04:30 September 20, 2023
Argentina has welcomed a United Nations decision to include a former secret detention and torture center as a World Heritage site. A UN Educational, …
05:33 September 20, 2023
A new study from international researchers says that Earth is outside of its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine measures of its healt…
06:41 September 20, 2023
Google has linked its Bard artificial intelligence (AI) tool to its Gmail service and other company offerings. The American-based search engine compa…
04:55 September 20, 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans and attempted bans continue to rise in the United States. The group notes that efforts now exte…
07:17 September 19, 2023
The United States admitted over 967,000 people as new citizens in 2022. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that was the …
04:37 September 19, 2023
The U.S. Senate’s majority leader said this week that the legislative body will no longer enforce a dress code on its floor. A dress code is a set of…
04:35 September 19, 2023
This is the time of year when many gardeners are harvesting tomatoes. Associated Press gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently reported about the m…
05:22 September 19, 2023
India expelled a Canadian diplomat Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs. The move came one day after Canadian Prime Mini…
04:47 September 18, 2023
Small farms with natural trees and forests that block sunlight can provide a refuge for some bird populations, a study in Costa Rica found. For 18 ye…
05:27 September 18, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that seven Americans have been released by Iran after the nations agreed to a prisoner exchange also…
03:43 September 18, 2023
Pope Francis has officially welcomed Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church met with Ambassador Ivan Soltano…
04:57 September 17, 2023
On a gray and rainy Saturday, buses arrive continually at a base station of Japan’s Mount Fuji. The buses release foreign visitors in front of stores…
04:35 September 17, 2023
It is lunchtime. And mosquitoes find their way to Ella Branham’s arm at a Salt Lake City lab in the American state of Utah. “They're not very aggress…
06:18 September 17, 2023
The American space agency NASA says a device placed on Mars to produce oxygen has performed better than expected in a series of experiments. The syst…
08:28 September 16, 2023
“This is a huge issue,” said one college math professor. “This is significant and deep,” said another. They were talking about their students who are…
05:01 September 15, 2023
The first subway station in New York City was designed to be a masterpiece and was considered a “jewel in the crown” when it opened. The trains in Ne…
05:52 September 15, 2023
An increasing number of young Chinese adults are moving back in with their parents because they cannot find jobs. Estimates show that up to one in fi…
05:08 September 14, 2023
Belgium says it plans to study possible health risks from electromagnetic radiation release by Apple’s iPhone 12 smartphone. Belgium’s move comes aft…
06:00 September 14, 2023
Green hydrogen has been presented around the world as a clean energy solution. But is this fuel truly clean burning? And what does it take to produce…
05:05 September 14, 2023
American government experts who studied a popular medicine used for colds say the drug is likely not effective and should not be taken by mouth. Sixt…
05:44 September 13, 2023
Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video. The music network’s yearly awards show …
04:06 September 13, 2023
Tracee Herbaugh lives in the Boston area of Massachusetts. Herbaugh thought she was alone in her backyard recently when she used the Merlin Bird ID a…
06:53 September 13, 2023
Researchers say the methods used to create artificial intelligence (AI) systems require large amounts of water. As a result, people are calling on AI…
04:19 September 13, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday at Russia’s new spaceport in the Far East. Putin showed Kim the Vo…
05:35 September 12, 2023
Across the United States, schools are working hard to help students catch up in math. Test scores after the pandemic show just how behind students ar…
04:06 September 12, 2023
About 148 to 150 million years ago, a strange chicken-sized and bird-like dinosaur with long legs and arms much like wings lived in southeastern Chin…
05:22 September 12, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Google Tuesday of using its internet search engine to push out competitors and limit new ideas. Kenneth Dintze…
04:51 September 12, 2023
Officials in Libya say as many as 10,000 people are missing after severe flooding in the northeastern part of the country. The flooding began when Me…
05:21 September 11, 2023
Israeli scientists say they have created a model of a human embryo from stem cells in a laboratory. The embryo model – created without using sperm, e…
04:51 September 11, 2023
Invasive grasses might have played a part in the deadly wildfires that burned Lahaina, Hawaii recently. The grasses have taken over land that was onc…
06:35 September 11, 2023
Ecuador is increasingly at the meeting point of two worldwide trades: bananas and cocaine. The South American country is the world's largest exporter…
05:34 September 11, 2023
Rescue workers continue to search the wreckage of a large earthquake that struck Morocco Friday. Officials say almost 2,500 were killed in the quake,…
05:57 September 10, 2023
Last week, Japan’s space agency launched a rocket carrying a spacecraft designed to explore the moon. The lunar lander is known as the Smart Lander f…
07:16 September 10, 2023
A group of technology investors recently released its plans to create a new “green” city between San Francisco and Sacramento in California. The grou…
03:19 September 10, 2023
People in the American state of Kentucky will be able to legally bet on sporting events for the first time in September. When they do, they also help…
07:49 September 9, 2023
Thirteen American colleges and universities recently announced the creation of a plan to support freedom of speech. The plan is part of an effort des…
03:59 September 9, 2023
A newly discovered comet is passing through our solar system for the first time in more than 400 years. Scientists say star watchers across the North…
07:12 September 9, 2023
The sport of tennis has a problem with waste that many players do not even recognize each time they open a new container of game balls. The balls are…
04:03 September 8, 2023
The Rolling Stones said this week that their first new collection of songs in almost 20 years comes out on October 20. The album will be called Hackn…
05:34 September 8, 2023
India has proposed an alliance to speed up the development of biofuels to support energy transition worldwide. Biofuel is a kind of fuel produced fro…
03:11 September 7, 2023
A small recording room outside the Congolese capital Kinshasa has become a safe space for homeless teenagers. They sing about their life on the stree…
05:06 September 7, 2023
The U.S. Department of State says that nearly 90,000 Afghans have come to the United States through a special federal program since 2021. The program…
05:36 September 7, 2023
Some of Australia’s Indigenous communities are hoping a national vote that would change the country’s constitution could give native people more of a…
03:52 September 6, 2023
For more than 2,000 years, only conqueror Genghis Khan and the Manchus who formed the Qing dynasty had broken through China’s Great Wall. Now, two bu…
04:50 September 6, 2023
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says Earth just had its hottest summer ever in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer ends on September 22 this …
06:24 September 6, 2023
Several Chinese companies have launched government-approved artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to the public. The launches included chatbots from …
05:02 September 6, 2023
India has changed the look of its capital, New Delhi, substantially in preparation for a meeting of international leaders this week. The two-day meet…
06:01 September 5, 2023
An American TV show called Abbott Elementary is a comedy about teachers in a Philadelphia elementary school. The show has been praised for being funn…
05:05 September 5, 2023
Officials at the U.S. Military Academy West Point in New York state recently opened a time capsule that is 195 years old live on the internet. The ev…
05:14 September 5, 2023
Kelly McKernan’s paintings are often striking images of female figures in bright colors of green, blue, pink or purple. The 37-year-old artist from N…