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Japan has more than 100 active volcanoes and the third-largest amount of geothermal resources in the world. However, the country has not started using the renewable energy because of opposition from the hot spring indust
After more than 250 years, one of the oldest fox hunts in Scotland announced that it would end. The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Foxhounds met frequently since 1771, but their final meeting at their base in Houston was l
There is a new organization in Argentina that is responsible for cannabis.
On Feb. 3, a train carrying toxic materials crashed near the Ohio River. On Tuesday, Mike DeWine, the governor of Ohio in the US, said that the cleanup was going well.
India has opened the first part of a 1,386-kilometer expressway that will connect its capital city, New Delhi, to Mumbai, the country’s financial hub. This is an important milestone for India as the country tries to impr
On Monday, the White House spoke about UFOs that the US military recently shot down over North America. The government says that the unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were likely not from aliens or space.
A new report says that the world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic.
The US president’s administration has proposed to change school meals. The proposal says that school food should have less sugar, less salt and more whole grains.
China, one of only three countries to launch a person into space, wants to build new facilities in Antarctica. Last week, Chinese state media reported that the new ground stations are to support the country’s space satel
On Tuesday, the European Union (EU) explained its plan to help save bees. The union wants to make safe areas with food and shelter called “buzz lines” for bees and other insects that move pollen. The buzz lines could sto
Nigeria has recently opened a new deep seaport in its largest city, Lagos. The billion-dollar seaport is expected to reduce traffic at the country’s other ports. Nigeria also hopes that the port will help the country bec
According to US law enforcement, North Korean hackers stole $100m worth of cryptocurrency from a cryptocurrency company last year.
Peru’s government has closed the world-famous Machu Picchu site and the trail that leads to it to protect tourists and citizens.
Over the last two years, the wealthiest people in the world have been getting a lot richer, a lot faster than other people.
The prime minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, says that the country cannot meet all of Turkey’s conditions to join NATO. However, Sweden thinks that Turkey will approve its application to become a NATO member.
China has ended quarantine requirements for people traveling into the country. The country isolated itself from the rest of the world for almost three years.
The Pentagon says that it has been investigating reports of UFOs, but there is no evidence that aliens have visited Earth.
New Zealand introduced a new law that will make smoking illegal for the next generation.
Japan, Britain and Italy are partnering to make a new fighter jet. It will be Japan’s first industrial military project with a country other than the US since World War Two.
Politicians in New Zealand will soon vote to decide the voting age in the country. Currently, the voting age is 18 years old, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says they might lower it to 16 years old.
