08:17 January 22, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened part of a hotly disputed Hindu holy building in the northern city of Ayodhya. The temple stands at the…
05:27 January 22, 2024
Cameroon has begun the world’s first major malaria vaccine program for children. The campaign launched Monday in the Central African nation. Health o…
05:14 January 22, 2024
A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts, researchers reported recently. Both O…
04:10 January 22, 2024
Enock Twagirayesu was seeking safety when he and his family fled violence in Burundi more than 10 years ago. They found it in Uganda. The small East …
05:31 January 21, 2024
Are you interested in food, United States history, and the English language? If so, American cookbooks provide wide information in all three subjects…
03:43 January 21, 2024
Archeologists have found a group of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest. The cities were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. Sté…
06:35 January 21, 2024
The American space agency NASA is preparing to test a new supersonic airplane that could help establish a new generation of superfast aircraft. The n…
03:45 January 21, 2024
Officials have ordered restrictions on shipping traffic in the Panama Canal because of reduced water levels. The latest restrictions limit ship cross…
08:01 January 20, 2024
A recent report from a higher education advising organization says nearly 40 percent of American employers avoid offering jobs to recent college grad…
07:53 January 20, 2024
The record number of immigrants entering the United States illegally has resulted in 3 million cases awaiting judgement in immigration courts around …
04:31 January 20, 2024
Developers of a proposed new city in northern California have begun presenting their plans to voters. Jan Sramek leads the project, called California…
05:39 January 19, 2024
Japan on Friday became the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. The mission’s aim was to carry out an exact landing and to collect informa…
02:33 January 19, 2024
A collection of modern statues has been placed around Venezuela’s capital Caracas in an attempt to increase local interest in art. A total of 19 fibe…
05:05 January 19, 2024
China announced recently that the country’s mainland population fell by 2 million people in 2023. This drop is the second yearly decrease in populati…
06:06 January 18, 2024
Genetic researchers at the University of Cambridge in Britain say ancient DNA shows why northern Europeans have a higher risk of getting a nerve dise…
04:07 January 18, 2024
A growing number of business leaders say their fear their companies will not survive the next 10 years because of pressure from climate change and ne…
04:38 January 18, 2024
Many parts of the world have experienced record-high temperatures in recent days. But much of the United States is dealing with extremely cold weathe…
03:56 January 17, 2024
Guinness World Records said on Tuesday that it has suspended and was re-examining its “world’s oldest dog” record. The publishing company had given t…
06:51 January 17, 2024
North Korea announced earlier this week it had carried out a test of a hypersonic weapon attached to a missile. It was not the first time the country…
06:51 January 17, 2024
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plastic known as nanoplastics, a recent study says. Re…
03:36 January 17, 2024
Argentina’s yearly inflation increased to 211.4 percent in 2023, numbers released recently by the government show. It is the highest rate in 32 years…
07:19 January 16, 2024
At first look, the playground at the Children's Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other. It has swings, slides, and…
03:22 January 16, 2024
The Emmy Awards program on Monday night honored British singer Elton John with a prize for his movie which Disney+ presented in 2023. With the win, J…
04:40 January 16, 2024
The Pacific Island nation of Nauru says it is changing its diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. The move reduces the number of Taiwan’s diplo…
05:04 January 16, 2024
Oxfam, an organization that works to end poverty, has predicted the world will likely see its first trillionaire within 10 years. The prediction come…
04:15 January 15, 2024
An ancient species of great ape likely disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out of reach duri…
06:14 January 15, 2024
Judges in Britain and Wales have been given permission to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help them write legal opinions. The Courts and Tr…
05:01 January 15, 2024
Researchers recently said a new tool that uses what is called focused ultrasound can help deliver important medicine to the brains of Alzheimer’s pat…
07:06 January 15, 2024
Late last month, 17-year-old Chinese student Kai Zhuang was reported missing near Salt Lake City in the American state of Utah. He was found days lat…
06:37 January 14, 2024
The American space agency NASA has postponed two moon missions that are facing development and safety issues. NASA’s program to return astronauts to …
03:50 January 14, 2024
A Chinese car group says China likely overtook Japan as the world’s biggest auto exporter in 2023. The Chinese Passenger Car Association (CPCA) says …
03:15 January 14, 2024
Vietnamese electric vehicle company VinFast recently announced its plans to build a $2 billion production center in southern India. The new factory i…
07:40 January 13, 2024
Minnesota has the second-highest education level in the U.S. as measured by the scholarship research website Scholaroo.com. A representative from Sch…
06:14 January 12, 2024
Last summer on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, Tina Taniguchi was working close to the ground. Her coconut leaf hat covered most of her thick brown hai…
05:19 January 12, 2024
The first person who saw it was working overnight. The worker, a shovel operator, saw something white as he placed a large amount of dirt into the ba…
03:08 January 11, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant led to increased hospitalizations and deaths las…
04:03 January 11, 2024
The government of Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency on Thursday after at least 16 people were killed in rioting. After declaring the eme…
08:11 January 11, 2024
2024 will go down as one of the most politically important years in history. More than 60 countries will hold national elections representing half of…
06:35 January 10, 2024
One of the world’s largest technology events, CES, is happening this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show is produced by the Consumer Technology Assoc…
03:31 January 10, 2024
Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system will have a special “Copilot key.” The key will lau…
05:35 January 10, 2024
Officials in Ecuador say men with face coverings broke into the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a liv…
04:47 January 10, 2024
A report from the World Economic Forum says misinformation and disinformation are the most severe risks facing the world over the next two years. The…
08:39 January 9, 2024
A recent index that measures English language ability around the world finds that young people’s English language proficiency is decreasing. The 2023…
03:24 January 9, 2024
Spain’s Royal Tapestry Factory has been providing clothes, called carpets for the floor and tapestries for the wall, for palaces and public buildings…
04:08 January 9, 2024
Copernicus, the European climate agency, says 2023 broke records for global warmth. The average temperature for the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius abo…
07:28 January 9, 2024
Passengers are describing what happened when part of a passenger jet came off at the start of a flight from Portland, Oregon last Friday. The inciden…
04:22 January 8, 2024
The historical film "Oppenheimer" won big at the Golden Globe awards Sunday. It won five awards, including best drama. And the comedy "Poor Things" u…
06:22 January 8, 2024
An American company successfully launched a mission Monday to explore the moon. The launch of a robotic lander marked the first time a private space …
04:19 January 8, 2024
A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation. Doctors in northern Italy said the surgery used a nerve…
06:35 January 8, 2024
Officials have recovered a part of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max passenger jet that blew off during a flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, Ca…