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UN: Half of Young Teenagers Face Violence or Bullying in School A United Nations report says about half of students aged 13 to 15 worldwide have experienced some form of violence in school. This number represents about 150 million students from aroun

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Rising Seas Force Changes on Historic Farms Looking out the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields. Visitors to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland mainly see dying forests and empty farm

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Yemeni Teacher Opens Home to 700 Students A Yemeni teacher has given up a valuable part of his life to improve education in the face of continuing war. He turned his home into a school that now serves hundreds of students. The teacher, Adel al-Shurih

Trump to Deny Asylum to Migrants Entering US Illegally

United States President Donald Trump said on Friday he has signed an order to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally. We need people in our country but they have to come in legally Trump said. He spoke as he was leaving for Paris to

Family and Allies of Former Thai Leaders Form New Party

Family members and allies of two former Thai leaders announced formation of a new political party this week. The party was launched Wednesday in Bangkok. Its leaders are relatives and supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck Shinawatr

100 Years Since the End of ‘The War to End All Wars’

In villages and towns in many places in Europe, Sunday will have a special importance. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month will mark 100 years since the end of World War I. That war affected almost all of Europe and many places around the

Afghan Woman Seeks Change Through Street Art

Thirty-year-old Shamsia Hassani is widely recognized as Afghanistans first, if not only, female graffiti artist. Being a graffiti artist anywhere in the world presents difficulties. In war-affected Kabul, such artists face special problems. Hassani,

谷歌称人工智能对乳腺癌检测准确率达99%

Google: AI Found Breast Cancer with 99 Percent Accuracy Google says it is deeply involved in developing artificial intelligence, or AI, to help doctors identify and treat disease. The company previously announced successful tests of machine learning

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Non-degree Programs May Not Serve Men and Women Equally Generations of people in the United States have seen higher education as the best path towards a well-paying and satisfying job. But the cost of attending colleges and universities in the countr

Roe v. Wade Aimed to Settle Dispute About Abortion. It Didn't.

Roe versus Wade is one of the best known Supreme Court cases. The issue is whether a healthy woman has a right to end a pregnancy through an abortion. In Texas in the early 1970s, state law barred such operations. A 22-year-old pregnant woman living

Students Win Legal Action against US Education Department

Students defrauded by for-profit colleges won an important legal victory on Tuesday. A U.S. federal court ruled against a request to delay a policy from former President Barack Obamas administration. The policy makes it easier for those students to g

Why Do We Use 'Rx' for Medicine?

And now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week, we tell about terms and expressions we use in American English. Sometimes we give you the origin, or starting point. But oftentimes language experts do not know exactly how

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Women Climb Africas Highest Mountain for a Cause A group of six women decided to climb Africas highest mountain in an effort to bring public attention to a physical condition they share. The women suffer from albinism, a genetic condition in which a

High Oil Prices Help Vietnam, Hurt Its Fuel Buyers

An increase in world oil prices is helping Vietnam speed economic growth and build new roads and bridges. But it also means higher fuel prices for its own people. Vietnam is not a major oil-producing nation like some Middle Eastern nations. However,

Power Returns to Indonesian City but Condition of Thousands Unknown

Electric power stations were operating again and some businesses reopened in the Indonesian city of Palu on Thursday. However, the condition of thousands of people in nearby communities was unknown nearly a week after an earthquake and tsunami hit th

VOA慢速英语2018 专家:城市发展将加剧住房危机

Experts: Growth of Cities Will Worsen Housing Crisis Close to 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities by the year 2050. That prediction comes from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 到2050年，全球近70

VOA慢速英语2018 美国人最喜欢做的事

Americans Favorite Thing To Do Americans favorite activity has long been said to be baseball. But a new study by the U.S. government suggests that is not true. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says Americans seem to enjoy watching television more than

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25 Years Later: Biosphere 2 Lives On An unusual scientific experiment ended 25 years ago when eight people walked out of a miniature Earth called Biosphere 2. Biosphere 2 is a collection of large, connected buildings in the American state of Arizona.

VOA慢速英语2018--男孩把自己变成玩具

Boy Loves Toys, Becomes a Toy Himself A seven-year-old boy who loves toys has now become a toy himself. Ryan, a first-grade student, has been making YouTube videos for three years. The videos usually show him opening a toy, playing with it and then w

VOA慢速英语2018--'William Wilson,' by Edgar Allan Poe, Part Two

In the first part of my story I spoke about my life at my first school, and about the other boys over whom I gained firm control. But there was one boy who would not follow my commands, who would not do what I told him to, as the other boys did. His