2022-02-12 In a Time of Rising Prices, College Is Next
The campus of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for companies to produce and for people to buy goods. As a…
2022-02-12 Let Something ‘Pull at Your Heartstrings’
In this image taken from video, sheep form the shape of a heart in a field in Guyra, northern New South Wales, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Ben Jackson, a…
2022-02-12 Omicron Version of COVID-19 Found in New York City Deer
In this file photo, deer are seen in a blanket of snow in Lancaster, N.Y., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File) American researchers say they tested a group…
2022-02-12 For Food Lovers, Valentine’s Day Can Be Almost Home-Made
This image released by Goldbelly shows a lobster roll from McLoons Lobster Shack in Maine. (Goldbelly via AP) Another Valentine’s Day — pandemic style — is almost here. Some people…
2022-02-12 Tech Companies Develop New Technologies for Crops
AGRICULTURE-MICROBES/ Technology companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars to develop farm products that use microbes and seaweed to grow crops. The move comes at a time when fertilizer…
2022-02-11 Should We Think ‘Outside’ or ‘Outside of’ the Box?
Should we think ‘outside’ or “outside of” the box? Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question about the adverb “outside” from Philip in China. Question: Hi,…
2022-02-11 ‘Paul’s Case,’ by Willa Cather, Part One
Our story today is called “Paul’s Case.” Willa Cather wrote it. Donna de Sanctis adapted it for VOA Learning English. “Paul’s Case” will be told in two parts. Here is…
2022-02-11 Trade Group: Record 31 Million Americans to Bet on Super Bowl
People watch video screens in the sports betting lounge at Bally’s casino in Atlantic City N.J., Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FIle) This Sunday, 31.5 million Americans plan to…
2022-02-11 Kenyan Woman Goes Back to Primary School at 98
Priscilla Sitienei (second left) listens to a lesson from her teacher Leonida Talaam at the Leaders Vision Preparatory School, January 25, 2022. (REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi) In a classroom in rural Kenya’s…
2022-02-11 How Did China Get Blue Skies for the Olympics?
Canada’s Darcy Sharpe competes during the men’s slopestyle qualifying at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) Olympians and others arriving in China…
2022-02-11 Court to Decide Russian Skater Kamila Valieva’s Olympic Future
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee trains at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. A court is holding an urgent hearing to decide if a 15-year-old…
2022-02-10 Diplomats Try to Reduce Ukraine Tensions, Russia Holds Military Exercises
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022,cCombat crews of the S-400 air defense system take up combat duty…