Month: July 2021

American comedian and actor Bill Cosby has been freed from prison after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction. Cosby was released from a Pennsylvania prison on Wednesday after the…

For nearly 20 years, Bagram Airfield was the center of American military power in Afghanistan. The base is located behind fences and protective walls just an hour’s drive north of…

A tiger park in Phuket, Thailand is preparing to welcome back foreign visitors this week. The re-opening is part of a plan to bring back foreign visitors with proof of…

Brazil’s president is sending troops back to the Amazon to enforce laws against cutting down trees and other land clearance activity. The redeployment comes just two months after troops withdrew…

In Bangkok, Thailand, tuk tuk vehicle driver Samran Thammasa had never heard of K-pop music singer Jessica Jung before the pandemic. Now, Jung’s fans are helping Thammasa survive the loss…

Many companies are making changes to their offices to help employees feel safer as they return to work after more than one year of coronavirus restrictions. Some are improving office…

High temperature records are being broken across the Pacific Northwest, as an extreme heat wave covers the area. Portland, Oregon, reached 44.4 degrees Celsius Sunday. That broke the all-time temperature…

With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games. No athlete representing Somalia has ever a…

In the 1950s, University of California professor Harold Biswell experimented with controlled burns in the state’s forests. At the time, many people thought he was insane to do so. Now,…

Have you ever wondered how astronauts clean their clothes in space? You may find the answer surprising – they do not. They wear their under clothes, and everything else, until…

American business leaders are looking for advice on how to deal with ransomware – a kind of software designed to seize a computer system until money is paid. The question…

European Union leaders are in a dispute with Hungary over a law the Hungarian parliament passed last week. The law bans sharing information about homosexuality or sex change operations with…

When Pope Francis meets with followers on Wednesdays, he is usually the most notable person at the gathering. However, on a recent Wednesday, the Roman Catholic leader played second to…

The delayed 2020 Olympics open in Tokyo in one month. As the Games get closer, people are concerned that the event will not be much fun for anyone involved because…

When they visit their mother, Barbara and Christine Colucci want to take off their face coverings and give her a kiss. Their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia, lives in a…