Israeli Company Thinks Europe Is Ready for 'New' Meat People in Europe are soon to have another choice when looking for meat at food stores or choosing a meal at a restaurant. Instead of the usual meat from an animal, they may soon be able to buy a k...
Communities Work to Cool City Neighborhoods with Plants Reggie Carrillo is an environmental activist who lives in the Southwestern U.S. city of Phoenix, Arizona. He recently told the Associated Press that climate change affects the temperatures of ci...
Feeling Inflation Pain, Some Argentines Turn to Waste Dumps Inflation continues to rise to record levels in Argentina. The country faces a possible inflation rate of 100 percent this year. As prices rise, some people have turned to waste dumps to see...
US Military to Review Mental Health Care for Service Members Suicide rates among active members of the U.S. military are on the rise. As a result, the U.S. Pentagon and the secretary of defense are examining ways to change their mental health program...
From Shining Shoes in Africa to a Seat in Italy's Parliament When Aboubakar Soumahoro was a child in his West African home country of Ivory Coast, he cleaned people's shoes to make money. He also had a dream to go to Italy. He would cut out magazine...
US Admits Some Venezuelans, Expels Others The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants at U.S. airports. Mexico has also agreed to take back Venezuelans who come to the U.S. illegally by land, t...
Europe Seeks African Energy Supplies to Replace Russian Natural Gas European leaders have been paying a lot of attention to natural gas projects in Africa. The interest comes at a time when European officials are trying to find new energy resources b...
Hundreds of Whales Die on New Zealand Beaches Hundreds of pilot whales died this week on the beaches of the Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometers east of New Zealand. It is the second large stranding of whales in recent weeks. About 200 pilot whales...
New Zealand Proposes Taxing Cow Burps, Angering Farmers New Zealand's government recently proposed taxing the greenhouse gases from farm animals as part of a plan to fight climate change. Farm animals produce gases through natural processes like burp...
For a Second Day, Russia Strikes Ukraine with Missiles Russia launches a second round of missiles against Ukrainian cities on Tuesday. The attacks came one day after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people. The strikes Monday also wounded more t...
Pakistans Floods Add to Climate Change Payments Debate In Pakistan, every part of Rajul Noor's life has been wrecked by this summer's huge floods. The 12-year-old girl's family home was destroyed, as was the school that she loved. The friends she use...
20 Years Later, Survivors Struggle with Effects of Bali Bombing The smell of smoke still makes Thiolina Marpaung afraid. It reminds her of the bomb explosion that changed her life 20 years ago. Marpaung was in a car with her coworkers on the Indonesi...
Rising Costs Hurt Turkeys Tobacco Industry Tobacco is one of Turkey's top agricultural products. But some of the country's tobacco farmers say rising operating costs linked to inflation are cutting deeply into their profits. In the tobacco growing ar...
Financial messaging system SWIFT has released plans for a worldwide central bank digital currency (CBDC) network. The plan is the result of eight months of tests using different technologies and currencies. SWIFT's tests looked at how CBDCs could be...
Each food product in the United States must show a best before date on its container. The goal of placing the date on food is to tell the buyer when the food will be at its freshest. Some people call the date the expiration date. Many people believe...
