2019-03-22 Social Media Drives Super Bloom ‘Apocalypse’ in California
A California city has been caught unprepared by people coming to experience a colorful “super bloom” of desert flowers. We…
2019-03-20 Lion Air Recording Increases Pressure on Ethiopia Crash Investigation
American company Boeing, the world’s biggest manufacturer of airplanes, hopes its best-selling Boeing 737 MAX will soon return to the…
2019-03-21 Cuba Planning Major Changes to State and Legal System
The Cuban government is set to launch major changes to its centrally planned, single-party political system. The new laws could…
2019-03-21 Tanzanian Woman Feeds Family with Soccer Ball Skills
A Tanzanian woman is travelling around Africa demonstrating her soccer ball skills as a way to feed her family. Her…
2019-03-20 Thailand To Hold First General Election Since 2014 Coup
On Sunday, voters in Thailand will choose members of the lower house of parliament. The general election comes after several…
2019-03-19 US, Brazilian Leaders Seek Stronger Trade Ties Between Countries
The leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest economies are promising to create closer trade and military ties. American President…
2019-03-20 Venice Plans to Charge Visitors
For years the Italian city of Venice has been struggling with a few concerns. Piazza San Marco, also known as…
2019-03-19 Japanese Olympic Committee Head Resigns
The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee is resigning. Tsunekazu Takeda said on Tuesday he will leave office at the…
2019-03-18 Putin Visits Crimea on 5th Anniversary of Annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the fifth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine with a visit to the…
2019-03-18 Hundreds Feared Dead After Cyclone Hits Mozambique
More than 1,000 people are feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone, or ocean storm, hit the country.…
2019-03-17 Emoji Options for Couples of Color
In 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the banning of interracial marriage violated the Constitution. The court decision…
2019-03-17 Lebanese Artist Tests Opinions of Arab Women through Her Art
Lebanese artist Christina Atik has created a series of digital pictures to show expressions commonly used in Arab countries to…
2019-03-17 Great-Grandmother Proves It Is Never Too Late to Learn
Setsuko Takamizawa is set to prove that it is never too late to learn. At the age of 91, the…
2019-03-17 Free Books Teach a Love of Reading
Joshua Clark is happy as he sits down to read a book to his son, Mason. But Clark remembers not…
2019-03-16 Report: Wealthy Millennials Partly Responsible for Rising Art Prices
Prices for works of art rose in the international art market in 2018. A report published recently links the rising…