2023-11-26 Sugar Prices Rise after El Nino Damages Crops
The sudden and large increase in sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Raising the cost of bread would…
2023-11-26 Ukraine’s Coal Mines Turn to Women during Wartime
After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mine in eastern Ukraine needed…
2023-11-26 Toymakers Aim More Products at Older People
Toymakers are developing new games – and changing old ones – to target a different group: people over 65 years…
2023-11-26 NASA Laser Communication Test Gets Data from 16 Million Kilometers Away
NASA has successfully tested a laser-based communication method that sent data over 16 million kilometers. The American space agency hopes…
2023-11-25 Clergy Connects with Young People through Music
Guilherme Peixoto, a religious official in northern Portugal, has been busy this month. He celebrated religious services, watched over remembrances…
2023-11-25 Jimmy Carter: Outsider
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Jimmy Carter. His given name was James, but he…
2023-11-25 Black, Latino Students Have Reduced Chances for Success
A federal study of all public schools says that America’s Black and Latino students have reduced chances of success. The…
2023-11-24 Ukrainians in Israel Face War Conditions Again
Thousands of Ukrainians decided to flee war in their country and head to Israel after Russian forces invaded in 2022.…
2023-11-24 WHO: Nothing Unusual in China Respiratory Outbreak
China called for caution on Friday as an increase in respiratory illness hit its schools and hospitals. And the World…
2023-11-24 Pastoralists Modernizing to Deal With Climate Change, New Lifestyles
More than 50 million people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere follow pastoralism as a way of life.…
2023-11-24 Danger vs. Hazard
Hi there! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between the words “danger”…