2023-09-06 Workers Cut Through China’s Great Wall for Shortcut
For more than 2,000 years, only conqueror Genghis Khan and the Manchus who formed the Qing dynasty had broken through China’s Great Wall. Now, two building workers are accused of…
2023-09-06 India Removes the Poor to Prepare for G20 Gathering
India has changed the look of its capital, New Delhi, substantially in preparation for a meeting of international leaders this week. The two-day meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20)…
2023-09-06 UN: This Summer Has Been the Hottest on Record
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says Earth just had its hottest summer ever in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer ends on September 22 this year in the world’s northern half. Last…
2023-09-06 Chinese Companies Launch Government-approved Chatbots
Several Chinese companies have launched government-approved artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to the public. The launches included chatbots from major technology companies as well as several smaller organizations. The companies include…
2023-09-05 West Point Time Capsule Contains More Than Just Dirt
Officials at the U.S. Military Academy West Point in New York state recently opened a time capsule that is 195 years old live on the internet. The event on August…
2023-09-05 US Extends Protection for Migrants from Six Countries
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden recently announced it is extending temporary protection from deportation to migrants from six countries. Nationals of Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and…
2023-09-05 Artists Fight Back against AI Using Their Work
Kelly McKernan’s paintings are often striking images of female figures in bright colors of green, blue, pink or purple. McKernan uses the pronoun they instead of his or her to…
2023-09-05 TV Show Explores Teaching at an Urban Public School
An American TV show called Abbott Elementary is a comedy about teachers in a Philadelphia elementary school. The show has been praised for being funny, smart and heartwarming and for…
2023-09-04 London Artist Paints Crushed Chewing Gum
Lying on London’s famous Millennium Bridge, British artist Ben Wilson paints on a piece of dried gum. It has been crushed flat into the ground. “The important thing is the…
2023-09-04 Scientists: Maine’s Puffin Bird Population Is Recovering
Scientists studying the Atlantic puffin population off the coast of Maine say the birds are now recovering after suffering major losses in 2021. Atlantic puffins look and walk similarly to…