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Lolita the Orca was taken from the Pacific Ocean in 1970 and has spent most of her life in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium. Many people think she is around 57 years old, the oldest orca in captivity.
Every year, the people of Lebanon change their clocks one hour forward on the last Sunday of March. However, this year was different.
Hundreds of thousands of people in France protested President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to change the age of retirement.
In the last moment of the game, Japan’s Shohei Ohtani struck out USA’s Mike Trout. It was a showdown between the two best players in baseball and Ohtani won.
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
At a recent event in Rwanda, FIFA said that the 2026 World Cup will have 104 games instead of 64 games like the past seven World Cups.
Last weekend, there were blizzard, wind, and flood warnings for millions of people in California.
A Japan Airlines flight was not allowed to land at its destination and had to return to Tokyo because it was 10 minutes late.
Spain has spent €258 million ($275mil) on trains that are too big to fit in train tunnels.
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
Peru’s government has closed the world-famous Machu Picchu site and the trail that leads to it to protect tourists and citizens.
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.
On Wednesday, the first metro train launched in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Officials and commuters hope that it will help traffic problems in one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
A government survey shows that polar bears near the western part of Hudson Bay in Canada are quickly disappearing.
Mexico has changed one of its most notorious prisons into a vacation area. The former prison islands in the Pacific Ocean got a makeover to attract tourists.
New Zealand introduced a new law that will make smoking illegal for the next generation.
A new law in South Korea will change their traditional method of counting ages. The country will start to use the international standard. After the change, all citizens will become one or two years younger on official do
The European Union (EU) has decided that airlines can let passengers use mobile data like 5G technology on airplanes.
Last month, 2,500 people took off their clothes for photos on Australia’s Bondi Beach. The purpose of this event was to raise awareness of skin cancer.
The baguette, a staple food in France, was added to the United Nations’ (UN) cultural heritage list on Wednesday.
