Unusual Treatment Shows Promise for Kids With Brain Tumors
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This 2016 photo provided by the family shows Jake Kestler, center, with his parents, Gallite and Josh, and his sister, Lily. This is one month before he was diagnosed with brain cancer. (Family Photo via AP)
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
For many years, a deadly type of childhood cancer has escaped science’s best treatments. But now doctors have made progress with an unusual treatment. They inject a virus into the brain to infect the
Cuban Cooks Overcome Shortages with Ingenuity on Facebook
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Contributor Yuliet Colon poses for a photo holding a pot of her creation, “Cuban-style pisto manchego, and her phone that displays the Facebook page, “Recipes from the Heart,” in her home in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 2, 2021.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Cooking can be tricky when you can not find the
ingredients you normally use to make a meal. Many people face that very problem in Cuba, where the COVID-19 crisis has worsened food shortages in the country.
But now, they can find help just a computer link away on the Facebook page “Recipes from the Heart.” Cuban Yuliet Colón is one of the page creators.
Time to Get Your Hands Dirty
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And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.
On this program we explore words and expressions in American English. Today, you might want to roll up your sleeves. We are going to get our hands dirty!
Figuratively, that is.
Playing in mud is a popular activity for many children all around the world. What child doesn’t love mixing just the right amount of water and dirt to get the perfect mud?
If you want to go farther, you can make mud pies! Shape the mud into circles and then
Argentina Struggles with Increased Poverty, Inflation
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Pedestrians walk past out-of-business stores which display For rent signs, near the Buenos Aires Obelisk, Argentina April 6, 2021. (REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian)
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The neighborhood of Manzanares outside the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina looks poor. People cook with firewood. Some have no electricity, gas or running water. Children play without shoes.
More than 100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. By the end of 2020, 42 percent of the population was poor. The percentage has risen from 35.5 percent a year earlier. The coronavirus health crisis and years of recession have affected people’s lives.
US Troop Withdrawal Will Leave Questions for Afghanistan
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meets with Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul, Afghanistan April 15, 2021. (High Council for National Reconciliation Press Office/Handout via REUTERS)
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This week, the administration of President Joe Biden announced an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11. Some experts say the move could take away power from both Taliban rebels and the Afghan government. It might even force them into a peace deal.
The Taliban and Afghan government have been refusing to move toward a power-sharing deal. The Taliban continues its violence. And the Afghan president refuses to negotiate unless he is guaranteed the presidency.