2024-11-13 Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Children under 16
The Australian government recently announced plans to ban the use of social media by children under the age of 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “Social media is doing harm…
2024-11-12 Europe Scientists Predict Another World Heat Record
Europe’s climate agency says this year is likely to break 2023’s record for the hottest year ever. Researchers at the Copernicus agency also predicted 2024 will be the first year…
2024-11-12 Webb Telescope Shows a Black Hole Breaking a Theoretical Limit
Researchers have observed a large black hole that gained mass at a rate much faster than scientists had thought possible. New observations from the Webb telescope involve the largest kind…
2024-11-12 China Eases Pressure on Private Teaching Companies
China is quietly easing regulations on private education companies as the government aims to support a slowing economy. Government officials have not announced a policy change. But news reports say…
2024-11-11 Japan Launches World’s First Wooden Satellite
An experimental satellite made out of wood has been launched into space. Japanese developers of the device say it is the first time a wooden satellite has ever been sent…
2024-11-11 Farmers Aim to Save Mexico City’s Island Gardens
Several large lakes once surrounded Mexico City. Those lakes have disappeared over the years. But what is left of one of them is still important to local people who grow…
2024-11-11 How to Keep from Feeling Down in the Winter
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. As fall and winter come to some parts of the world, daylight hours grow shorter. This lack of light…
2024-11-10 Late Snow on Japan’s Mount Fuji Sets a Record
A national symbol of Japan, the respected Mount Fuji usually has a cap of snow by early October. This year, weather experts said snowfall on the top of the mountain…
2024-11-10 What Is Veterans Day in the US?
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in France on June 28, 1919. However, fighting had stopped seven months earlier with an armistice, or…