2023-12-26 California Permits Turning Wastewater to Drinking Water
California officials recently approved new rules to let water agencies recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes…
2023-12-26 Saudi Arabia’s Involvement in Sports Likely to Grow in 2024
At the beginning of 2023, Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on professional golf, and sports in general, was a concern for…
2023-12-26 China Proposes More Rules for Online Gaming
China has proposed new rules for online gaming that aim to restrict purchases and limit compulsive playing behaviors. The guidelines…
2023-12-26 Three Years after Pandemic, Students Still Far Behind
In the third full school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, students continued to feel the effects of school closures.…
2023-12-25 What White House Gardens Say about America
The earliest presidents who lived in the White House did not want the large outdoor areas that the monarchs of…
2023-12-25 Rohingya Girls Forced into Dangerous Marriages in Malaysia
The Rohingya girl from Myanmar wanted to do anything she could to provide some money for her parents and three…
2023-12-25 Millions Infected with Dengue as Temperature Rises
The disease dengue is spreading across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980. Experts are…
2023-12-24 Ukraine’s Army Struggles with Mental Effects of Combat
Mental health expert Oleh Hukovskyi recently stood in a temporary classroom in eastern Ukraine speaking to a group of soldiers.…
2023-12-24 Study Suggests Obesity Increasing Among US Children
A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America. The study appeared…
2023-12-24 NASA Finds Material that Could Support Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon
NASA has discovered new evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus holds material that is important to the early development of life.…
2023-12-23 VOA Learning English Presents ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’
In 1822, an American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote a poem that redefined the image of Saint Nicholas. It…
2023-12-23 George W. Bush: Wartime President
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about George Walker Bush. He took office in 2001 as…
2023-12-22 South African Company to Make Rings that Protect Against HIV
A South African company will make vaginal devices that protect against HIV. Medical experts say that should at some point…