Month: February 2021

North Korea may have a working intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, able to carry a nuclear weapon by next year. Intelligence officials for the U.S. Defense Department made the estimate…

The recent deaths of 10 individuals in Texas again brought attention to people risking their lives in search of a better future. U.S. officials say those who died were part…

Google is offering financial assistance to groups that can help people get the skills and connections they need to find jobs. Jacquelline Fuller is president of Google.org. On Wednesday, she…

President Donald Trump is banning transgender people from serving in the United States military. The president made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter. He wrote that he discussed the issue with…

Poland’s president has vetoed two of three laws designed to change the country’s judicial system. Opponents of the laws have argued that they will harm the independence of the judicial…

Researchers say a pilot program that paid Uganda landowners to not cut down trees, successfully reduced deforestation. For the program, researchers from Northwestern University and Porticus, a Dutch organization, studied…

U.S. officials want to scan the faces of all air travelers, including American citizens, leaving the country. The Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, says it is the only way…

A robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant this week to take pictures of the reactor destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The robot, nicknamed…

In recent months, reports of sexual bias and harassment have shaken California’s Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is famous as a center for start-up businesses and high-technology companies. Many of its…

The militant group Boko Haram has prevented many children in parts of North Africa from attending school. But The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says tens of thousands of children…

“If they are in Raqqa, they’re gonna die in Raqqa.” Those are the words of Brett McGurk, the United States’ top representative to the coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS)…

In past years, most big summer films have been action movies. Stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone became known for appearing in summer movies. In recent years, movies featuring…

American filmmaker Martin Scorsese is supporting an international project to preserve African movies. It is called the African Film Heritage Project. Its goal is to protect the work of Africa’s…

Senator John McCain has brain cancer. McCain, 80, is a Republican who lost the 2008 presidential election to Democrat Barack Obama. He is considered a war hero from his service…

A national strike called by Venezuela’s opposition Thursday brought much of the country to a halt. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro called the 24-hour strike. The opposition groups want to…