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…
07:10 January 7, 2024
A series of new space missions are planned for the coming year. Here is a look ahead at some of the ones to watch out for in 2024. Artemis II The Ame…
04:45 January 7, 2024
New research from the American non-profit organization Consumer Reports finds that plastics have a "widespread" presence in food. The group called on…
06:46 January 7, 2024
Joyce Loaiza lives alone in a community for older people in the American state of Florida. When she is home, the retired office worker often talks wi…
06:10 January 7, 2024
Sunny is a proud Singaporean citizen who follows the laws of her country. Mostly, anyway. For the last three years, she has been illegally sheltering…
07:30 January 6, 2024
Harvard University’s Claudine Gay recently became the second Ivy League president to step down under pressure from alumni, political activists and su…
03:31 January 6, 2024
Few players of the online video game Free Fire know that one of their top opponents is an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile. From her professi…
06:26 January 5, 2024
Lawmakers in Uganda are considering barring people from making a popular alcoholic drink at home. The bill being considered would affect people like …
02:54 January 5, 2024
Chinese lawmakers recently entered a fierce online debate on whether fireworks should be used to celebrate the Lunar New year this February. They sai…
06:25 January 4, 2024
Some important tree species native to the northwestern states in the U.S. are no longer growing well because of climate change. As conditions change …
04:02 January 4, 2024
A 13-year-old American boy has become the first person ever to beat the popular video game Tetris. The young gamer, Willis Gibson, completed 157 leve…
07:16 January 4, 2024
Investigators are studying what went wrong when a Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger jet crashed into each other on Tuesday at Haneda Airp…
07:25 January 3, 2024
Japanese researchers say they have broken the world speed record for sending internet data. The recent experiment involved sending data over fiber-op…
03:32 January 3, 2024
It is a small dog with a big “smile.” And it is ready to compete with 200 other kinds of dogs, known as breeds. Say hello to the Lancashire Heeler. T…
02:36 January 3, 2024
A record 520,000 migrants crossed the difficult and dangerous Darien Gap wilderness area between Colombia and Panama in 2023. Panamanian officials sa…
06:46 January 3, 2024
The desert in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is filled with hundreds of thousands of people. Some live in tents. Others live out in the open af…
05:09 January 2, 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says “The period from birth to eight years old is one of remarkable bra…
04:23 January 2, 2024
Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. The device is called a prosthetic. T…
02:57 January 2, 2024
A U.S. government agency says the world’s population grew by about 75 million people in 2023. The U.S. Census Bureau notes the worldwide growth rate …
04:31 January 2, 2024
A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, automobiles and boats. The fi…
02:53 January 1, 2024
For some, a natural diamond, created over billions of years, is what they have always wanted. But an award-winning British designer sees greater wort…
04:12 January 1, 2024
The American space agency NASA's human-like robot Valkyrie looks powerful. It stands 188 centimeters tall and weighs 136 kilograms. Valkyrie is named…
05:47 January 1, 2024
United States health officials recently approved two new gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The treatments provide hope that the disease …
06:14 January 1, 2024
Saodat Sadikova is an English teacher in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan. As a young girl, she dreamed of becoming a flight attendant and traveling the world. He…
07:38 December 31, 2023
Language experts estimate as many as 10,000 people still speak the French-based language Louisiana Creole. In addition, many others in New Orleans an…
06:19 December 31, 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at some of the biggest space stories of the year. Asteroid sample returns to Earth A container ca…
05:58 December 31, 2023
Beneath each full moon, a group of women in religious clothing surround a fire near a village in central Mexico. They breathe in deeply from a joint …
09:52 December 30, 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look back at the top stories and developments in higher education. They include a major high court decision on co…
03:39 December 30, 2023
The first generation of solar panels in use on homes and other buildings will soon be too old to work anymore. Owners will need to replace them. But,…
09:27 December 29, 2023
2024 is just hours away. Before the world welcomes a new year, we remember some of the influential people who died in 2023. Sandra Day O'Connor We st…
04:48 December 28, 2023
Alessandra Zarelli works to keep the artwork of the Vatican Museums in good condition. She says, whenever she works on a masterpiece, she must calm h…
09:25 December 28, 2023
This year, social media services gained a lot of attention for their growth methods and for their influence. The Associated Press recently looked bac…
05:03 December 28, 2023
Official population data show more men live in the western United States, while more women live in the East and South. The data was collected by the …
04:06 December 27, 2023
Bahara Rustam is 13 years old. She took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11 knowing it was the end of her educa…
02:50 December 27, 2023
For better or for worse, the number of couples getting married in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year's Eve could set a record. That is becaus…