2024-07-07 UN Agency: China Leading AI Patents Race
Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions. China has filed six times more patents than…
2024-07-07 Nigeria’s Solar Projects Struggle to Power the Country
About half of Nigeria’s 200 million people cannot get enough electricity from the country’s electrical grid. Many poor, rural communities have no electrical service at all. Nigeria has a lot…
2024-07-07 SpaceX to Build Vehicle to Deorbit Space Station
The U.S. space agency NASA has chosen SpaceX to produce a vehicle to take the International Space Station (ISS) out of orbit at the end of its service life. NASA…
2024-07-06 Partners in Crime
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage. Do…
2024-07-05 Volkswagen Beetle Still Popular in a Mexico City Neighborhood
German automaker Volkswagen (VW) ended production of its Beetle model in 2019. But some communities around the world are still demonstrating a lasting love for this famous vehicle. One such…
2024-07-05 ‘The Ransom of Red Chief,’ by O. Henry
We present the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. This story was adapted for VOA Learning English by Shelley Gollust. It was produced by Lawan Davis.…
2024-07-05 Only Had, Had Only
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Madhur about the usage of “had only” and “only had” in English. Question Hi, I would like to…
2024-07-04 India’s Garbage-picking Jobs Made Worse by Extreme Heat
Near Jammu, India, the smell of burning garbage, or waste material, spreads out for kilometers across the city. The site where the garbage is burned holds a mix of plastic,…
2024-07-04 Researchers: Protecting 1% of Earth’s Surface Would Save Rare Wildlife
A recent report by environmental researchers says that protecting 1.2 percent of the Earth’s land surface could prevent most extinctions. Extinction is the permanent disappearance of an animal or plant…
2024-07-04 Language for Olympic Games: Host, Compete, Expect
The Paris Olympic Games will begin later this month, with the Opening Ceremony set to take place on July 26. You are likely to see and hear discussions about the…
2024-07-03 Beryl May Mark Beginning of Dangerous Hurricane Season
Weather experts say the storm Hurricane Beryl might represent the beginning of a very active and dangerous hurricane season. “It’s the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic,…