2024-09-07 In Taiwan, Turning Trash into Sunglasses
A workshop in Taipei, Taiwan, is giving new life to bottle caps, food packaging, old toys, and other kinds of plastic waste. The zero-waste workshop known as Trash Kitchen gives…
2024-09-05 Japan Considers Four-day Work Weeks
Japan is a nation so hardworking that the Japanese language has a term for working oneself to death. Now, the government is trying to deal with a labor shortage. One…
2024-09-04 Women in Chad Seek Right to Own, Control Land
When Milla Nemoudji divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she found herself without a way to earn a living. The 28-year-old lived in a village in southern Chad.…
2024-09-02 Man Jailed for Poaching, Now Protects Zimbabwe’s Natural Resources
A Zimbabwean who formerly hunted animals illegally is now in a program that turns such poachers into protectors of wildlife. Forty-seven-year-old Tembanechako Mastick grew up hunting, a tradition in his…
2024-09-01 Nigerian Herders Bring Cows to City in Search of Grass
Angry drivers honk as cattle slowly march across and feed on the grass in the middle of the streets. It is a common sight for drivers in Nigeria’s capital city…
2024-08-29 Florida’s Snake Hunters
It is after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock’s pickup truck. He smiles as he slowly drives through the sawgrass and down dirt roads deep in the…
2024-08-27 Biggest Diamond in 100 Years Discovered in Botswana
Miners in Botswana recently unearthed what officials say is the second largest diamond in mining history. The country’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi presented the large stone to the public at a…
2024-08-26 Sea Lions Gather on California Beach, People Should Let Them Rest
Hundreds of California sea lions have taken over San Carlos Beach in Monterey, California, causing officials to close the area to people. Drawn to the animals, people still gather to…
2024-08-26 Experts: China’s ‘Birth-friendly’ Society at Odds with Urbanization Plans
Mary Meng, a busy worker at a Chinese technology company in Shanghai, says she cannot imagine having a second child. “The work pressure is such that you don’t even have…
2024-08-25 Uganda’s Motorcycle Taxis Resist Safety Rules
For tens of thousands of men in Uganda’s capital, driving a motorcycle taxi is a way to make a living. For others, the vehicles known as boda-bodas are a necessary…
2024-08-25 US Nuns Trouble Companies with Investment Activism
In the American state of Kansas, a group of religious women have been calling on large companies to change the way they do business. The women are Catholic Benedictine religious…
2024-08-22 Australia Moves Forward with Major Renewable Energy Project
A plan to build a huge solar farm in Australia is a step closer after the Australian government gave environmental approvals for the $19 billion project recently. Australian company Sun…
2024-08-21 Mongolia Aims to Gain More Foreign Visitors
Mongolia, with its beautiful land and open spaces, is hoping to get more foreign visitors. Like most countries, Mongolia’s tourism industry was hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has launched…
2024-08-20 China Proposes Law to Make Marriage Easier, Divorce Harder
China’s government has proposed a new law that would make it easier to register marriages, but more difficult to get a divorce. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs recently released a…
2024-08-20 Zimbabwean Officials Train Children to Coexist with Dangerous Wildlife
In Zimbabwe, increased wildlife activity near people has put children in rural areas at greater risk of animal attacks while walking to school. Officials and some parents hope a campaign…