2017-02-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Political statements are not new to the Academy Awards ceremony. A number of award-winning actors and movie directors have made such comments over the years.On Sunday, America&rsqu

2017-02-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The owner of messaging service Snapchat is preparing for the technology industry’s biggest initial public offering, or IPO, since 2014.Snap Inc. recently filed for the IPO, w

2017-02-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Caique Vidal first experienced Brazil’s Carnaval celebrations as a baby living in Salvador, the capital of Bahia State.Before he was even a year old, his mother took him to h

2017-02-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new study predicts that South Korean women will be the first group in the world to have an average lifespan of more than 90 years.Researchers at Imperial College London and the W

2017-02-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The owner of technology company Google has reported progress in its plan to offer Internet service to rural areas around the world.Google’s parent company, Alphabet, calls th

2017-02-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysian police say the nerve agent VX was used to kill the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Investigators found traces of the poison on Kim Jong Nam’s eyes a

2017-02-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A human rights group is warning against a rise in politically divisive speech and international indifference to rights abuses.Amnesty International released its 2016 report on Wedn

2017-02-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.A few days ago, we told you about a young giant panda named Bao Bao.She spent the first three years of her life at the National Zoo in Washingto

2017-02-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations Children’s Fund says about 1.4 million children face death from starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.UNICEF issued the warning with an app

2017-02-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysian police say the two women suspected of poisoning the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been trained.Police also are seeking two more suspects including a

2017-02-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.The last time this many people were talking about Iceland was in June, when the small country’s soccer team defeated England in the Euro 2

2017-02-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In 1991, workers in New York City made a troubling discovery.They found human bones. After examinations by experts, the remains were found to be of African-Americans, some of whom

2017-02-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Last year, VOA Learning English wrote about a strange “Ice Monster” caught on video in Alaska.Many internet users thought a piece of

2017-02-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Marine Le Pen, the far-right nationalist leader, has gained more support in her campaign to become the next president of France.On Monday a poll showed her ahead of the other two m

2017-02-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said his government's investigation of the killing Kim Jong Nam will be "objective."Kim Jong Nam was the half-brother of the North Korean le

2017-02-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Most college students would love to get an assignment like the one Madeline Ota recently received at Stanford University.She and her classmates were asked to make beer in their dor

2017-02-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Millions of single people turn to the Internet to meet other singles.Many use dating websites in hopes of finding that special someone. But there are some people who want nothing m

2017-02-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A single Indian rocket launch Wednesday morning sent a record 104 satellites into space.The government-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the rocket launched from S

2017-02-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States is accusing a top Venezuelan official of being a major international drug trafficker.The Trump administration has announced sanctions against Vice President Tarec

2017-02-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Flight attendant Sheila Fedrick says she knew something was wrong when she saw a teenage girl with greasy hair sitting on an airplane next to an older man.The girl had bruises, pos

2017-02-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed into law constitutional changes designed to give him strong, wide powers.The reforms are being hotly debated. Supporters sa

2017-02-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Bao Bao was born in the United States, but she was always destined to go to China.A giant panda named Mei Xiang gave birth to Bao Bao at Washing

2017-02-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A small American manufacturing company is growing and hoping to expand -- in part because of what it learned making lobster traps.The company could use that information to develop

2017-02-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The apparent assassination of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has increased support for critics of the country’s government.Those critics accuse North Kor

2017-02-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Toy maker Hasbro announced on Thursday that it was removing an iconic piece of its famous board game, Monopoly.Fans of the game voted to do away