People will no longer have to fight with monkeys in the historic Thai city of Lopburi. That is because of new efforts to keep the animals from reproducing and to limit their movements. Monkey City Before public health measures to control COVID-19 clo...
Martin Edwards studies the shadows of the ancient forest from a high seat and waits. Sitting still, he watches with his special camera. Then, Edwards aims and fires his rifle. He has killed a male deer, or buck. It was one of many wild deer found in...
As the price of fuel increased greatly in Ethiopia earlier this year, Awgachew Seleshi decided to buy an electric vehicle, or EV. The decision follows government efforts to slowly remove gas-powered vehicles from the roads. Months later, Seleshi is n...
In a large plant in the heart of California's farmland, millions of pistachios are inspected, prepared and shipped off around the world. Pistachios, a kind of nut, have been around for over 3,000 years. First planted in central Asia, pistachios arriv...
Several large lakes once surrounded Mexico City. Those lakes have disappeared over the years. But what is left of one of them is still important to local people who grow food. Cassandra Gardu?o works in her family's chinampa. In Mexico, a chinampa is...
A national symbol of Japan, the respected Mount Fuji usually has a cap of snow by early October. This year, weather experts said snowfall on the top of the mountain took place later than it has since records have been kept. Last year, snow covered th...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to earn a new four-year term as the country's leader. Trump secured at least 277 of the 538 available electoral votes in Tuesday's election. In the U.S. system, the presidential...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making a final push for votes on the day before Election Day in the United States. Harris is spending the day in the state of Pennsylvania, looking to win its 19 Electoral College vot...
Canadian Olivier Rioux is the world's tallest teenager. At 2.4 meters tall, he has a place in the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living teenager. Soon, he will make basketball history when he plays for the University of Florida. Known...
Japanese ramen restaurants are famous for providing high-quality food at a reasonable price. But continuing inflation -particularly affecting food products and fuel - is making it difficult for ramen sellers to keep costs down. One of those owners is...
A rare dime bought by an Ohio farm family in the 1970s was recently sold for just over $500,000. In 1975, the United States Mint in San Francisco produced the coin, which has a face value of one-tenth of one U.S. dollar. A mint is where a government...
The United States said on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia. And South Korean intelligence officials told lawmakers that about 3,000 soldiers had been sent to support Russia's war against Ukraine. Speaking in Rome,...
While emotional goodbyes are common at airports, one airport in New Zealand is not having any of it. Travelers at New Zealand's Dunedin Airport have a new three-minute limit to say goodbye at the airport's drop off area. The goal is to prevent traffi...
Illegal gold mining operations in Ghana have reportedly increased in recent years. The activities present dangerous risks to the individuals involved as well as environmental harms. The Reuters news agency recently reported on the issue. Reporters wi...
The Nobel Committee has brought attention to worldwide inequalities by awarding its economic prize to three Americans: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. The Nobel committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the three w...
