Egypt Struggles with Economic Problems Intensified by Ukraine War Egypt is in an economic crisis made more severe by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The conflict, now in its second year, has increased food and energy prices. High inflation, the low exc...
Japan Destroys Rocket after Launch Failure Japan's space agency had to destroy a rocket after a launch Tuesday because its second stage engine failed to start. The 60-meter-tall rocket is called the H3. It is Japan's first new rocket in more than 20...
Countries around the world are celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) on Wednesday, March 8. 世界各国都在3月8日庆祝国际妇女节。 The United Nations says the theme it is celebrating this year is DigitALL: Innovation and technology...
Colombia is proposing to send at least 70 hippopotamuses to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control the hippo population. The hippos live near the former farm of the crime group leader Pablo Escobar, who died in 1993. He had illegally imported...
The recent 7.8 earthquake magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria caused major physical destruction and loss of life in both countries. Health experts now warn that the disaster will also cause major mental health damage as well. 土耳其和...
A growing number of people are using ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program, to create books for sale. Although sales have so far been slow, human writers are worried that ChatGPT-created books might hurt the writing and publishing industry. Cha...
Shoeshine Businesses Disappearing in the U.S. Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine is a small shoeshining business in New York City. On a recent weekday, customers sat down at the shoeshine business and pulled out newspapers and phones to read whi...
Virgin Galactic has completed improvements to its VSS Unity spaceplane. The company plans to restart a passenger flight program this year, the company said Tuesday. 维珍银河公司已经完成了其团结号太空飞船的改进。该公司周二表...
Rights to Crying Indian Go to Native American Group In 1971, an anti-pollution public service announcement showing a man crying a single tear at the sight of polluted land got a lot of attention in America. A public service announcement supports a ca...
An international research project has found the remains of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant in southern Iraq. The discovery, announced in late January, comes at a time of great growth in Iraqi research and preservation efforts. Iraq...
John Adams: Second VOA Learning English presents America's Presidents. Today we are talking about John Adams. In 1796, he was elected as the country's second president. Being second can be difficult. And being the second president of a new country, f...
Irans Government Investigates Poisoning of Schoolgirls Iran's president recently ordered an investigation into a series of sicknesses from poisonous air at a number of girls' schools in the country. Some officials suspect the incidents are attacks ta...
Germany's transport minister says his country cannot support a planned European Union ban on new cars with combustion engines until the proposal is changed. Minister Volker Wissing is seeking to have language added to the proposal that would permit s...
International Agency: 2022 Had Biggest Release of Carbon Dioxide An international group based in Paris says the world produced a record amount of carbon dioxide last year. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday that the amount of carbon...
Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday elected Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president. The country is changing its top leadership as it continues its anti-corruption campaign. In an extraordinary session, lawmakers confirmed the 52-year-old Th...
