South Korea Calls for Talks with North Korea on Winter Olympics South Korea has offered to hold high-level talks with North Korea over the North possibly taking part in the Winter Olympic Games next month. 韩国政府提议与朝鲜举行高级别会谈

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Creator of Me Too to Start Ball Drop in Times Square Around the world in 2017, women and some men used the social media hashtag #MeToo to tell their stories of sexual abuse. 2017年,全球的男性和女性开始在社交媒体上通过MeToo的话题

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Massimo Bottura is an Italian chef, with plans to open two new restaurants in Paris and Naples next year. 博图拉(Massimo Bottura)是一位意大利厨师,他计划明年在巴黎和那不勒斯开两家新餐馆。 But wealthy diners will no

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UNESCO Recognizes Panama's Hats The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized the artisans of Panama for their woven hats. 联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)认可了巴拿马手工艺人编制的草帽。

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Gun violence is a reality of American life. Across the country, at least 12 people were shot to death on the first day of 2018. A shooting can happen anywhere: in homes, businesses, on the street, and in schools. There were nine school shootings in t

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Visitors to the Amazon rain forest in South America face different rules for how they can interact with wild animals. A new report issued by the animal rights group World Animal Protection says that animals suffer when they are kept in captivity so t

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World's First Nuclear Fusion Reactor 50 Percent Complete At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, American President Ronald Reagan met with the Soviet Union's General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. 在1985年11月的日内瓦超级大国首脑会

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Amazon Go: First Store with No Money or Lines The American company Amazon has launched a store that does not require you to stand in a checkout line or someone to process your payment. 美国亚马逊公司推出了一家无需排队等待收银员结账

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US Aircraft Carrier to Visit Vietnam A United States Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam soon, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. Mattis met in Hanoi with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen

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US Gymnastics Officials Asked to Resign After Abuse Scandal U.S. Olympic officials have called for the resignations of all directors of USA Gymnastics, the organization that selects and trains Olympic gymnasts. The demand came Wednesday, the same day

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Doctors Have a New Tool to Identify Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Early discovery and treatment can save lives. Scientists are working new ways to recognize breast cancer while at the same time studying exi

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Everyday Grammar: Put Prepositions in Their Place English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56 prepositions with two or more words, called complex prepositions. This a

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Angolas New President Promises to Kill Corruption Angolas new president, Jo?o Louren?o, has been in the news since taking office four months ago. Louren?o has made a number of moves, such as dismissing high-level officials. He says the moves are part

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Syria and Russia say the United States has lied about chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian conflict as a way of blocking efforts to end the fighting. A Syrian foreign ministry source condemned what it called lies and allegations by U.S. Secretary o

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The Shape of Water Leads with 13 Oscar Nominations The small-budget film The Shape of Water has earned 13 Oscar nominations, including one for best picture the most of any 2017 film. 小成本电影《水形物语》(The Shape of Water)获得了13项奥

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Russian-Linked Twitter Accounts Not Done with US Government Shutdown The United States government was operating normally on Tuesday. Yet it did not seem a few hours earlier as if Russia was done trying to publicize the nearly three-day long governmen

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This is Whats Trending today Novak Djokovic of Serbia is one of the best tennis players in the world. He has won 68 professional ATP tennis tournaments including 12 Grand Slam championships. Six of his Grand Slam victories came from the Australian Op

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North Korea is preparing to take part in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics although reaction in South Korea is mixed. Hyon Song Wol heads North Koreas most popular all-woman musical group, Moranbong Band. She visited Seoul for two days starting on

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Turkish forces have intensified an offensive against Kurdish militia targets in northwestern Syria. The operation is aimed at removing the Peoples Protection Units, or YPG, from Afrin. The United States-supported Kurdish group controls the town. Turk

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In parts of India, it is not uncommon to see people wearing a mask over their nose and mouth. The capital, New Delhi, has some of the world's dirtiest air. The pollution was a call for a

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