Nigeria Solar Energy, Chinese AI Patents, SpaceX to Deorbit ISS

Mario Ritter Jr. and Ashley Thompson host today's Learning English show.
01:17 First: Experts say Nigeria could meet its power needs with solar energy. But few projects can get loans. Electricity providers say the government owes them billions of dollars to provide power at current prices while outages are common. Jill Robbins and Mario Ritter Jr. report. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
05:08 Next: Recent United Nations data shows that China is ahead of other countries in filing patents for generative artificial intelligence (or GenAI) inventions. For example, China has filed six times more patents than the United States. John Russell has more. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
08:32 Then: The U.S. space agency NASA has chosen SpaceX to produce a vehicle to take the International Space Station (ISS) out of orbit at the end of its service life. Bryan Lynn reports about the deorbiting plan for the LE Science and Technology Report. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
20:26 Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series Let's Learn English Level 2. Andrew and Jill look at episode 9. It is a "one-of-a-kind" lesson centering on "should have" and "could have" and "would have." Plus, family pets star in this episode! learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
Mario and Ashley close the show.
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