2016-12-30 2016: A Hard Year in Entertainment
The entertainment world may be happy to see 2016 come to a close. The music industry lost a lot of its stars in 2016, beginning in January with David Bowie’s…
2016-12-28 Ethnic Group Blames Myanmar Security Forces for Attacks
Aid agencies and rights groups say about 25,000 members of the ethnic group known as Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since October. They are fleeing violence as the government fights…
2016-12-28 Top Technology Stories of 2016
The year 2016 was filled with stories about or involving personal technology. New products and services kept us wondering what technology will be like in the future and how it…
2016-12-28 2016: A Year for Exploring Space
2016 was an exciting year for science and space exploration. Scientists reported earlier this year that Albert Einstein was right: there really are such things as gravitational waves that move…
2016-12-28 Money Shortages in India Affect Millions of Workers
Workers recently lined up outside a camp in northern India to open bank accounts. The line formed at a traffic stop in the center of Gurgaon, in Haryana State. One…
2016-12-28 Group Works to Bring Better Eyesight to People in Poor Nations
Imagine sitting in a classroom and not being able to see a picture that your teacher is showing. Imagine driving a car, not knowing that your vision is so bad,…
2016-12-27 ‘Star Wars’ Actress Carrie Fisher Dies
The American actress Carrie Fisher, who became famous around the world for her part as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies, has died. Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, said in…
2016-12-27 Relations Between India and Pakistan Remain Tense
Relations between India and Pakistan worsened in 2016. This worries world leaders. The South Asian neighbors have fought several wars and each has nuclear weapons. The two countries had better…
2016-12-25 Fatherless and Abandoned, Vietnamese-Americans Search for Their Families
Moki, Tan and Jannies were babies at the close of the American war in Vietnam in the 1970s. Their mothers were Vietnamese. Their fathers were American soldiers. In one way…
2016-12-23 Rio Olympics, Unlikely Winners Top 2016 Sports News
The year 2016 will be remembered for a long time by sports fans around the world. The Summer Olympic Games took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Major sports leagues…
2016-12-25 Malawi Launches Humanitarian Drone Testing Center
Malawi has launched a testing center for humanitarian drones. The project is intended to explore the best ways to use drones to transport medicine and blood samples. Malawi’s government will…
2016-12-23 Kenyan Government Stops US-Funded Election Education Program
The government of Kenya has ended operations of a United States-funded program aimed at educating Kenyans about voting. The Kenyan government action comes just months before the East African country…
2016-12-22 What is the 2016 Word of the Year?
The American dictionary Merriam-Webster has named “surreal” its 2016 Word of the Year. Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary defines the adjective as “very strange or unusual” or “having the quality of a…
2016-12-22 This Robotic Device Is Small Enough to Operate on the Human Eye
A newly-built machine uses extremely small instruments to perform eye operations. The machine is reported to make fewer mistakes than doctors. Robots are already used to perform some relatively simple…
2016-12-20 German Police Free First Suspect in Berlin Truck Attack
German police have released a man they arrested shortly after a deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. Officials said there was not enough evidence to link the…