Month: July 2021

Volunteers from religious groups across the United States are organizing aid efforts to help India deal with its COVID-19 crisis. Aid organizations supported by Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and other religious…

Ronald Garcia is a 39-year-old Guatemalan man who recently entered the United States illegally. He is currently at Casa Alitas, a shelter for immigrants in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he…

Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, fired rockets into Israel on Monday. The group fired the rockets after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem earlier…

The Taliban on Monday announced a three-day cease-fire for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan this week. Hours later,…

Farmer Ta Thi Thanh Thuy worked hard for years to grow rice on her small piece of land near the mouth of the Mekong River in Vietnam. But now Thuy…

For 14 months, a French wine aged in space. Now, it has returned to Earth to be sold. A single bottle from a case of space-aged Bordeaux is being put…

Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small plastic shelter under a train bridge in Elmhurst, Queens, in New York City. The 55-year-old immigrant from Mexico once made $800 per week at…

And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Mothers have been celebrated around the world since the days of ancient Greeks and Romans. In the United States, Mother’s…

A Catholic priest is winning new fans in Costa Rica with a COVID-19 song set to the music of salsa. Sergio Valverde is best known for his aid to the…

The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor – a new, high-tech floor at the cost of $22 million. Italy’s Culture Minister Dario Franceschini described the…

Myanmar’s security forces are arresting thousands of people. Most are boys and young men. But many families of those taken do not know where they are. UNICEF, the United Nations…

Rhino poaching is rising again in South Africa. Wildlife parks say that poaching has increased since the government eased pandemic restrictions. Limits on international travel had the benefit of keeping…

The United Nations says the effects of Myanmar’s political crisis and the coronavirus could push half the country’s population into poverty by 2022. The warning came in a report released…

A woman from the West African nation of Mali gave birth to nine babies, five girls and four boys, on Tuesday. The mother is 25-year-old Halima Cisse from the northern…

Facebook’s Oversight Board has decided to uphold the company’s suspension of former President Donald Trump. But in an announcement about its decision Wednesday, the board criticized Facebook for making the…