04:17 December 1, 2023
One year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from the town of Whoville. Now, the green creature is back in a follow-up book called How the Gr…
05:12 December 1, 2023
Life expectancy in the United States rose by about one year in 2022 following earlier decreases linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Life expectancy pred…
05:04 December 1, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove Republican Congressman George Santos of New York on Friday. The House voted 311 to 114 to immediate…
05:08 November 30, 2023
While Christmas music played, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near the capital of Seoul with their names written for others to see…
09:00 November 30, 2023
A city in the southwest of China has become a popular place for people who are looking for a freer way of life. They have left big cities and have mo…
06:30 November 30, 2023
American former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. He was 100 years old. Kissinger was famed for helping r…
06:07 November 29, 2023
Google is about to start deleting accounts considered “inactive.” The company plans to start removing inactive accounts that users have not used or s…
04:38 November 29, 2023
British Businessman Richard Branson and Britain’s Department of Transport organized a flight crossing the Atlantic Ocean by a jet using fuel made fro…
04:37 November 29, 2023
The United Nations refugee agency has named a former child refugee from Somalia winner of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award. The U.N. High Commissione…
07:01 November 28, 2023
A 17-year-old student in Washington, D.C. recently got the chance to interview retired American basketball star Magic Johnson. As a result, Magic off…
06:09 November 28, 2023
Three recent reports say the world is failing in its fight to slow climate change. The medical publication The Lancet released its yearly report call…
05:16 November 28, 2023
At a meeting in April in Athens, Greece, drink experts looked carefully at the liquid in their glasses. They held them up to the light. They tasted a…
03:31 November 28, 2023
Rescuers pulled out all 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days in a mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. A crowd of people around the tunne…
04:36 November 27, 2023
U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again. On Monday, Biden held a gathering to …
04:21 November 27, 2023
Researchers are renewing efforts to find Alzheimer’s disease treatments that remove harmful proteins from the brain. Such vaccines could possibly off…
04:50 November 27, 2023
Negotiators have reached a deal to extend a cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza. A Qatari official announced Monday on the social med…
06:24 November 26, 2023
NASA has successfully tested a laser-based communication method that sent data over 16 million kilometers. The American space agency hopes the system…
06:42 November 26, 2023
The sudden and large increase in sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Raising the cost of bread would mean decreasing sales, so the …
04:42 November 26, 2023
After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mine in eastern Ukraine needed workers. Its answer was to permit wo…
05:40 November 25, 2023
A federal study of all public schools says that America’s Black and Latino students have reduced chances of success. The data came from the Civil Rig…
05:56 November 24, 2023
More than 50 million people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere follow pastoralism as a way of life. They keep animals and move with them …
04:27 November 24, 2023
China called for caution on Friday as an increase in respiratory illness hit its schools and hospitals. And the World Health Organization (WHO), whic…
06:34 November 24, 2023
Thousands of Ukrainians decided to flee war in their country and head to Israel after Russian forces invaded in 2022. But now those people are facing…
05:21 November 23, 2023
Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in March of next year. The American organization in Seneca F…
04:10 November 23, 2023
Major automakers are seeking new ways to make electric vehicle (EV) motors that depend less on rare earth minerals. China controls most mining and pr…
05:29 November 23, 2023
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says changes in ocean temperature are the leading cause of coral bleaching around the…
05:38 November 22, 2023
Fourteen-year-old Luyanda Hlali walks 10 kilometers to school. She lives in the little village of Stratford in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.…
07:08 November 22, 2023
The American holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. The holiday is during autumn -- the main season for…
04:51 November 22, 2023
Indian scientists plan to add substances to clouds above the capital New Delhi in an effort to produce rain to reduce pollution. The method to artifi…
05:09 November 21, 2023
A recent opinion study says a big majority of parents in the United States believe their child is performing at grade level in school. However, stand…
04:55 November 21, 2023
The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey. In fact,…
04:47 November 21, 2023
When Geoffrey Holt of Hinsdale, New Hampshire died earlier this year at 82, not many people knew he had over $1 million. He wore worn-out clothes. He…
03:05 November 21, 2023
The 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals on Tuesday. The meals of r…
04:58 November 20, 2023
Panda lovers in the United States are hopeful for the return of the bears following a comment from Chinese President Xi Jinping last week. Speaking a…
06:15 November 20, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) system developer OpenAI was under new leadership Monday after a series of recent changes that included the removal of fo…
08:08 November 20, 2023
More than 40 percent of American adults are considered obese, or medically overweight. But the medications many of these individuals take are rarely …
05:18 November 20, 2023
Libertarian Party politician Javier Milei has won Argentina’s presidential election with 56 percent of the vote. Now President-elect Milei must face …
05:33 November 19, 2023
If humans are to establish long-term bases on the moon, they will need food resources. In recent years, scientists have been taking steps toward maki…
05:39 November 19, 2023
Chinese researchers say they have built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot that can carry out chemical reactions to produce oxygen from water on M…
06:10 November 19, 2023
Islamist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have been spreading across Africa for years. The groups came from the large area south of th…
08:44 November 18, 2023
A recent report shows that the number of international students studying in the United States has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Over 1 million int…
05:00 November 17, 2023
A Chinese movie that shows scams in Southeast Asia could be frightening visitors from China from traveling to Thailand, researchers and data suggest.…
05:47 November 17, 2023
An international report shows increased use of landmines in Ukraine and Myanmar led to sharp rises in casualties in those countries last year. Intern…
05:17 November 16, 2023
Fifteen-year-old Guinean Moussa Camara is one of a record 32,000 migrants who have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. They travel an extrem…
07:05 November 16, 2023
For 30 years, many nations around the world considered two states — one Israeli, one Palestinian — as the way to reach peace in the Middle East. VOA …
04:31 November 16, 2023
Taiwan is taking part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco, California this week. Because it is an economic gathe…
07:13 November 15, 2023
News companies are increasingly using video and images from social media to report on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. This has led som…
05:02 November 15, 2023
United States climate diplomat John Kerry and Chinese climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua recently agreed to restart a suspended climate working group. Th…
05:43 November 15, 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau is a federal agency that researches information about America’s population, housing, and economy. The latest Census Bureau rep…
06:03 November 15, 2023
People from all over Japan are purchasing fish caught in the waters near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In August, the power plant started releas…