Artists are often leaders of social change. They use their work to speak on difficult political and cultural issues. Activist painters, filmmakers and musicians may be the most wel...
Years of being a Girl Scout showed Nyla Mpofu how to serve others.
So, she decided to apply for the yearly Girl Scout Gold Award, the group's highest and most valued prize. She would g...
A government program in India helps provide solar-powered street lights to rural communities.
Solar lighting is bringing changes to many areas, including the village of Balla, near the...
It is time once again for one of the biggest gatherings worldwide of people who love superheroes and other characters from comic books, films and television.
San Diego Comic-Con is back...
Britain's foreign secretary said Iranian officials seized two ships Friday in the Strait of Hormuz.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said one of the seized ships sailed under a British fl...
Iranians are increasingly turning to digital currency, such as Bitcoin, to make money. The situation is creating alarm in and out of the country.
In Iran, some government officials wo...
A group of Indonesian citizens is suing the government in an effort to force action to reduce air pollution in the capital Jakarta.
At least 31 citizens joined the effort to bring the l...
For much of the past hundred years, classrooms have been designed with the teacher seated in front of desks for students. The desks are almost always positioned in lines facing the teach...
American President Donald Trump says a U.S. warship shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship. He described the incident as the latest "...
Democratic Party leaders are warning that FaceApp, a photo-editing smartphone application developed in Russia, could present "national security and privacy risks for millions of U.S...
Farmers can make their fields more productive by having many kinds of plants and animals.
That is the finding of a team of international researchers. They were studying how farmer...
Braveheart was released over 20 years ago, yet is still popular among American movie-lovers today.
The 1995 film tells the story of William Wallace, a Scottish knight who led a rebell...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) sets rules for most graduate-level training programs for doctors in the United States.
In 2003, the group shortened wo...
People who drink a lot of sugary drinks have a high risk of developing cancer, researchers announced last week. However, the evidence cannot yet establish a direct connection between the ...
Melanoma is an often deadly skin cancer that can develop when a person spends too much time in the sun without protection. But medical doctors now say the disease can form even with little t...
Hadestown, a musical about a young couple's dark trip to the Underworld, was the big winner Sunday night at the Tony Awards in New York City.
The awards are given each year to Broadway...
When dog owners experience a long period of stress, they are not alone in feeling the pressure. Their dogs feel it, too.
That information comes from new a study published Thursday in Scientifi...
A major experiment in solar sailing is set to launch this month.
Solar sailing is a method that can push, or propel, a vehicle through space. A spacecraft is attached to a large solar s...
The first U.S. astronauts chosen to fly on a private spaceship to the International Space Station, or ISS are preparing for the planned trip later this year.
The two astronauts, Bob Beh...
Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.
On this program we talk about common expressions in American English. And on today's show we will talk about a very common household obj...
At age 75, singer Julio Iglesias cannot run and can no longer play football. But Iglesias still performs as a singer, as he has for the past 50 years. He calls his singing career "a ...
