This week's News Word is function. Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words. The World Health Organization recently moved patients out of a ho...

Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mother about seeing a therapist. It was a difficult year. A school worker suggested thera...

This year, 2024, is a leap year. This Thursday, February 29 is known as “leap day.” But what is behind this rare extra day every four years? Read a...

A long-term study in China has shown that a series of changes take place in the brains of people who get Alzheimer’s disease long before they present...

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to a new low for an eighth straight year, government data shows. In addition, the number of marriage...

Everyday Grammar TV: Grammar for Guests, Part 1. A guest is a person who is invited to visit or stay in someone's home.

The U.S. food and drug agency has approved a medication already used to treat the breathing condition asthma to treat people for food allergies. An a...

South Korea’s government has warned young doctors to return to work before February 29 or face possible punishments. About 9,000 young doctors starte...

Worker shortages in the United States have led some companies to invest in machines to do some of the work they cannot find people to do. The companie...

A brain wasting disease called frontotemporal dementia has gained attention after television and film personalities said they suffered from it. In a...

On this week's English in a Minute, Anna and Dan's co-worker has a chip on his shoulder.

VOA60: February 26, 2024. Today's world news headlines in simple English from South Korea, Japan, the Palestinian prime minister and the moon.

Astronomers say they may have discovered the brightest object ever observed in the universe. The discovery involves a distant space object known as a...

It is one of Earth’s loudest sounds in the ocean: the “singing” of whales. Now scientists think they have an idea of how baleen whales do it. They sa...

Do you remember all those cicada videos from the United States in 2021? Well, prepare for a repeat performance this year. The insect show begins as e...

VOA Learning English and our partner, GoGlobal Ukraine are happy to share with you the first winning story from our Ukrainian writing contest, “Teach...

Archbishop Sergio Pagano is the chief of the Vatican Apostolic Archive. The Vatican’s archive is one of the world’s most important stores of documents...

Today on Words and Their Stories, we talk about a way to share ideas, thoughts, and opinions – a bully pulpit. This common two-word noun sounds aggre...

Government scientists are aiming to replace coral at seven places off the Florida Keys island group. But The Associated Press reports most of the newl...

Students must learn writing and research methods for colleges when moving from high school to college. That is why universities require a first-year w...

How to Pronounce: Combining 'How old are you?' and 'I'm _____ years old.'

This week's News Word is culprit. Here is an example of culprit used in a sentence: The man speeding away in a blue car is the culprit in the bank ro...

Do you know what "a loophole" is? If you read this story you will understand this idea. A man used a loophole in a law to claim he owned a New York ho...

Would you want cooking help from an AI video generator, or would you want it to come from a famous chef?