North Korea Launches Missiles after South Korean Decision on Anti-Missile System

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on North Korea to stop testing missiles after the Norths latest missile launch. Moon urged North Korea to immediately halt what he called its nuclear and missile provocations. Early Thursday, North Korea

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Editor's Note: This story is part of a continuing series about international student life at colleges and universities across the United States. Please join us over the next several weeks as we bring you stories about international students and the A

Improve Your Focus with the Pomodoro Technique

If you are like many language students, you might have a problem with procrastination. Perhaps you are slow to do homework or study for a test. Maybe you do not like to study or you become distracted while studying. Whatever the case may be, learning

印度尼西亚民众反对伊斯兰国

A new study shows public opposition to the Islamic State (IS) group is growing in Indonesia, the worlds most populous Muslim country. The survey also found that a large majority of Indonesians hold negative opinions of the group. Saiful Mujani Resear

VOA慢速英语--著名越南籍社会活动家博主被指控

A Vietnamese blogger, honored by the United States for her activism, has been officially charged by the government of Vietnam. Me Nam, or Mother Mushroom, faces three charges related to conducting propaganda against the government, VOA Vietnamese rep

VOA慢速英语--难民在马里兰州安居乐业

If you ask a child playing outside at the Parkview Gardens apartment complex in Riverdale, Maryland where he or she is from, you will get many different answers. The children will name Nepal, Nigeria and Afghanistan, among others, as their homelands.

VOA慢速英语--报道称特朗普调查可能妨碍司法公正

The investigation of possible Russian interference in the U.S. election is reportedly looking into whether President Donald Trump may have obstructed justice. The special counsel heading the Russia investigation is Robert Mueller, a former FBI direct

VOA慢速英语--藻类可能有助于解决世界饥饿

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Nearly 790 million people around the world do not get enough to eat. Most of them live in developing countries. Many parts of the developing world do not have transportation systems in p

托尼奖得主鼓励年轻人勇敢做自己

Tony Award Winner Tells Young People to Be Themselves Actor Ben Platt plays a lonely teenager who has trouble fitting in. So, when he won the Tony Award Sunday night for best actor in a musical, he urged young people not to give up the qualities that

Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” May Be the Song of the Summer

This is Whats Trending Today. Summer does not officially begin in the United States and other countries in Earths Northern Hemisphere for more than a week. Yet you have probably heard the song of the summer of 2017. That is Luis Fonsis Despacito. Fon

波多黎各将公投成美国第五十一个州

People living in the American territory of Puerto Rico have voted to become a U.S. state. However, the vote does not have the force of law. Only 23 percent of Puerto Rican voters took part in the referendum. Of those who did vote, about 500,000 chose

特朗普妻子梅拉尼娅·特朗普和儿子巴伦搬进白宫

President Donald Trumps wife Melania and their 11-year-old son Barron have officially moved into the White House. She and the boy had been living at the familys home at Trump Tower in New York so Barron could finish out the year at his current school

VOA慢速英语2017 美国退伍老兵销售阿富汗香料

Saffron is one of the costliest spices in the world. It is sometimes considered as valuable as money, and has been used as such in history. Saffron comes from a flower that grows mostly in parts of Europe, Iran and India. Now, a company in the United

美国各城市，州加紧应对气候变化

Many American states, cities and businesses say they will work to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement. This comes after President Donald Trump announced he was pulling the U.S. out of the international agreement. More than a dozen governors

Muslim Fraternities Offer Chance to ‘Share Values’

The first fraternity at an American university started in 1776 at the University of William and Mary in Virginia. Fraternities, which have all male members, and sororities, all female members, are often described on college websites this way: places

VOA慢速英语 先有鸡还是先有蛋？

Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. 这里是美国之音英语学习计划的单词故事节目。 In the English language, some animals have come to represent human characteristics.Lions are brave.Foxes are tricky.And el

VOA慢速英语2017--Abraham Lincoln: Martyr (Part Two)

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are continuing our story about Abraham Lincoln. He led the United States during the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865. In that conflict, the Southern Confederacy battled the Union the s

VOA慢速英语--33 Charged with Stealing Chocolate, Other Crimes

United States officials have accused 33 people of criminal activity, including stealing 4,500 kilograms of chocolate and a murder for hire plot. Murder for hire is when someone offers to pay an individual to kill another person. Federal law enforceme

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