2023-11-28 All Trapped Workers Pulled from Collapsed Tunnel in India
Rescuers pulled out all 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days in a mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. A crowd of people around the tunnel cheered and…
2023-11-28 Market Grows for Costly ‘Fine Water’
At a meeting in April in Athens, Greece, drink experts looked carefully at the liquid in their glasses. They held them up to the light. They tasted and, sometimes, spit…
2023-11-28 Reports: World Is ‘Off Track’ in Fighting Climate Change
Three recent reports say the world is failing in its fight to slow climate change. The medical publication The Lancet released its yearly report called The Countdown. The study measures…
2023-11-28 Media Program Helps Young People in Washington, DC
A 17-year-old student in Washington, D.C. recently got the chance to interview retired American basketball star Magic Johnson. As a result, Magic offered to pay for the student’s college education…
2023-11-27 Merriam-Webster Chooses ‘Authentic’ as Word of the Year
The dictionary company Merriam-Webster chose the word “authentic” as its word of the year for 2023. Something that is authentic is real or true. The publisher celebrated its 20th anniversary…
2023-11-27 Deal Reached to Extend Cease-fire in Israel-Hamas War
Negotiators have reached a deal to extend a cease-fire between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza. A Qatari official announced Monday on the social media service X the agreement would…
2023-11-27 What the White House Looks Like for Christmas
U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again. On Monday, Biden held a gathering to show the White…
2023-11-27 Researchers Return to Alzheimer’s Vaccines
Researchers are renewing efforts to find Alzheimer’s disease treatments that remove harmful proteins from the brain. Such vaccines could possibly offer an easier and lower-cost choice for millions of people,…
2023-11-26 Sugar Prices Rise after El Nino Damages Crops
The sudden and large increase in sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Raising the cost of bread would mean decreasing sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut…
2023-11-26 Ukraine’s Coal Mines Turn to Women during Wartime
After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mine in eastern Ukraine needed workers. Its answer was to permit women to work underground…
2023-11-26 Toymakers Aim More Products at Older People
Toymakers are developing new games – and changing old ones – to target a different group: people over 65 years old. Toy producers suggest the products could help older people…