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Tesla Says It Will Accept Bitcoins for Car Payment February 08, 2021 People look at a Tesla Model Y car at a Tesla showroom in Beijing on January 5, 2021. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:10 0:00 Pop-out player American carmaker Tesla said on Monday that it had invested around $1.5 billion in bitcoin, an internet-based form of money. The company is expected to begin accepting the digital currency as payment for its cars and other products in the near future. The announcement from one of the best-known American car companies sent the p...

A Journey with the Present Perfect, Part Two February 04, 2021 share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:53 0:00 Pop-out player In a recent report, we explored how the present perfect was playing in a kind of language competition. In today’s report, we will continue our journey with the present perfect. But this time, instead of talking about history, we will travel around the world. You will learn how the present perfect has different uses in different kinds of English. Let’s begin with a few important terms and ideas. What is the present perfect? You can think about Engl...

Vietnamese Mark Lunar New Year with Traditional Fish Release February 04, 2021 A man releases carps to Hoan Kiem lake on Kitchen God's Day as part of the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations, the biggest festival of the year in Hanoi, Vietnam February 4, 2021. (REUTERS/Kham) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:04:08 0:00 Pop-out player Vietnam launched preparations for the Lunar New Year with a fish release on Thursday. The tradition involves releasing fish called carp into rivers and lakes in the country a week before the the holiday known as Tet offici...

Biden to Keep Troops in Germany, End Support for Saudi War in Yemen February 04, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy address as Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a visit to the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:59 0:00 Pop-out player U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would halt the withdrawal of American troops stationed in Germany and end support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen as top foreign policy goals. In his first visit to the State Departm...

Study: AstraZeneca Vaccine Greatly Reduces Virus Transmission Rate   A new study suggests the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine cuts transmission of the virus by two-thirds and prevents severe disease. Oxford University released the results on Wednesday. The research has not yet been peer...