2023-07-07 ‘The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky’ by Stephen Crane, Part One
From VOA Learning English, this is American Stories. Our story is called “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” It was…
2023-07-07 Worth, Worthy and Worthwhile
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between “worth,” “worthy,” and “worthwhile.”…
2023-07-06 Scotland’s Orkney Islands Voted to Explore Other Models of Governance
Officials on the Orkney Islands, a part of Scotland, recently voted to explore ways of seeking more self-governance — or…
2023-07-06 In Japan, ‘Job-leaving Agents’ Help People Quit Their Jobs
Japan is a nation known for its workers’ loyalty to their companies and lifetime employment. People who change jobs are…
2023-07-06 Meta Launches Threads to Compete with Twitter
People who are unhappy with the way businessman Elon Musk has been running Twitter now have a new social media…
2023-07-06 A Close Reading of ‘Looking for America’
In today’s Everyday Grammar we do a close reading of Lana Del Rey’s 2019 song, Looking for America. The song…
2023-07-05 Vietnam Bans ‘Barbie’ Movie over Disputed South China Sea Map
Vietnamese state media reported on Monday that Vietnam has banned the movie Barbie from being released in the Southeast Asian…
2023-07-05 A New Way to Look at the Milky Way
For many years, humans have looked up at the collection of stars and planets shining in the night sky that…
2023-07-05 World Experiences Hottest-ever Days This Week
Two groups that follow the world’s temperatures said July 3 and 4 were likely the hottest days since satellite records…
2023-07-05 Twitter Puts Daily Limits on Number of Tweets Users Can Read
Twitter has placed temporary restrictions on the number of tweets, or posts, users can look at each day. The company…
2023-07-04 Researchers: Generative AI Might Make It Easier to Target Reporters
The artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT was released last year. Since then, the possibility that artificial intelligence might take over…