2018-06-03 US Reconsidering Legal Program for Detained Immigrants
Imer still has pieces of a bullet in his back. The 43-year-old Mexican immigrant fled the Mexican state of Guerrero more than 20 years ago after he was shot in…
2018-06-02 Activists: Human Trafficking a Danger in Nigeria
Activists are worried about human trafficking in Nigeria’s camps for internally displaced persons. Mitika Ali works for Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency, known as NAPTIP. He confirmed that human trafficking is taking…
2018-06-01 US National Spelling Bee Has a Surprise Winner
Fourteen-year-old Karthik Nemmani of Texas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. His victory was a surprise – even to him. “I didn’t really think I’d be able to…
2018-05-31 Walmart Offers to Pay for Employees College Degree
The American company Walmart is offering something new to its employees: help with earning a college degree. Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States. In the past,…
2018-06-01 Trump: Meeting with Kim to Take Place as Planned
U.S. President Donald Trump says a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place as planned in Singapore on June 12. The announcement reversed an earlier decision…
2018-06-02 Indian Inventors Turn Pollution into Ink
Workers at an Indian start-up company are busy cutting up pieces of metal and using them to make unusual devices. Company officials say these devices will capture smoke from diesel…
2018-06-02 American Businesses Look to Space
The United States government is trying to help private companies in their efforts to use space for business purposes. Last week, President Donald Trump signed a space policy directive aimed…
2018-05-31 Minister: Pakistan Could Block US Supply Lines to Afghanistan
A Pakistani official says his country may block supply lines into Afghanistan if relations with the United States do not improve. In an interview with VOA, Foreign Minister Khurram Dastgir…
2018-05-31 Kurds Criticizes Turkey’s Plan to Move Ballot Boxes
Turkey has announced plans to move voting stations in some areas with a high Kurdish population. The government says the move is designed to stop threats against Kurdish voters. But…
2018-05-30 ‘Murdered’ Reporter Appears Alive with Ukrainian Officials
A Russian journalist who was reportedly murdered turned up alive in the middle of a televised news conference in Ukraine about his own killing. “I’m still alive,” Arkady Babchenko said…
2018-05-30 Scientists to Use DNA in Search for Loch Ness Monster
For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland’s Loch Ness have described seeing a creature that some people believe lives deep in the lake. But now the story of “Nessie” —…
2018-05-30 Nigerian University Stays Open, Ignoring Boko Haram Threats
Since the start of 2017, Boko Haram militants have launched at least 12 attacks on the University of Maiduguri. The university sits in Maiduguri, the same Nigerian city where Boko…
2018-05-28 Marvel Adds Indigenous Superhero from Canada’s North
A new superhero has been added to Marvel Comics’ Champions series. Her name is Amka Aliyak. She is known as Snowguard. Amka Aliyak is an Inuit teenager from northern Canada.…
2018-05-28 Turkish Ambassador’s Home Has Deep Jazz Roots
Washington D.C. is home to many embassies and diplomatic offices representing the nations of the world. Many ambassadors in Washington live in large, beautiful buildings with rich, interesting histories. One…
2018-05-28 Strong Demand in Illegal Pangolin Trade Leads Countries to Take Action
You may be surprised to learn that the world’s most trafficked endangered mammal is a strange-looking animal. It is the pangolin, also known as the scaly anteater. An adult pangolin…