05:25 September 21, 2024
Britain’s last coal-fired power station is set to close at the end of this month. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station sits in central Britain’s East …
03:58 September 20, 2024
Celebrations across the United States are taking place to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month. It is a yearly tradition that honors the diversity …
07:02 September 20, 2024
Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers. The country’s current retirement age is now one of the lowest among the world’s …
04:21 September 19, 2024
The United States Congress has honored four women known as the “hidden figures” of the space race with its highest civilian award. The Congressional …
08:07 September 19, 2024
Chinese migrants are going all over the world, from Mexico to Thailand and beyond. But one country has become increasingly popular among Chinese migr…
06:51 September 18, 2024
Some police departments in the United States are experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help them produce incident reports. Police …
04:12 September 18, 2024
United States law bans noncitizens from voting in federal elections, such as elections for president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. L…
07:45 September 18, 2024
When it comes to the business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. The work experience of this Egyptian animal doctor…
03:53 September 17, 2024
This autumn, students in the Finnish town of Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books. This marks a change from recent years. For…
05:43 September 17, 2024
Climate change pressures have led some companies to try growing cocoa in new environments to produce chocolate. Some of the companies have set up gro…
08:06 September 17, 2024
Last year, the percentage of U.S. residents who were foreign-born grew to its highest level in more than 100 years. Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau …
04:36 September 16, 2024
Japan is celebrating the record-breaking Emmy Award wins of the American television series Shogun. Many Japanese, however, say they have not watched …
05:26 September 16, 2024
The four-member crew of a private space flight has returned to Earth after a trip that included the first-ever spacewalks by non-professional astrona…
06:28 September 16, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Actor Alicia Silverstone worried fans on social media recently. While on a trip to …
04:32 September 15, 2024
The Brazilian sport of footvolley is a popular activity on sunny days along Rio de Janeiro’s coast. But, recently, people stopped to watch one especi…
07:45 September 15, 2024
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have raised concerns that chatbots will replace many kinds of workers. Writers, editors, and customer service r…
06:35 September 15, 2024
The American space agency NASA says it has confirmed the long-suspected existence of an electric field that surrounds Earth. A rocket named Endurance…
04:30 September 14, 2024
A sunken Greek village has begun to reappear after water levels dropped in the lake that covered it. Extreme hot, dry weather is blamed for the disap…
04:58 September 13, 2024
During his more than 60-year acting career, James Earl Jones’ voice became a star of its own. Jones died this week at the age of 93. One of Jones' ca…
06:46 September 12, 2024
A mass shooting at an American high school has raised questions about policies restricting cellphone use in classrooms. The shooting took place Septe…
05:54 September 12, 2024
Helium leaks have been a major problem for spacecraft and rockets. Recent reports about Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission have inv…
06:02 September 11, 2024
The world creates about 52 million metric tons of plastic pollution every year, a new study says. More than two-thirds of that plastic comes from the…
06:29 September 11, 2024
Apple has launched its latest device, the iPhone 16. The company said it designed the new phone with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technolo…
04:40 September 11, 2024
A law that recently passed in Turkey requires the country’s four million stray dogs to be impounded, or put in animal shelters. The legislation aims …
05:11 September 10, 2024
The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday. But all schools in Gaza are closed after 11 months of war. There is no…
05:59 September 10, 2024
Some top universities in the United States are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes. At other colleges, includin…
04:54 September 10, 2024
American actor James Earl Jones died Monday. He was 93 years old. His agent, Barry McPherson, said Jones died at his home in the Hudson Valley area o…
06:14 September 9, 2024
A European climate service says summer 2024 was the hottest on record. The declaration makes it even more likely that this year will also turn out to…
05:51 September 9, 2024
Most Americans eat ultraprocessed foods every day. These are foods that you cannot make at home because they contain flavors and chemicals that chang…
04:51 September 9, 2024
A powerful ocean storm caused deadly floods and landslides in the northern part of Vietnam over the weekend. Typhoon Yagi is the strongest such storm…
05:52 September 8, 2024
U.S. technology companies are increasingly purchasing or leasing energy assets held by bitcoin miners. These moves come as technology companies hurry…
06:46 September 8, 2024
A private space mission will seek to launch non-astronauts to a high orbit and include the first private spacewalks in history. The American space co…
03:36 September 8, 2024
In the war-damaged streets of northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, 15-year-old Youssef Saad rides his bicycle with his musical instrument strapped o…
03:03 September 7, 2024
A workshop in Taipei, Taiwan, is giving new life to bottle caps, food packaging, old toys, and other kinds of plastic waste. The zero-waste workshop …
04:11 September 6, 2024
One of the most popular foods in South Korea is kimchi. It is a kind of fermented cabbage or other vegetables. Now farmers, manufacturers and scienti…
05:50 September 5, 2024
Increasing amounts of ice have been melting on the continent of Antarctica over the past ten years. Now, scientists are wondering if the increase in …
07:12 September 5, 2024
Japan is a nation so hardworking that the Japanese language has a term for working oneself to death. Now, the government is trying to deal with a lab…
06:52 September 4, 2024
Many people are now holding onto their smartphones longer than in the past. This is true for several reasons. The cost of phones has been rising for …
07:07 September 4, 2024
On a hot summer day, workers recently worked to remove asbestos and hazardous waste at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. It is a former nuc…
04:16 September 4, 2024
When Milla Nemoudji divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she found herself without a way to earn a living. The 28-year-old lived i…
03:38 September 3, 2024
Schoolchildren in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia celebrated the traditional first day of school on Sunday. The ceremonies began just hours …
07:24 September 3, 2024
Flerentin Jean-Baptiste missed school so often that he had to repeat his first year at Medford High School near Boston. Jean-Baptiste said, at school…
06:11 September 3, 2024
Polio was driven out of much of the world more than 30 years ago after a series of successful vaccination campaigns. But the viral disease is still s…
05:48 September 2, 2024
American health officials have identified a virus spread by insects in more than 20 people who visited Cuba. The virus is officially called Oropouche…
08:07 September 2, 2024
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Becky Litvintchouk did not think she would be able to finish the many tasks needed …
06:57 September 2, 2024
A Zimbabwean who formerly hunted animals illegally is now in a program that turns such poachers into protectors of wildlife. Forty-seven-year-old Tem…
06:07 September 1, 2024
Labor Day is a national holiday to celebrate workers in the United States. The holiday, on the first Monday of September, is on September 2 this year…
11:06 September 1, 2024
Experts and people in the space industry say NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts was not unexpected. They also…
04:42 September 1, 2024
Angry drivers honk as cattle slowly march across and feed on the grass in the middle of the streets. It is a common sight for drivers in Nigeria's ca…
05:17 August 30, 2024
Many travelers face a common problem: jet lag. It is the feeling of tiredness people get when traveling a long distance, resulting in a difference in…