, Chile's Atacama desert is a place where astronomers look up at the night skies for life on other planets. They also study dark energy, a mysterious force thought to be driv...
North Korea has demonstrated the use of educational robots to help students in subjects like English, math and music. 朝鲜展示了使用教育机器人来帮助学生们学习英语、数学和音乐等科目。 A report by the country's state-run...
Researchers Study Ancient Kingdoms in Saudi Arabia In northwest Saudi Arabia, archaeologists are working to dig up the remains of the ancient and long-forgotten kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. The remains of these kingdoms are in Al Ula, a place known...
Jheannelle Johnson, a second-year student at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was nervous about taking tests known as midterms. The tests cover the first part of her school year. Speaking from the school's bookstore, she told VOA that she plann...
455 New Words Added to Dictionary So, do you think learning all 1,500 words in the VOA Learning English Word Book is hard? We have got news for you. American publisher Merriam-Webster announced it has added 455 new words to its dictionary for October...
Pfizer said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut hospitalization and death rates by nearly 90 percent in high-risk adults. 辉瑞公司周五称其针对新冠肺炎的实验性抗病毒口服药将高危成人的住院和死亡...
Eden Center Is the Heart of Vietnamese Culture in Washington A bright red, green and yellow arch rises over the entrance to the Eden Center marketplace. Lion statues sit to the right and left, as if on guard. Smells of sweet and spicy food flow out o...
Adbus Satter lives in Bonnotola in southwesternBangladesh. 阿德布斯萨特住在孟加拉国西南部的邦诺托拉。 The small seaside village was once home to 2,000 people. 曾经有2000人住在这个海滨小村。 Most of them were farmers,...
Hello! Welcome to Ask a Teacher! This week we answer a question from Zafer in Turkey. Question: Would you please explain the difference between pill, drug and medicine? Thanks in advance. Zafer, Turkey Answer: Dear Zafer, Thank you for writing to us....
Workers around the United States who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may lose their jobs. Some say they do not want the vaccine because of religious concerns. Others say the government should not control what goes into their bodies. They ar...
Indians began celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, on Thursday. The celebration comes as the country is still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as well as rising air pollution. 印度人周四开始庆祝印度教的排灯节。这一庆...
Leaders Call for Ceasefire as Conflict Spreads in Ethiopia African and Western nations on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia. Tigrayan forces from the country's north have been nearing the capital this week. The U.S. special envoy...
