2017-01-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Barack and Michelle Obama are saying their goodbyes as their time in the White House comes to an end.The President and First Lady have been maki

2017-01-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Secretary of State John Kerry will join world leaders at a conference in Paris on Sunday.The conference is to be one of Kerry's last missions as U.S. secretary of state.Kerry will

2017-01-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Barack Obama gave his final speech as President of the United States on Tuesday night.His final day in office is Friday, January 20. That is the

2017-01-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Vietnamese rapper Suboi appeared in a YouTube video with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tom Hanks and Aung San Suu Kyi.The video shows memorable moments from U.S. President Barack Ob

2017-01-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today...Sports lovers around the world are reacting to the latest news about football -- a game called soccer in the United States.FIFA, the internati

2017-01-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North Korea says it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time and from anywhere it wants to.The North Korean state news agency KCNA made the announ

2017-01-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What's Trending Today.What do the words "dumpster fire," "Aleppo," "Drumpf," "post-truth" and "locker-room banter" have in common?All five words have appeared in news stor

2017-01-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Khan Lab School is bringing back the one-room model to teach young students in Mountain View, California.The school is a laboratory for an experimental kind of learning.Silicon Val

2017-01-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Mickey Wilson set out to have fun skiing on a Colorado mountain.But he wound up saving a man’s life.Wednesday night, Wilson used social me

2017-01-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States.Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on J

2017-01-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.World records can be set even if you are over 100 years old.Robert Marchand was born in 1911 in northern France. He enjoys riding a bicycle, and

2017-01-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has often had a difficult relationship with the Internet.The government has repeatedly attempted to restrict news and socia

2017-01-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today:On one recent morning in the American state of Utah, 2-year-old twin boys Bowdy and Brock were playing in their bedroom.The boys were climbing o

2017-01-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Melania Trump will become the first foreign-born wife of an American president in almost 200 years.On January 20, her husband, Donald Trump, will be inaugurated as the 45th preside

2017-01-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Officials in Bahrain are searching for ten escaped prisoners charged with terrorism. The prisoners escaped after armed gunmen attacked Jaw prison, located south of the capital city

2017-01-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Some European leaders are worried that Russia will try to influence their elections this year.The concerns come as possible Russian interference in the United States presidential e

2017-01-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Noah Forman is an Uber driver in New York City.He is an experienced driver in a city known for its severe traffic jams.Forman started driving a

2017-01-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Steve Ember brings you music for the New Year.In the United States and other countries, this old Scottish song, "Auld Lang Syn

2016-12-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The U.S. National Park Service has been celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016.Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president, established the National Park Service in 1916 to &

2016-12-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today.Many people have been reacting to the news of Carrie Fisher’s death on Tuesday. Fisher died at the age of 60. She was best known for actin

2016-12-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today...A few months ago, photographs of carved pumpkins were all over social media. The photos began appearing in October, just before the elections

2016-12-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Aid agencies and rights groups say about 25,000 members of the ethnic group known as Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since October. They are fleeing violence as the governmen

2016-12-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The American actress Carrie Fisher, who became famous around the world for her part as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies, has died.Fisher’s daughter, Billie

2016-12-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine sitting in a classroom and not being able to see a picture that your teacher is showing. Imagine driving a car, not knowing that your vision is so bad, that driving is dang

2016-12-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is What’s Trending Today…Rubi Ibarra just celebrated a birthday she will never forgetRubi is a teenager. She lives in the small community of La Joya in northern M