2024-09-04 Tech Tip: How to Make Your Smartphone Last Longer
Many people are now holding onto their smartphones longer than in the past. This is true for several reasons. The cost of phones has been rising for years. And device…
2024-09-03 Why Is Polio Still a Problem?
Polio was driven out of much of the world more than 30 years ago after a series of successful vaccination campaigns. But the viral disease is still spreading in a…
2024-09-03 Ukraine’s Children Celebrate First Day of School, But Missiles Still Fly
Schoolchildren in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia celebrated the traditional first day of school on Sunday. The ceremonies began just hours after warnings of Russian air raids sounded through the…
2024-09-03 US Schools Use Money, Fun, Support to Get Students to Class
Flerentin Jean-Baptiste missed school so often that he had to repeat his first year at Medford High School near Boston. Jean-Baptiste said, at school, “You do the same thing every…
2024-09-02 Man Jailed for Poaching, Now Protects Zimbabwe’s Natural Resources
A Zimbabwean who formerly hunted animals illegally is now in a program that turns such poachers into protectors of wildlife. Forty-seven-year-old Tembanechako Mastick grew up hunting, a tradition in his…
2024-09-02 What Is the Oropouche Virus Found in US Travelers to Cuba?
American health officials have identified a virus spread by insects in more than 20 people who visited Cuba. The virus is officially called Oropouche. It is also known as sloth…
2024-09-02 AI App Helps People with ADHD
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Becky Litvintchouk did not think she would be able to finish the many tasks needed to start her own…
2024-09-01 Nigerian Herders Bring Cows to City in Search of Grass
Angry drivers honk as cattle slowly march across and feed on the grass in the middle of the streets. It is a common sight for drivers in Nigeria’s capital city…
2024-09-01 Labor Day in the US
Labor Day is a national holiday to celebrate workers in the United States. The holiday, on the first Monday of September, is on September 2 this year. For Americans, the…
2024-09-01 Experts Question Boeing’s Space Business after Starliner Failures
Experts and people in the space industry say NASA’s decision to send Boeing’s Starliner capsule home without astronauts was not unexpected. They also said it follows years of problems with…