Cuba's government is making it easier for Cubans to buy foreign made, new and used cars. The Havana Times reports that: The Council of Ministers of Cuba decided at its current meeting to open up the retail sale of new and used motorcycles, cars, vans...
New research from the BreakingNewsEnglish.com website suggests that news is good for students. A researcher asked many teachers and students in an online class their opinions on using the news to learn English. Almost everyone said it was very import...
Once upon a time, a woman dreamed of getting married in a fairy tale wedding. For one British woman, her dream came true. Amanda Gibbs, 44, married her fiance of eight years on Saturday in a ceremony that was nothing but fairy tale. The happy couple...
New research says eating an apple every day can protect your body from a heart attack. The research is from Oxford University in England. The researchers said if people in England over 50 years old ate a daily apple, 8,500 fewer people would die each...
The United Nations is cutting staff for the first time in its history. The U.N. General Assembly approved a staff cut for the first time since the international body was created in 1945. The decision means a reduction of 219 positions, which represen...
The Internet says the year 2014 will be the best year ever for most of us. This year will be the year whenwe all start making progress with our plans. It is a great time to finally get around to doing the things you keep putting off. In particular, 2...
Candy Crush Saga was the most downloaded app of 2013, both in Apple's App Store and Google's Play store. It was also the year's top revenue earning app. The game has been downloaded over 500 million times since its launch last year. Candy Crush Saga...
There are now almost one billion obese adults in the developing world. This figure was around 250 million in 1980. The number of very overweight people has almost quadrupled in the last 35 years. A report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)...
The UK government has announced a pilot scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions across England. The aim is to identify those with mental health...
A French man who was unemployed tried a new way to get a job. He put his CV (resume) on a giant billboard.The billboard was next to a very busy road. It was four metres long and three metres high. There was a photo of the man wearing a Santa Claus ha...
