We present the short story The Romance of a Busy Broker, by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State. Pitcher, who worked in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, usually allowed his face to show no feel...
A police officer was killed and another injured after a man struck them with a car at the U.S. Capitol Building on Friday. The man got out of the vehicle with a knife and continued to attack the officers stabbing one of them. The man was then shot by...
A train carrying hundreds of people derailed in Taiwan(China) on Friday, killing at least 50 people. Officials say the train crashed into an unattended truck that had rolled down a hill onto the tracks. 中国台湾一列载有数百人的火车脱轨，...
Forest Losses Increased Again in 2020 The World Resources Institute (WRI) says the world lost 4.2 million hectares of forest land in 2020. The total area affected would be about the size of The Netherlands. The loss of forest in 2020 was a 12 percent...
This week, we answer a question from a reader in China. Jojo writes: Question: Good day. I would like to know the difference between have and eat and when to use them. Thanks a lot. -Jojo, China Answer: Hello Jojo! When talking about a specific meal...
The American robotics company Boston Dynamics recently made public a new robot called Stretch. It is designed to do only one job: to move containers, or boxes, in large storage buildings called warehouses. 美国机器人技术公司波士顿动力最近...
Argentine artist Marcelo Toledo usually creates his works out of metal. But now Toledo is working with new materials: used masks and syringes from the COVID-19 pandemic. His aim is to create a show that explores the painful effects of the virus. 阿根...
A 65-year-old woman who came to the United States from the Philippines was attacked while walking to church in New York City on Monday. A man kicked her several times. Police arrested him on Wednesday on assault and hate crime charges. The man shoute...
Fight Online Crime with Grammar We have all seen them: emails with bad grammar, spelling mistakes and other problems. The writers ask us to go to a web page or open a file linked to the email. But if we do, the result is sharing personal or financial...
What Is an NFT? You may have recently heard of NFT technology, which permits digital works of art to be collected and sold for millions of dollars. But why would people pay so much money for something they cannot even touch? And what is driving the c...
American President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a $2 trillion spending plan that is, in his words, a once-in-a-generation investment in America. Biden said it is the largest American jobs investment since World War II. He added it will create mil...
Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protects children as young as 12. The news may lead to vaccinating that age group before they return to school in the autumn. Most COVID-19 vaccines available are for adults, w...
The Major League Baseball season in the U.S. begins on April 1. The first day of games is known as Opening Day. For most baseball fans, it is the first time they have been able to see their favorite teams and players since the end of the 2019 season....
German carmaker Volkswagen says a widely publicized announcement that it was changing its name to Voltswagen was meant as a joke. A volt is a measurement of force in an electrical current. The German company admitted it had put out a false news relea...
Transgender Islamic School in Pakistan Breaks Barriers Every day, Rani Khan gives lessons at the first transgender-only Islamic religious school in Pakistan. Wearing a long cloth covering over her hair, she teaches from the Muslim holy book, the Qura...
