2023-06-05 India Investigates Train Crash that Killed Hundreds
India has launched an official investigation into a train crash that killed at least 275 people and injured about 1,200. Officials said they believe a signal failure may have caused…
2023-06-05 Activists, Experts Condemn Cut in Food Aid for Rohingya Refugees
International experts and rights activists are condemning a second reduction in food aid to more than one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) cut…
2023-06-05 US Shows Video of ‘Unsafe’ Travel by Chinese Ship in Taiwan Strait
The U.S. military showed video on Monday of what it called an “unsafe” move by a Chinese ship in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend. The Taiwan Strait is the…
2023-06-05 Some Americans Want Fewer Grass Lawns
The area in front of Janet and Jeffrey Crouch’s house in Columbia, Maryland, does not look usual for their neighborhood. That is because the Crouches do not have a grass…
2023-06-04 Zimbabwe Rugby Teams Help Keep Girls off Street
Rugby is often played in the wealthy areas outside of Zimbabwe’s major cities. Now the sport has moved into poor areas where young women are playing to escape from poverty…
2023-06-04 Former Italian Mining Area Hopes to Be a Theoretical Science Center
Italy is proposing to build one of the world’s most modern telescopes in an unused mineral mine. Officials hope that the uncommon stillness of the place in Sardinia will win…
2023-06-04 Young Indians without Jobs Miss out on Growing Economy
Recent studies say India is soon to be the most populous country in the world, with about 1.4 billion people. More than half of India’s population is under the age…
2023-06-04 Study: One-third of Milky Way Planets May Hold Conditions to Support Life
A new study suggests about one-third of planets orbiting our galaxy’s most common stars may hold conditions to support life. The study was based on data collected by two telescopes.…
2023-06-03 Scientists Identify Polar Cyclone on Uranus
The seventh planet from the sun, Uranus, is a world surrounded by mystery. Seen up close just once nearly forty years ago by a passing NASA spacecraft, the planet still…
2023-06-03 What Are AI Chips?
Some kinds of computer chips have gained attention recently because they are used in computers linked to artificial intelligence (AI). Some experts describe AI chips as similar to graphics chips…
2023-06-03 James Buchanan: Passive
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. He was the third in a series of unsuccessful presidents.…