India Opens Its Longest Bridge in Northeast

India has opened its longest bridge in the countrys northeast to strengthen its defenses close to a disputed border with China. The bridge is one of several projects whose construction has been sped up to make it easier for troops and artillery to tr

Winter Rains Bring Attention to Los Angeles River

Its time for spring-cleaning in Los Angeles. Usually that term relates to housekeeping: throwing away unwanted items, organizing closets, and washing places that have become dirty over the winter. But in this case, we are talking about the massive pr

Zarela Mosquera: Creating Messages Through Public Art and Design

Brazilian Zarela Mosquera moved to the United States as a teenager. The adjustment to a new place was difficult. Mosquera says she was a bratty teenager, as a result. But it was not just the adjustment that affected her behavior. Mosquera says there

Many Internships Offer a Direct Path to Jobs

A survey recently found that Facebook pays its interns $8,000 a month, more than any other American company. The survey was carried out by the website Glassdoor, on which people can post information about job experiences and pay. In second place was

Walking: The 'Wonder Drug'

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity to add to your day walking. Walking is the closest thing we have to a wonder drug, says Thomas Friedman. Friedman i

Millions Displaced by Violence, Disasters

More than 30 million people were displaced within their own countries last year. That number comes from a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council. The two groups blame criminal violence and natural

Political Beliefs Divide Small Town in Wisconsin

Dick Becker is hopeful about his hometown of Lancaster, in Grant County, Wisconsin. He also feels hopeful about the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump. They need to give him a chance! he said. Becker says that most voters in Lancaster

Former Panama Dictator Manuel Noriega Dies at 83

Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega died in a Panama City hospital on Monday. He was 83 years old. Noriega had been in a coma since March. He had been recovering from several operations related to removing cancer from his brain earlier this year.

VOA慢速英语2017--鲸鱼什么时候变得如此之大?

This is Whats Trending Today... Three million years may seem like a long time. But when you consider that planet Earth is more than 4.5 billion years old, it is a pretty short period of time. And it is over that shorter time period that the whales in

Report: Worldwide Terrorism at All-Time High

A new study shows that deaths and material costs from terrorism have risen sharply worldwide. The study estimates the economic impact of violence on the world economy in 2016 at $14.3 trillion. The Institute for Economics and Peace released the lates

Alcohol Increases, Exercise Decreases Breast Cancer Risk

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Hundreds of thousands of new cases are identified worldwide every year. Now, one of the largest cancer prevention studies of its kind has reported some sobering findings. Just one alcoholic dr

VOA慢速英语--New Government Data Show Greater Ethnic, Racial Difference in US

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

Tech Companies Work to Create New, Plant-Based Food

Jeremy Coller likes alternative protein foods because he thinks the world may not be able to produce enough meat in the future. Coller is head of Coller Capital, a financial investment service. It has been investing in technology companies, especiall

VOA慢速英语2017--学生帮忙应对美国防务难题

Stanford University in California offers a class called Hacking for Defense. 斯坦福大学开设了100多门创业相关课程。但是在黑客防御课程中，学生们可以学习如何解决美国各部队和国防部门正面临的问题。 T

In Wisconsin, Suspicion of Big Government

Off a road in rural Wisconsin sits a 57-year-old American working in an open garage. He makes a small amount of money by selling metal parts from broken equipment. Until two years ago, the man worked as a dairy farmer. He had 24 cows to milk. But, li

Trump Withdraws US from Paris Climate Deal

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. This makes the U.S. one of three countries to reject the international accord. Trump said the agreement hurts the U.S. economy and American workers.

Study: More Female College Students Than Ever Identify As Liberal

The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election came as a surprise to many people in the United States. Most political observers predicted Trump would lose the election to Hillary Clinton. But he won, in large part because of older male

Shark! Dangerous in the Water and in English

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this weekly show, we tell about commonly used American expressions. By knowing these expressions, you can improve your ability to speak and understand American English. Today, we go de

World’s First Solar-Powered Refugee Camp Opens in Jordan

Energy from sunlight is now providing electricity to Syrian refugees at a camp in Jordan. The Azraq camp is the first in the world to completely operate on clean energy, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, or UNHCR. The new power center u

False Earthquake Alarm Sends Tremors Across Twitter

This is Whats Trending Today. Earthquakes are not uncommon in southern California. Citizens there know how to react and respond if the ground starts shaking. On Wednesday night, many of them received an email from the U.S. Geological Survey that warn