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Best Tourism Villages 2026: What Makes a Village Stand Out?
The UN Tourism programme looks beyond beautiful views to ask how tourism supports village life.
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The IMF's October Outlook: Why a Forecast Is Not a Promise
The October economic outlook describes an uneven world and the risks that could change its forecasts.
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Barbuda's Tsunami Ready Recognition: Preparedness Takes Practice
A new UNESCO account explains the community work behind an island's preparedness milestone.
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UNICEF in Bangladesh: Keeping Education Within Reach
A new appeal connects school access, protection and support for refugee and host communities.
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News by topic
Recent reporting, discoveries and surveys. Source dates are shown on each card.
Science & Technology
Discover science, space, inventions and technology through news and history.
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UNESCO on AI in Education: What Teachers Need
A newly published UNESCO account puts teacher support and evidence of learning at the centre of the AI discussion.
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MMX: Japan Plans to Bring a Piece of a Mars Moon Home
A small sample from Phobos could help answer a big question: where did the two moons of Mars come from?
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Hubble's NGC 1827 Image: Why the Viewing Angle Matters
A thin streak of light is a galaxy seen from the side. Hubble reveals details that a face-on view would hide.
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Could a Hole on the Moon Lead to a Future Shelter?
NASA has selected an investigation of the Marius Hills Pit. The question is what lies beyond the opening.
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Tesla's Flying Car: What the New Roadster Actually Showed
Elon Musk unveiled a Roadster that can leap and turn in the air. What does that mean for the future of driving?
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Chemistry Nobel 2026: Why a Molecule's Mirror Image Matters
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai receive recognition for discoveries about reactions that favour one molecular form.
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NASA Space Apps 2026: You Do Not Have to Be a Programmer
A global weekend challenge invites designers, storytellers and science enthusiasts to work with open space data.
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NASA Asks Students to Design Better Moon Communications
A student challenge focuses on keeping future lunar explorers connected, with an early notice deadline approaching.
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South African Study Calls for Safer Online Spaces
A new study says online services should do more to protect people while keeping information and free speech available.
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Explore business, politics, public policy, trade, work and the economy through news and history.
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The IMF's October Outlook: Why a Forecast Is Not a Promise
The October economic outlook describes an uneven world and the risks that could change its forecasts.
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Paris Riots: What Changed After the 17 October Protests?
New clashes, damaged shops and a presidential response followed Saturday's demonstrations. Here is a dated follow-up to our earlier France protests reading.
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Poverty Day 2026: A Safe Home Is More Than a Roof
The UN is linking poverty and housing in its 2026 observance. People affected by housing problems should help shape the solutions.
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France Protests: Why Students and Yellow Vests Are Marching
School conditions and household bills have brought different groups onto French streets. What connects their demands?
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World Trade in 2026: Why AI Equipment Is Changing the Forecast
More computer equipment is crossing borders, but the WTO sees a different outlook for goods and services.
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South Africa Gets Ready for Local Elections
Ballot papers, voting places and special votes are part of the work before election day.
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One Europe, One Market: Can Simpler Rules Help Small Businesses?
EU leaders want fewer obstacles for companies working across borders. Turning that ambition into law takes further decisions.
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Fifteen Seats, Fifteen Candidates: The Debate Over a UN Election
An uncontested Human Rights Council vote raises a distinction between following an election procedure and offering voters a choice.
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Beyond the Bricks: LEGO Plans a Bigger Factory in Mexico
A planned investment in packing and storage shows how getting toys to customers is part of manufacturing.
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Explore places, travel, heritage, arts and cultural life through news and history.
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Best Tourism Villages 2026: What Makes a Village Stand Out?
The UN Tourism programme looks beyond beautiful views to ask how tourism supports village life.
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Zanzibar Documents Taarab Music with the People Who Keep It Alive
A music project in Zanzibar is listening to local performers and recording their knowledge.
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Living Heritage Day 2026: Traditions Need People
A song or a craft skill stays alive when someone shares it. UNESCO is celebrating that living connection.
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International Day of the Girl 2026: Listen and Act
International Day of the Girl asks people to protect girls' rights, support their education and listen to their ideas.
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Navi Pillay Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay for her work for peace and international law.
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Anne Carson Wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian writer Anne Carson. Its announcement celebrates inventive writing in conversation with the classical tradition.
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Italian Cooking Becomes Living Heritage
UNESCO recognises cooking traditions that connect people through skills, memories and shared meals.
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Rabat Celebrates a Year of Books
Morocco's capital is UNESCO's World Book Capital for 2026, with reading at the heart of its programme.
Read and practise →Health & Lifestyle
Read about health, wellbeing, habits and everyday life through news and history.
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UNICEF in Bangladesh: Keeping Education Within Reach
A new appeal connects school access, protection and support for refugee and host communities.
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Healthy Ageing: Longer Lives Need Better Support
A new report says countries are taking action for older people, but more support is still needed.
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World Habitat Day 2026: What Makes Housing Adequate?
World Habitat Day puts a practical question at the centre of city life: what does a home need to provide?
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World Sight Day 2026: The Stories Behind Eye Care
The Love Your Eyes campaign connects everyday experiences with the need for accessible eye care.
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Global Handwashing Day 2026: A Habit That Needs Support
Handwashing is an everyday action, but remembering it is only part of the challenge. People also need the resources to make that action possible.
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World Food Day 2026: New Ideas for Tomorrow's Food
World Food Day 2026 asks how new ideas and traditional knowledge can help people get good food while caring for the planet.
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World Post Day 2026: More Than Letters
World Post Day celebrates the people and services that connect communities. Today, postal networks do more than carry letters.
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World Mental Health Day 2026: Who Gets a Say?
WHO's World Mental Health Day campaign asks whose experience shapes mental health services, and whether being heard leads to influence over decisions.
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Paper, Screen or Audio: How Do People Read?
A US survey compares printed books, e-books and audiobooks.
Read and practise →Environment
Read English articles about environment, including news and history. Practise vocabulary and comprehension at your level.
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Barbuda's Tsunami Ready Recognition: Preparedness Takes Practice
A new UNESCO account explains the community work behind an island's preparedness milestone.
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COP17 Opens in Armenia: Turning Nature Promises into Action
Governments are checking progress towards their 2030 nature goals. Setting a target is only the beginning.
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Spain Floods: Warnings Change as Storm Adam Moves On
Flooding hit eastern Spain on Monday. Later updates show why an early warning and an evening report can tell different parts of the story.
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Sentinel-3C: Beautiful Earth Images Have a Practical Job
Europe's new satellite has returned its first images and measurements. The real value will come from watching changes over time.
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Protecting Wildlife: What Africa's Conservation Projects Can Teach Us
An IUCN assessment offers hopeful evidence about practical protection, while showing why conservation success needs careful interpretation.
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Antarctic Sea Ice in 2026: A Maximum That Was Unusually Small
NASA's October update describes a low winter maximum. Understanding the result requires attention to what was measured.
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International E-Waste Day 2026: Small Gadgets, Real Waste
A broken cable or an old pair of earphones can seem unimportant. The 2026 e-waste campaign asks us to notice these small things.
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Disaster Risk Reduction 2026: Safer Homes, Stronger Communities
The 2026 disaster-risk campaign focuses on our homes. It asks communities, businesses and governments to help make them safer.
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World Migratory Bird Day 2026: Why Your Observations Matter
World Migratory Bird Day highlights how ordinary people can contribute to research. Repeated observations help reveal patterns that one sighting cannot show.
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Explore sport, competitions, music, film and entertainment through news and history.
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Dakar 2026: Africa Prepares to Welcome the Youth Olympics
Senegal's upcoming Youth Olympic Games connect elite competition with a wider invitation to try sport.
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Liverpool vs. Man City: Three Goals After a Red Card
Manchester City won 3-0 at Liverpool after a second-half red card. Learn how to describe the result and the moment the match changed.
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Barcelona vs. Getafe: Three Goals and Three Points
Barcelona beat Getafe 3-0 on 10 October 2026. Learn how a football score differs from league points.
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Manchester United vs. Spurs: A Late Goal Changes the Result
Tottenham drew 1-1 with Manchester United after a stoppage-time equaliser. A late recovery changed the result without turning it into a win.
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Dodgers vs. Braves: A Game Score and a Series Lead
The Dodgers beat the Braves 3-1 in Game 3. Their series lead was 2-1. These numbers describe different things.
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Brewers vs. Padres: One Win Keeps a Series Alive
The Padres beat the Brewers 4-3 in Game 3, avoiding elimination. Milwaukee still led the series 2-1.
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USA vs. Canada: A 1-0 Win and a Clean Sheet
The U.S. men beat Canada 1-0 at Allianz Field. Justin Ellis scored, and the USA finished its four-match fall window with four wins.
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Winter Games Across Northern Italy
The 2026 Winter Olympics brought snow and ice sports to several places in northern Italy.
Read and practise →Historical articles
Explore events from the past. Historical event dates and new lesson dates are shown separately.
Science & Technology
Discover science, space, inventions and technology through news and history.
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1884: How Greenwich Became a Shared Starting Line
An international agreement about longitude shows why a useful standard still needs political cooperation.
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1783: The Balloon Flight That Let Go of the Ground
Two men rose above Paris in a balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers. Their journey made human flight a public reality, but staying airborne required constant work.
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1944: Colossus and the Secret Work Behind a Computer
Paper tape, electronic valves and human judgement worked together at Bletchley Park. This pioneering computer had a very specific job.
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1971: How the @ Sign Found Its Place in Email
Ray Tomlinson connected a user with a computer address using a familiar keyboard symbol.
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1990: Hubble's Blurred Beginning and a Second Chance
A space telescope's difficult start became a story about finding and fixing a problem.
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1869: Mendeleev Makes Room for Elements Still Unknown
Gaps in an early periodic table turned an arrangement of known elements into a tool for predictions.
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1957: Sputnik Sends a Small Signal Around the World
A metal ball with four long antennas became a symbol of a new age. Its simple radio signal showed that a human-made object could circle Earth.
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1876: Bell Sends a Clear Voice Down a Wire
A short message between Bell and Watson became an important step in the history of the telephone.
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1901: Marconi Listens for a Signal Across the Atlantic
Three faint dots became a famous moment in wireless history. Marconi's experiment also shows why a promising result needs stronger evidence and further work.
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Explore business, politics, public policy, trade, work and the economy through news and history.
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1893: New Zealand Women Win a Voice at the Ballot Box
Petitions and political campaigning brought a landmark voting change, while other barriers remained.
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1959: The Antarctic Treaty Makes Space for Cooperation
Twelve countries found a way to cooperate in Antarctica while leaving their disagreements over territory unresolved.
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1948: The Words Behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A change from men to human beings helped clarify a universal promise. The declaration emerged from negotiation, rather than one famous author.
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1994: Nelson Mandela Becomes President
A ceremony in Pretoria marked a new beginning for South Africa after its first democratic elections.
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1956: South African Women Take Their Protest to Pretoria
Thousands of women challenged pass laws through a coordinated, peaceful march.
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1974: A Packet of Gum Changes the Checkout
An ordinary shopping item became part of a new way to identify products.
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1930: King Kullen Helps Change Food Shopping
A large New York food shop brought low prices and a wide range of goods into one place.
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1914: The Panama Canal Opens a Route Between Oceans
A ship crossed Panama at the official opening of a waterway designed to shorten journeys between two oceans.
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1869: The Suez Canal Opens a Shorter Sea Route
The Suez Canal opened in Egypt in 1869, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas and shortening many journeys between Europe and Asia.
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Explore places, travel, heritage, arts and cultural life through news and history.
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1940: Four Young Explorers Find the Paintings of Lascaux
A cave discovery in France opened a window onto prehistoric art and raised a lasting question about protection.
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1973: Sydney Opera House Opens after a Long Journey
The famous white roofs are only one part of the story behind Sydney's performing arts centre.
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1829: Louis Braille Shares a Code You Can Read by Touch
Six raised dots helped turn touch into a powerful way to read and write. The idea grew through years of work by a young blind student.
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1827: The Photograph That Refused to Disappear
Niépce's view from a window looks faint beside a phone photo. Keeping the image at all was the breakthrough.
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1922: Tutankhamun's Tomb and the Work After Discovery
Finding the entrance was a dramatic moment. Recording and conserving the objects required years of teamwork.
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1889: The Eiffel Tower Turns Criticism into Curiosity
Paris did not immediately agree about its new iron tower. A controversial project became a place that people wanted to experience for themselves.
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1492: Columbus Arrives in a World Already Inhabited
Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean changed Atlantic history. Understanding the event means including the Indigenous people who already lived there.
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1851: The Great Exhibition Puts Progress on Display
The Great Exhibition gathered industrial products and design in a remarkable glass building. Its displays expressed ideas about progress, taste and power.
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1215: Magna Carta and the Limits of Royal Power
Magna Carta emerged from a struggle between a king and rebellious barons. Its lasting influence depends on both the original charter and later interpretations.
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Read about health, wellbeing, habits and everyday life through news and history.
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1863: A Small Committee Begins a New Chapter in Care
Henry Dunant's call for better care helped bring five people together in Geneva.
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1858: Florence Nightingale Uses Numbers to Argue for Change
Nightingale's work went beyond nursing: records and diagrams helped her make a public argument about care.
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1955: The Polio Announcement Families Had Waited For
A vaccine needed more than a promising idea. A huge trial helped turn hope into evidence.
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1967: Cape Town's Heart Transplant and the Work Beyond a First
A landmark operation proved a possibility, while its outcome showed how much work remained after the surgical breakthrough.
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1796: Jenner's Experiment and the Long Road to Smallpox Eradication
An early vaccination experiment became a milestone, but evidence, ethics and public-health organisation belong to the wider story.
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1928: Penicillin and the Work Beyond a Lucky Discovery
A contaminated dish gave Alexander Fleming an important clue in 1928. Turning that clue into a widely usable medicine required years of collective work.
Read and practise →Environment
Read English articles about environment, including news and history. Practise vocabulary and comprehension at your level.
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1970: The First Earth Day Brings People Together
A day of public learning helped people connect different problems affecting the environment.
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1987: The Montreal Protocol Makes Ozone Protection a Shared Task
An environmental agreement linked scientific evidence to binding commitments, practical assistance and continuing review.
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Explore sport, competitions, music, film and entertainment through news and history.
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1967: The Boston Marathon Bib That Became a Symbol
Kathrine Switzer's number 261 is famous, but another woman had already completed the race. Their milestones tell different parts of the story.
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1895: The Lumiere Brothers Bring Films to a Paying Audience
A small Paris screening helped turn moving pictures into a shared public experience.
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1896: Athens Revives the Olympics and Defines Their Limits
The first modern Olympic Games drew on an ancient past while establishing an event whose traditions would continue to change.
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