2022-07-10 Are Chemicals the Best Way to Fight Forest Fires?
U.S. officials are testing a new chemical mixture that is able to slow down the progress of wildfires. But critics say the Forest Service should be spending less on these…
2022-07-09 Confucius Institutes Returning to US Schools under New Name
A recent report says Chinese cultural organizations in America that closed after being named foreign agencies by the U.S. government have reopened under new names. The National Association of Scholars,…
2022-07-09 Got Something to Hide? Try ‘Sweeping It Under the Rug’
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On today’s show, we go into the home! We talk about a common object that gives us some useful expressions.…
2022-07-09 Foot and Mouth Disease in Indonesia Could Affect Eid Festival
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia is threatening to disrupt the country’s Eid al-Adha festival. The festival happens during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. It celebrates…
2022-07-09 Rising Temperatures Reawaken Alpine Glaciers
Glaciers in Europe’s Alps Mountains are becoming more unstable and dangerous because of rising temperatures linked to climate change. A glacier is a large body of ice that slowly moves…
2022-07-09 Foreign Producers to Continue Supplying Baby Formula to US
The U.S. government is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay in the U.S. market for a long period of time. It is part of an effort to…
2022-07-08 Linking Verbs vs. Helping Verbs
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Tahir about the difference between linking verbs and helping verbs. Question: Hello, What is the difference between…
2022-07-08 ‘The Californian’s Tale,’ by Mark Twain
Editor’s Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story has video, audio, a quiz, and a lesson plan for teachers. Hope…
2022-07-08 In Kashmir, ‘Conscious Music’ Tests India’s Limits on Speech
Sarfaraz Javaid lives in Kashmir. The Muslim-majority area is in the Himalaya Mountains. The area has been divided between India and Pakistan since 1947. People living there have faced many…
2022-07-08 Invasive Fish Found in Lower Colorado River
Biologists in the American West are worried about an invasive kind of fish recently found in part of the Colorado River. Biologists have been working there to protect native fish…
2022-07-08 Skeleton of T. rex Relative Will Be Auctioned This Month
The auction house Sotheby’s plans to sell the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur related to the famous T. rex later this month. Gorgosaurus lived about 10 million years before T.…
2022-07-08 Japan’s Former PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot in the chest during a campaign speech Friday, medical officials said. The attack shocked Japan, a nation with some…