2023-03-07 UN Celebrates International Women’s Day
Countries around the world are celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on Wednesday, March 8. The United Nations says the theme…
2023-03-07 Colombia Proposes Shipping Invasive Hippos to India, Mexico
Colombia is proposing to send at least 70 hippopotamuses to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control…
2023-03-07 Japan Destroys Rocket after Launch Failure
Japan’s space agency had to destroy a rocket after a launch Tuesday because its second stage engine failed to start.…
2023-03-06 South Korean Plan Aims to Ease Tensions with Japan, Pay Victims
South Korea announced a new plan Monday to pay Koreans who performed forced labor for Japan during World War II.…
2023-03-06 Experts: Mental Healthcare an Important Part of Recovery from Turkey Quake
The recent 7.8 earthquake magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria caused major physical destruction and loss of life in…
2023-03-06 More People Using ChatGPT to Create, Publish Books
A growing number of people are using ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program, to create books for sale. Although sales have…
2023-03-05 Rights to ‘Crying Indian’ Go to Native American Group
In 1971, an anti-pollution public service announcement showing a man crying a single tear at the sight of polluted land…
2023-03-05 Shoeshine Businesses Disappearing in the US
Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine is a small shoeshining business in New York City. On a recent weekday,…
2023-03-04 Iraq Sees Growth in Research, Preservation Efforts
An international research project has found the remains of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant in southern Iraq.…
2023-03-03 Iran’s Government Investigates Poisoning of Schoolgirls
Iran’s president recently ordered an investigation into a series of sicknesses from poisonous air at a number of girls’ schools…
2023-03-03 Germany Threatens to Hold Up EU Combustion Engine Ban
Germany’s transport minister says his country cannot support a planned European Union ban on new cars with combustion engines until…
2023-03-02 Vietnam Parliament Elects Vo Van Thuong as New President
Vietnam’s National Assembly on Thursday elected Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president. The country is changing its top…
2023-03-02 International Agency: 2022 Had Biggest Release of Carbon Dioxide
An international group based in Paris says the world produced a record amount of carbon dioxide last year. The International…
2023-03-02 Technology Tool Aims to Let Young People Remove Explicit Images from Internet
A new tool called Take It Down promises to remove explicit pictures that young people have put on the internet…
2023-03-01 Passenger Train Crash in Greece Leaves Many Dead, Injured
At least 36 people died and many others were hurt when two trains crashed into each other late Tuesday in…