2023-07-24 Jill Biden Visits Paris to Announce America’s Return to UNESCO
Jill Biden, the first lady of the United States, is in Paris this week to announce her country’s return to UNESCO. UNESCO is the educational, cultural and scientific organization of…
2023-07-24 Twitter Introduces New ‘X’ Logo to Replace Blue Bird
Twitter owner Elon Musk has launched a new logo – the single letter “X” – to replace the social media service’s famous blue bird. The X design started appearing at…
2023-07-24 Survey: Large Difference in Asian American Opinions of United States, China
A new public opinion study found that 78 percent of Asian Americans have a favorable opinion of the United States. Only 20 percent of those questioned had a favorable view…
2023-07-24 Grow Cutting Garden for Flowers Indoors All Season Long
Almost every flower can be cut and enjoyed indoors. But growing a cutting garden of flowers takes some planning. Jessica Damiano writes about gardening for The Associated Press. Damiano says…
2023-07-23 Native Americans Keep Pipe-Making Tradition Alive
A tribe of Native Americans in the northern state of Minnesota digs up a special kind of rock and forms it into a device used for smoking, called a pipe.…
2023-07-23 Honduras Plans High Security Prison Build on Unpopulated Caribbean Island
Honduras has announced plans to build a high security prison on an unpopulated island in the Caribbean Sea off the country’s eastern coast. The Swan Island project would become the…
2023-07-23 NASA’s James Webb Celebrates One Year of Science Discoveries
The James Webb Space Telescope recently celebrated its first year in operation. During that time, the orbiting observatory – operated by the American space agency NASA – produced colorful, detailed…
2023-07-22 For Some, Getting Married Needs to Be an Experience Unlike any Other
More couples are asking guests to wear nontraditional clothing to their marriage ceremonies. The result appears to be that many guests are not sure what to think about it and…
2023-07-22 Chester A. Arthur: Surprisingly Good
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Chester A. Arthur. (The letter “A” is for Alan, his middle name.) Arthur took office because of an unexpected…
2023-07-22 How US and North Korea Communicate Without Diplomatic Ties
The United States and North Korea do not have diplomatic ties. But they still have ways to communicate. An American official said that the U.S. government had reached out to…
2023-07-22 Seeing ‘Double’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about one of those English words that changes meaning depending on the words added to it. “Double”…