2023-09-09 Thirteen US Universities Form a Free Speech Group
Thirteen American colleges and universities recently announced the creation of a plan to support freedom of speech. The plan is…
2023-09-09 Newly Discovered Comet Won’t Return for 400 Years
A newly discovered comet is passing through our solar system for the first time in more than 400 years. Scientists…
2023-09-08 Are Biofuels a Clean Source of Energy?
India has proposed an alliance to speed up the development of biofuels to support energy transition worldwide. Biofuel is a…
2023-09-08 Rolling Stones Announce First New Album in 18 Years
The Rolling Stones said this week that their first new collection of songs in almost 20 years comes out on…
2023-09-08 Mandatory, Compulsory and Obligatory
Hi there! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between “mandatory,” “compulsory,” and…
2023-09-07 Congolese Arts Center Helps Street Children Find Their Voice
A small recording room outside the Congolese capital Kinshasa has become a safe space for homeless teenagers. They sing about…
2023-09-07 Afghans in US Face Difficulties
The U.S. Department of State says that nearly 90,000 Afghans have come to the United States through a special federal…
2023-09-07 Australian Vote Could Give ‘Voice’ to Indigenous Communities
Some of Australia’s Indigenous communities are hoping a national vote that would change the country’s constitution could give native people…
2023-09-07 Discussing Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the subject of many news reports this year. It has also been part of many…
2023-09-06 Workers Cut Through China’s Great Wall for Shortcut
For more than 2,000 years, only conqueror Genghis Khan and the Manchus who formed the Qing dynasty had broken through…
2023-09-06 India Removes the Poor to Prepare for G20 Gathering
India has changed the look of its capital, New Delhi, substantially in preparation for a meeting of international leaders this…
2023-09-06 UN: This Summer Has Been the Hottest on Record
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says Earth just had its hottest summer ever in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer ends on…