音频下载 Vuvuzela, a familiar noise maker at soccer match, is used in Uganda to keep elephants away from people. (AP File photo) Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks . The big animals are a real danger to...

音频下载 Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha requests the king to end martial law. Thailands rulers announced this week that martial law had ended , with the support of the King . The rulers say martial law will be replaced by Article 44, a sec...

音频下载 In this 2005 file photo, visitors view Half Dome from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. Next year the U.S. National Park service turns 100. The centennial will be celebrated across the nation and in the 407 parks and histor...

音频下载 In this 2008 file photo, Albanian Muslims pray to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Turkey is planning to build a mosque for Albanians in Tirana. Turkey currently is building 18 large Islamic religious centers around the worl...

音频下载 A South Korean man watches a TV news program showing the file footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 13, 2015. A top United States intelligence official says that Nor...

音频下载 Members of a laughter club participate in a laughing exercise in Mumbai, India, May 2014. Don't tell them that India ranks quite low on the United Nations' happiness survey. On March 20, the United Nations celebrated its third annual Int...

音频下载 In this April 2, 2014 file photo, activists sing the national anthem during a ceremony marking the 32th anniversary of the start of the Falkland conflict, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Argentina has officially...

音频下载 Thai Airways passenger planes park at the ramp of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport. Update : China and Singapore have joined Japan and South Korea in restricting flights by Thailand 's airlines . The UN International Civil Aviation Organiz...

音频下载 Starbucks' April Fools' Day prank: New giant and very tiny coffee cups We have recently received several comments from listeners that we speak too slowly . So starting today , April 1, the VOA Learning English staff will read all article...

音频下载 Conversion of forests to agricultural use create habitats for small rats that carry disease such as plague. (Photo by Douglas McCauley) Efforts to increase food production in Africa may be increasing the risk of plague infection . Plague...