2023-10-10 US Grower Sets World Record for Heaviest Pumpkin
An American teacher from Minnesota has set a record for growing the world’s heaviest pumpkin, which weighed 1,247 kilograms. Travis…
2023-10-10 France Worries about Bedbugs as 2024 Summer Olympics Near
Officials in France are worried about the spread of an insect called the bedbug as Paris prepares to hold the…
2023-10-10 Mining Companies Consider Renewable Energy
Mining companies produce important metals needed to build electric car batteries and solar panels. Devices called smelters process the rock…
2023-10-09 Nobel Economics Prize Goes to Professor Studying Gender in Workplace
The Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on the gap between men and…
2023-10-06 Ethiopian Coffee Stores Find Fans Far from Home
When Yared Markos moved to London 25 years ago, he did not see any Ethiopian coffee shops. Now, there are…
2023-10-06 Jailed Iranian Activist Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Mohammadi was recognized for women’s rights and democracy,…
2023-10-05 Two Cubans Combine Fishing, Farming for Better Food Production
Cuba is undergoing economic crisis and shortages. This can make even simple efforts like fishing or farming complex. That is…
2023-10-05 Norwegian Writing about Life’s ‘Basic Choices’ Wins Nobel in Literature
The Swedish Academy awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature to a Norwegian known for considering life’s “basic choices” in…
2023-10-04 Training Program in Pakistan Helps Afghan Women
In a small building in Peshawar, Pakistan, a group of Afghan women watch a teacher show them how to use…
2023-10-04 Is ‘Panda Diplomacy’ Coming to an End?
The U.S. National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in early December. There are no public…
2023-10-04 Three Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Quantum Dots Discovery
Three scientists in the United States won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. The three won for their discovery…
2023-10-03 Export Restrictions Causing Food Prices to Rise
Important foods like grains and cooking oil again are growing more costly in many places around the world. Observers say…
2023-10-03 Three Professors Share Nobel Physics Prize for Study of Electrons
Three European physics professors won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for their work on a system that permits scientists to…
2023-10-03 Pope Opens Gathering to Discuss Future of Catholic Church
Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a gathering of bishops and others to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic…
2023-10-02 Guinean Student Rides across Africa to Get to School
Mamadou Safaiou Barry lives in the West African nation of Guinea. He wanted to study Islamic theology at a top…