Month: February 2021

The burned remains of bread made about 14,500 years ago in northeastern Jordan have given scientists a surprise: humans started making bread long before they developed agriculture. The bread was…

A debate over identity is playing out over a people most Americans have never even heard about. The group are called Métis, a French word for “mixed.” They are the…

A restaurant named after Donald Trump is building a loyal following in the middle of Russia. The restaurant has been growing in popularity in Siberia, its manager said on Wednesday.…

The Global Slavery Index estimates that more than 40 million people around the world were subject to conditions similar to slavery. The report said North Korea and Eritrea had the…

Part of an American company has announced plans to deploy a system of balloons over Kenya. Loon, a business of Alphabet Inc, says it is working with the telecommunications company…

More than half a million Rohingya from Myanmar are in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, fled the military’s campaign of violence against them. Now,…

Comic book and movie heroes are coming to life this week at Comic-Con International. The four-day long event is held once every year in San Diego, California. Comic-Con celebrates popular…

Diego Maradona is widely believed to be one of the best football players ever. He helped lead Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup. But like many former star…

Seventeen people have died after a “duck boat” overturned and sank in a lake in the Midwestern American state of Missouri. The boat was carrying 29 tourists and two crew…

A United Nations report says Asia is becoming a major center for the cocaine trade. The UN report says Colombia remains the world’s top producer of cocaine. Yet the amount…

United States prosecutors have accused a Russian woman of being a Russian agent. The officials say she used sex and deception to make connections with influential Americans. The woman, Maria…

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop immediate deportations of immigrant families. The order, which is enforced until at least July 24, would give families time…

Facing criticism from all sides, President Donald Trump says he misspoke during his visit to Helsinki, Finland. Trump says he accepts the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered…

The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand appeared in public for the first time on Wednesday. The boys are ages 11 to…

The European Union has fined Google $5 billion for having too much control of software that goes into mobile phones. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google broke EU rules…