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2022-06-14 New US Rules for Charter School Financing Face Pushback

President Joe Biden’s administration is considering new rules on federal financing of public charter schools. Charter schools are different from…

3 years ago

2022-06-14 What Is a ‘Bear Market?’

A major measure of the U.S. stock market, the S&P 500 Index, decreased 3.9 percent Monday. That means the index…

3 years ago

2022-06-14 Famous Hong Kong Floating Restaurant Towed Away

Jumbo Floating Restaurant on Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong was towed away on Tuesday after being closed by the pandemic. The owners…

3 years ago

2022-06-14 New York Court Rules That an Elephant Is Not a Person

Happy the elephant may be intelligent and worthy of our care, but she cannot be considered a person, New York’s…

3 years ago

2022-06-14 Wikimedia Group Fights Russian Order to Remove Ukraine War Information

The Wikimedia Foundation is appealing the decision of a court in Moscow demanding that it remove information related to the…

3 years ago

2022-06-11 Why Spelling in English Is so Difficult

Recently, 14-year-old Harini Logan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States. She correctly spelled 22 words during…

3 years ago

2022-06-11 Use the ‘Ocean’ to Express Big Thoughts

And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language.…

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2022-06-11 War Rap: Ukraine’s War Youth Voice Angry Words

A young generation pressed by war in Ukraine has turned its anger into rap music. Ukrainian volunteer soldier Otoy is…

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2022-06-11 New Zealand May Put Price on Emissions from Cows and Sheep

New Zealand recently released a proposal to put a price on gases released from agricultural activity. The move is part…

3 years ago

2022-06-11 Food Containers Getting Smaller, But Prices Are Rising

In the United States, India, Britain and Japan, people are starting to see smaller containers and higher prices for food.…

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