2022-06-20 Italian Clothing Makers Concerned After Losing Russian Business
D. Exterior is a clothing company in Italy owned by Nadia Zanola. She started the company in 1997 based on a small business her parents started in 1952. Zanola has…
2022-06-20 Child Soldiers Still Recruited in Yemen
Houthi rebels in Yemen are reported to be recruiting child soldiers to fight in the country’s civil war. The rebels had promised to stop the practice as part of a…
2022-06-19 Scientists Consider Cause of Fast Radio Bursts in Space
In 2007, scientists at West Virginia University first identified an unusual intense burst of radio waves from space. Since then, these fast radio bursts, or FRBs, have been a mystery…
2022-06-19 Mothers Suffer in Hottest City on Earth
Last month, a city in Pakistan became the hottest city on Earth. On May 14 in Jacobabad, temperatures hit 51 degrees Celsius. About 200,000 people live there. They understand well…
2022-06-19 ‘Off Grid’ Living No Longer Means Far Away from Others
“Off-grid” or “off-the-grid” is a term for living away from public power and water supplies. In the past, that often meant trying to survive or live on land far away…
2022-06-19 Scientists Study Tarantula Nebula to Learn about Star Formation
Scientists studying the Tarantula Nebula say they have gained a greater understanding of how stars form. The researchers also got a beautiful image of a large cloud of gas and…
2022-06-19 Humor Helps Ukrainians Deal with War
Although Russia’s war in Ukraine is not a laughing matter, Ukrainians are learning to laugh about it anyway. Not because they want to. But because laughter can be like a…
2022-06-18 Foreign Athletes at US Colleges Find Ways to Make Money
Rule changes that took effect last year mean that athletes competing for American colleges and universities can make money through deals with businesses and products. Before the rule changes, an…
2022-06-18 ‘Full Steam Ahead!’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. Today we talk about “steam.” Steam is water…
2022-06-18 Iraq’s Lake Sawa Dries Up Signaling Water Shortage
This year, for the first time in its long history, Iraq’s Lake Sawa dried up. “This lake was known as the pearl of the south,” said 35-year-old al-Aqouli, who lives…
2022-06-18 European Space Agency Releases Data on 2 Billion Stars
The European Space Agency, or ESA, recently released detailed information on almost 2 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The data is being collected in an effort to create…
2022-06-18 How Gardeners Can Control Harmful Insects, Protect Helpful Ones
Most gardeners know this story. They have planted beautiful gardens and they are happy to see helpful insects like bees and butterflies surrounding the flowers. But as they take a…
2022-06-17 What vs. Which
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Zehra, a reader of our website, about the difference between using the question words “what” and “which.”…
2022-06-17 The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part One
Our story today is called “The Open Boat.” It was written by Stephen Crane and is based on what really happened to him in eighteen ninety-six. Crane was traveling from…