2024-02-03 Is Elon Musk Worth $55.8 Billion to Tesla?
Tesla chief Elon Musk wants to move the company’s incorporation, or registration, from the American state of Delaware to Texas. Musk said he will ask Tesla shareholders to vote on…
2024-02-03 Webb Telescope Captures Images of 19 Spiral Galaxies
Newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show 19 spiral galaxies relatively close to our Milky Way. The images offer new information on star formation, galaxy structure…
2024-02-03 Do You Have a ‘Doppelgänger’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. English borrows from many other languages. And today we talk about a word that comes from German – doppelgänger. The…
2024-02-03 Student Academy Awards Provide ‘Momentum’ for Young Filmmakers
While most people know about the Academy Awards in Hollywood — the awards known as the Oscars — few know about the Student Academy Awards. But to those who know…
2024-02-02 Women to Take Center Stage at the Grammys
The American music industry holds its highest honors Sunday night in Los Angeles at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony. Artists including Taylor Swift and SZA, as well as songs from…
2024-02-02 ‘Expats’ Filmed in Hong Kong, But You Cannot Watch It There
A new television show called Expats was filmed in Hong Kong. But people in Hong Kong cannot watch it because of references to independence from China. The new show from…
2024-02-02 Remembering Chita Rivera
Groundbreaking American performer Chita Rivera died on January 30 in New York. She was 91 years old. The famed dancer, singer and actor won many awards and honors in her…
2024-02-02 ‘The Fall of the House of Usher,’ by Edgar Allan Poe, Part Two
We present the second of three parts of the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Edgar Allan Poe. The story was originally adapted and recorded by…
2024-02-02 Reduction and Assimilation
Hi there! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question about reduced syllables and assimilation. Question: Hello, I would like you to explain to me in detail, if…
2024-02-01 It Has Never Been More Costly to See the Super Bowl
Tickets for the American football Super Bowl game are among the hardest to get in all of sports. Because of that, some websites that buy and re-sell tickets have set…
2024-02-01 Australian Filmmaker Shows Japanese Single Mothers, Children Face Poverty
In wealthy countries, like Japan, poverty is sometimes considered a taboo subject. But an Australian filmmaker, Rionne McAvoy, wants to share the stories of women and children in poverty in…
2024-02-01 European Farmers Keep Up Protests During EU Meeting
European farmers held protests Thursday to demand government help in dealing with rising costs and environmental rules. One of the protests happened in Brussels, Belgium, where EU leaders gathered for…
2024-02-01 Why Is Canada Limiting Foreign Students?
Canada recently announced a two-year limit on the number of foreign students given permission to study in the country. The move is partly to ease a growing housing shortage. Reuters…
2024-02-01 A Trip Around the World
Pack your bags, make sure your travel documents are in order. Today we are taking a trip around the world — if only in our imagination. For this Everyday Grammar…