2024-12-12 Study: Ancient Americans Depended Heavily on Mammoth for Food
A new study finds that the first humans to live in North America depended heavily on mammoths and other large animals for food. The finding is based on examinations of…
2024-12-12 Peace Brings Big Changes to Kabul’s Luxury Housing Market
The capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan, has seen big changes in its high-end housing market. Peace, it seems, is driving up property prices. Omidullah, a real estate agent, is selling…
2024-12-12 Fun with Future Tenses
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are going to talk about the future tenses. There are several ways to talk about future events in English.…
2024-12-11 Looking Back on Mispronounced Names and Words
Vice President Kamala Harris and pop singer Chappell Roan were among the year’s most talked-about people. Their names were also among those people said incorrectly, or mispronounced. In early December,…
2024-12-11 European Climate Agency: 2024 Is Likely Hottest Year on Record
A recent report by the European climate service Copernicus says that November was the second-warmest November for which the agency has records. The finding means that Copernicus will likely declare…
2024-12-11 TikTok Asks Court to Block US Ban, Seeks US Supreme Court Hearing
TikTok has asked a U.S. appeals court to temporarily block a law requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to divest itself of the popular video sharing service, or face a U.S.…
2024-12-10 Saving Sea Turtles on Northeastern US Coast
Over the last 20 years, the number of stranded sea turtles has increased in the waters off the northeastern coast of the United States. As a result, special animal hospitals…
2024-12-10 Power Outages Threaten Ice Cream Industry in Ecuadorean Town
In Ecuador, power outages threaten ice cream businesses in the small town of Salcedo in the country’s central highlands. Ice cream production in Salcedo began in the middle of the…
2024-12-10 Learning How to Ask Questions
In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how to improve your English skills. This week, Suzanne Meyer, the assistant director at the…
2024-12-09 Handwriting Might Have Identified Famous Byzantine Artist
Crime-solving methods might have provided an answer to an ancient mystery — the identity of a leading Byzantine painter. The artist Giotto who lived in Italy about 700 years ago…
2024-12-09 Report: Wealth Held by Billionaires Jumped in 2024
The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Billionaire Ambitions Report for 2024 said the total number of billionaires worldwide had risen to 2,682 from 2,544 a year earlier. Their worth increased…
2024-12-09 Deep Breathing Can Reduce Stress, Anxiety
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. At Myosin Marketing in Austin, Texas, the group employee meeting begins with an uncommon activity for a workplace. The…