VOA60: March 8, 2024. World news headlines in simple English from Washington, D.C., New York City, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Watch U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2024. The State of the Un...

On today’s Everyday Grammar, we take a look at things that are different from each other through a song that first won a music award in 1989 and again...

The American city of Miami Beach, Florida is a popular destination for travelers during school break periods in spring. But, in the last three years,...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is looking to expand operations to dig, or drill, for oil. Read and listen to the story in simple English.

Four-year-old Omar Abu Kuwaik is from the Gaza Strip, but in the last several weeks, he has spent time in Egypt, New York City, and Philadelphia befor...

In the American state of Florida, rancher Jim Strickland can see his cows at any time, day or night. To do this, all he needs is his phone. Stricklan...

A new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity. People with obesity are considered medically overweight....

The only living member of the team to first climb to the top of Mount Everest says the mountain is too crowded and polluted. Ninety-one-year-old Kanc...

Anyone with a mobile phone has likely dropped it in water or been caught in a rainstorm. And many seem to think that putting a wet phone in a bag of u...

This week's News Word is crusade. Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words. On February 16, Russia announced that Russian opposition leader Al...

American educators and lawmakers are calling for complete bans on smartphone use by students in schools. Most U.S. schools already have rules restric...

Today in our 'Teach Us About Ukraine' series, we hear from Kateryna Bezruk. Her winning story is 'Popasna - A Town Which Doesn't Exist.' It tells of...

A major property investor in Vietnam, Truong My Lan, is on trial over an accusation of fraud amounting to $12.5 billion. That is nearly 3 percent of t...

President Joe Biden’s administration says it will investigate Chinese-made “smart cars” as possible security risks. The administration says the cars...

Everyday Grammar TV: Grammar for Guests, Part 2

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is an experimental treatment that involves having an electrical device placed in the brain. The treatment gives patie...

Business leader Elon Musk is bringing a legal case against artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI and its chief Sam Altman. Musk is chief of car...

The Summer Olympic Games this year are in Paris, France. Paris does not have an ocean. So, how do organizers plan to present competition in the sport...

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that former President Donald Trump can stay on 2024 presidential primary ballots. All nine justices r...

This week on English in a Minute, Dan gives Anna the third degree.

A new study suggests that an asteroid strike by an American spacecraft likely changed the shape of the targeted object. NASA crashed the DART spacecr...

VOA Learning English presents another winning story from the "Teach Us about Ukraine" writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal....

The first electric school buses in the United States began operating about 10 years ago in California. Fewer than one percent of the 489,000 school bu...