What Causes Severe Rainfall in Kenya? Heavy rains and severe flooding have been hitting Kenya since March. They are among the most disastrous rainstorms to hit the East African country in recent years. At least 169 people have died from the heavy rai...
Taliban Aiming to Bring Visitors to Afghanistan A school for tourism and hotel management has opened its doors to students in Kabul, Afghanistan. The students are of different ages and their levels of education and professional experience are not the...
A Laotian immigrant who has battled cancer for eight years will share hundreds of millions of dollars with a friend after winning a game of chance. Forty-six-year-old Cheng Saephan lives in Portland, Oregon. He spoke at a news conference held by the...
Bakota: Beautiful Place with a Frightening History Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. Hi, my name is Kate, and I am from Odessa regio...
Officials, Citizens Struggling with High Heat in Southeast Asia Officials closed schools and issued health warnings as a deadly heat wave has spread across Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, the education ministry announced on Sunday that in-person...
Berdychiv: Town of Greatness Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. About 300 kilometers west, away from the crowd and the noise of the c...
In Vietnam, New Rice Growing Methods Aim to Reduce Methane Farmers in Vietnam are growing rice using a new method thought to reduce emissions of methane gas and labor costs. The method is called alternate wetting and drying, or AWD. It uses about 30...
Indigenous Brazilians Push Back Against State Oil Drilling Plan Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, wants to look for oil near the nation's northeastern coast. Ibama is Brazil's environmental agency. The agency denied Petrobras' first proposal...
South Korea's Constitutional Court has begun hearing a case that accuses the government of failing to protect 200 people by not dealing with climate change. The case, which began Tuesday in Seoul, includes many young environmental activists and child...
What Countries, Industry, Activists Want in Plastics Treaty International negotiators are meeting in Canada's capital to discuss writing a treaty to control plastic and pollution linked to it. The meeting in Ottawa is part of the United Nations Envir...
Berdiansk: Ukrainian City at Crossroads Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the Teach Us about Ukraine writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal. Berdiansk is a Ukrainian city on the northern coast of the...
Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations Spread Among US Universities Tensions over strong opinions about Israel's war in Gaza are spreading at some universities around the United States. On Monday, Columbia University in New York City canceled in-person class...
April 22 Marks Earth Day Anniversary Earth Day celebrates its 54th anniversary on Monday, April 22. On this date each year, millions of people around the world mark the importance of protecting the environment. Worries about pollution and the environ...
Immigrant Workers Help Prevent Economic Troubles in US Economic experts and business owners in the United States say immigrant workers have helped keep the country from falling into a recession. Economists predicted the United States economy would su...
World Bank: Difference Between Rich, Poor Countries Is Growing 世界银行称贫富国家差距扩大 Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are getting poorer compared to the richest economies. 与最富有的经济体相比，世界上75个最贫穷...
