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Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was sworn on Wednesday as the top U.S. spy. Reuters correspondent Freddie Joyner reports. 美国前众议员图尔西·加巴德在情报方面经验不多，周三宣誓就任美国最高间谍。路透社记者弗雷迪·乔伊纳（Freddie Joyner）报道。 Gabbard now will oversee the 18-agency intelligence community, including the CIA, and act as President Donald...

For many people, social media is a normal part of everyday life. It's used to keep in touch, entertain and follow what's happening in the world. But numbers from DataReportal indicate that the average use of social media is around two hours 21 minutes a day. That's nearly 15 hours per week or about 32 days a year! The same report also mentions that people are using social media more passively. Thi...

French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders Monday for an emergency summit on the Ukraine war after U.S. officials suggested Europe would have no role in any talks on ending the conflict. 在美国官员暗示欧洲没份参与结束冲突的任何谈判后，法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙将于周一召集欧洲领导人就乌克兰战争举行紧急峰会。 Reuters correspondent Emma Jehle reports. Leaders from Germany, Poland, It...

Israel's military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday's deadline for their withdrawal under a cease-fire with the Hezbollah militant group. 以色列军方表示，根据与真主党武装组织达成的停火协议，在周二的撤军期限之后，其军队将留在黎巴嫩南部的五个战略要地。 Lebanon's government has expressed frustration over another delay. A separate cease-fire in G...

Top U.S. and Russian officials met on Tuesday for landmark talks aimed in part at ending the Ukraine war. AP correspondent Sagar Meghani reports. 美俄高级官员周二举行了具有里程碑意义的会谈，旨在结束乌克兰战争。美联社记者萨加尔·梅加尼（Sagar Meghani）报道。 It was the most extensive contact since before Moscow's invasion nearly three years ago, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, his Russian count...

I first heard about Tulsa Remote, I felt like it was kismet. I was thinking about leaving the Bay area where I was living in San Francisco. 我第一次听说塔尔萨远程搬家计划时，觉得这简直是天意。我当时正考虑离开我居住的旧金山湾区。 And so, I was searching around for, you know, different locations like researching where, you know, what's the cost of living like? What is the quality of life like in dif...

When it comes to magic, there's no logical solution why did that coin vanish from your hand? Then, the next things is, do it again or do something else miraculous. 魔术是无法用逻辑来解释的，比如为什么那枚硬币会从你手里凭空消失？接下来要做的就是，要么再变一次，要么表演点别的神奇的魔术。 Is magic real or is magic an illusion? I'd like to show you what comes to mind just as an example. And we're just...

We were at the Union at the university. That's basically a place where people come and relax and you check your emails and your class schedules. 我们是在大学学生会认识的。 那基本上是个大家来放松的地方，还能查收邮件，查看课程表。 And I just happened to see this head of curly hair and I had to get closer to her. 我突然看到了一名卷发靓女，就想走近去看看。 And the closer I got, the better she looked....

People collect all sorts of things. I collect fridge magnets, so my fridge has slowly become a colourful map of everywhere I've been. I also have fond memories of collecting rocks and shells from the beach with my mum when we’d visit the coast in summer. It’s true that some people collect natural objects such as fossils and interesting stones, while others bring home souvenirs from their travels....

While mice with partly-human brains might sound a Kafkaesque experiment, the scientists say that these are not mice that think like humans, rather they're animals that are altered so that some of their brain tissue is human. 虽然拥有部分人类脑组织的小鼠听起来像是一场 “卡夫卡式” 的实验，但科学家表示，这些小鼠并不会像人类一样思考。更准确地说，它们只是经过改造的动物，其部分脑组织来源于人类。 The rese...

For 14 years, we do it every Friday around this time. We come out and we feed people, right? 14年来，我们每周五差不多这个时候都会做这件事。我们出来给人们分发食物，对吧？ We feed them first the spiritual word of God, we call it and then, we give them physical food. 我们先给他们“精神食粮”，然后再给他们提供物质食物。 We let them know that "Hey, you don't have to come to listen to the word of God in o...

The Oxford University team behind the study says any drink at or above 65C is "very hot" and poses a potential risk. Compared with people who drank "warm" beverages, those who consumed "very hot" ones had around a three times higher risk of squamouscell oesophageal cancer. 开展这项研究的牛津大学团队表示，任何温度达到或超过 65 摄氏度的饮品都 “非常烫”，可能带来潜在风险。与饮用 “温热” 饮品的人相比，...

Dolphins are what we call charismatic megafauna, which means that people view them as charismatic. 海豚被我们称作是魅力大型动物，因为它们真的很有魅力。 People get excited about some animals more than they get excited about others. 人们有时候更偏爱某一类动物。 But that's okay, because then we can use that to get them to conserve in general. 但没关系，因为我们可以利用人们的偏爱去保护更多动物。 So, i...

Ricochet was trained as a service dog but she was not placed because she likes to chase little animals, critters, squirrels. 跳跳曾被训练为服务犬，但她还没有正式上岗，因为她喜欢追逐小动物，例如小松鼠。 She would not make it as a service dog, but she also surfs. So, she surfs with people who have disabilities. So now I call her 'a surface dog'. 她无法成为服务犬，但她会冲浪。她会与残疾人士一同冲浪。...

Over two thirds of Brits agree that being able to laugh at yourself, or what we call 'self-deprecating humour', is a defining part of British culture, according to a recent survey by the charity Comic Relief. British comedian Sir Lenny Henry says it's not about putting yourself down, it's about bringing people together. After years of doing stand-up comedy, Lenny says that laughing at yourself is...

The Israeli military said on Friday that one of the bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any of the hostages held in Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating an already shaky cease-fire. 以色列军方周五表示，哈马斯释放的一具尸体不属于任何被关押在加沙的人质，指责哈马斯违反了本已摇摇欲坠的停火协议。 The military said two of the bodies were identified as infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother...

In a video statement, Chen Kugel, the chief of the Israeli National Institute of Forensic Medicine, confirmed on Saturday Shiri Bibas' body shows no evidence of injuries caused by bombing. 以色列国家法医研究所所长Chen Kugel在视频声明中证实，Shiri Bibas的尸体上没有爆炸伤证据。 "We have identified the remains of Shiri Bibas two days after identifying her children, Ariel and Kfir. Our examination fou...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed in the latest potential threat to the month-old cease-fire. 以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周五表示，哈马斯未能按照协议归还人质希里·比巴斯（Shiri Bibas）的遗体，以色列将让其为此付出代价，这是对一个月前停火协议的最新潜在威胁。 Reuters correspondent F...

Germans are electing a new parliament Sunday after a campaign focused on the state of Europe's biggest economy and calls to curb migration. 德国人将于周日选举新一届议会，此前竞选活动聚焦欧洲最大经济体的状况，呼吁遏制移民。 Uncertainty has grown rapidly about the future of Ukraine and the strength of Europe's alliance with the United States. VOA's Cristina Menenti has more. 乌克兰的未来以及欧洲与美...

Meet Andrew Savoia, a 24-year-old Northern Virginia cello player who is a social media sensation. 认识一下安德鲁·沙瓦亚，一位24岁的北弗吉尼亚大提琴手，他在社交媒体上很有名。 He created his TikTok account savoiboi in July and in just a few months he already had millions of likes or views. 他在7月创建了自己的TikTok账号savoiboi，短短几个月内就已经获得了数百万的点赞或浏览量。 There were some very catc...

The patient's tumour was benign but dangerously close to important bloodvessels and nerves, leaving him at risk of going blind. 这位患者的肿瘤虽为良性，但极度靠近重要血管和神经，使其面临失明的风险。 The team trained the AI tool on hundreds of videos of previous operations. They then used the AI tool in real time to help highlight sometimes hidden vessels and nerves, and to mark up the safest place...

This polling suggests that 5% of people in Britain believe their accent has cost them a promotion, pay rise or senior role. Those from Birmingham were the most likely to feel this - the figure rose to 13% among people with a Brummie accent. 这项民调显示，5%的英国人认为，自己的口音曾导致他们错失晋升、加薪或担任高级职位的机会。来自伯明翰的受访者最有可能持这种看法，因为在有伯明翰地方口音的人群中，这...

Daydreaming has a bad reputation – we say things like "he's away with the fairies" or "she has herhead in the clouds" implying these people are inattentive, easily distracted, maybe even lazy. Is this reputation justified? Or is a trip to la-la land actually something that might benefit us? 白日梦的名声很差——我们说“他和仙女在一起了”或“她的头在云端”，暗示这些人注意力不集中、容易分心，甚 至可能很懒...

For many worldwide, smartphones are used for everything from financial transactions to social media. 对于全球许多人来说，智能手机被用于从金融交易到社交媒体等方方面面。 So when screens break or crack, it can feel like life itself comes to a halt. 当手机屏幕破裂时，感觉生活仿佛都停滞了。 Long-time US glassmaker Corning has spent more than a decade making smartphone glass stronger. 美国老牌玻璃制造商...

Half of Senegal's household rely on wood or wood charcoal. 塞内加尔一半的家庭依靠木材或木炭。 To combat air pollution and deforestation, a cooperative of women produce biochar, an energy source made from straw. 为了应对空气污染和森林砍伐问题，一个妇女合作社生产生物炭，这是一种由秸秆制成的能源。 Theyburnit and mix the charred straw with clay and water. The end result is a carbon-neutral organic cha...