Topic 1 New Zealand Bans Future Generations from Buying Cigarettes
New Zealand passed a law on Tuesday to set a lifetime ban on buying cigarettes for any person born after January 1, 2009.
Topic 2 How to Avoid Plagiarism
In the digital age, it has become easy for students to find and copy published material.
Topic 3 Sri Lankan Writer Wins Booker Prize
Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
Topic 4 Museum Marks Rosetta Stone’s Role in Understanding Hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone is the star of a new show opening Thursday at the British Museum in London.
Topic 5 Scientists in Israel Make Gene Bank for Wild Crops
Could the key to securing the world's food supply for the future be hidden in the DNA of wild crops?
Topic 6 ‘Black Panther’ Movie Actors: Film Changed How People See Africa
The main actors of the new Black Panther movie, called Wakanda Forever, gathered recently in London.
Topic 7 First Member of Generation Z Elected to US Congress
Twenty-five-year-old Maxwell Frost had just been elected to represent part of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives when his phone rang.
Topic 8 A New Environmental Machine Is Cleaning Up a Panama River
Latin America's first renewable fuel-powered, trash-trapping wheel is cleaning one of Panama’s dirtiest rivers.
Topic 9 Movie Theaters Return to Kashmir after More Than 30 Years
Movies have returned to Indian-Administered Kashmir for the first time in almost 33 years.
Topic 10 New Exhibits at Reopened National Air and Space Museum
The popular National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has partly reopened.
Topic 11 Scientists Report Discovery of Part of World’s Oldest Known Star Map
Researchers say they have discovered part of the oldest known map of the stars in an ancient document.
Topic 12 BTS K-pop Member Jin Begins Military Service
With a newly shaved head, Jin, the oldest member of the Korean pop group BTS, began his 18 months of required military service on Tuesday.
Topic 13 Migrant Workers Say Their Work Made World Cup Happen
Thousands of migrant workers took pictures of themselves while watching the opening game of the soccer World Cup in Doha, Qatar
Topic 14 Japanese Company to End Beloved Candy after 114 Years
A Japanese company that has produced a beloved candy for 114 years says it will be going out of business in January.
Topic 15 French Baguette Gets UNESCO Recognition
UNESCO, the cultural organization of the United Nations, voted this week to recognize the importance of the French baguette.
Topic 16 India's First Fully Solar Village Lights Up Lives
Kesa Bhai Prajapati works with material from earth called clay to make containers like jugs and vases.
Topic 17 France Considers a Ban on Bullfighting
Supporters and opponents of bullfighting recently marched on the streets of several cities in southern France.
Topic 18 New Zealand Arts Agency Rejects Support for Shakespeare Program
New Zealand’s government is ending its support for a popular program on the British playwright William Shakespeare.
Topic 19 Chinese Officials Ask Newlyweds: ‘Where Is Baby?’
After having a “one-child policy” from 1980 to 2015, China appears to be worried about dropping birth rates.
Topic 20 Beijing Music School Helps Autistic Students
Zu Wenbao is a 23-year-old Chinese villager with autism.
