Diwali, also called the Festival of Light, is a joyful celebration mostly in India and other parts of South Asia. It is a time during which people celebrate the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Diwali usually lasts five days. Families clean their homes and decorate them with small oil lamps (called […]
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Bullying is when someone hurts, threatens, or picks on another person again and again. It can happen in schools, online, at work, or any place where people come together. Bullying can be physical, like hitting or pushing a person, verbal (for example calling names), or digital, like sending mean messages online. Bullying is dangerous because
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On October 18, 2025, millions of people in all parts of the United States took part in the “No Kings” protests to speak out against President Donald Trump and what they see as a threat to America’s democratic system. Almost 7 million people joined in the protests, staged in over 2,700 cities and towns. The
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20 years ago, in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept across the Gulf Coast of the United States. One of the worst natural disasters in the country’s history hit New Orleans especially hard. Katrina was a very strong hurricane, and when it hit land, powerful winds and water masses broke through dams that were supposed to
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Jane Goodall, born on April 3, 1934, in London, England, was a famous wildlife biologist who became well-known for her groundbreaking research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Goodall had a strong interest in animals and the natural world from an early age, and she often imagined what it would be like to live in Africa.
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According to data published by Eurostat, the population of the European Union has reached 450 million. Population growth is due to the fact that more and more people are coming into EU countries. At the same time, birth rates remain lower than death rates. This has been happening since 2012. Since the end of the
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Daylight saving time starts in March when people turn clocks forward by an hour, so that they can enjoy more daylight during the summer months. In Europe, people set their clocks forward an hour on the last weekend in March and set them back on the last weekend in October. North America starts two weeks
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The Dalai Lama, Buddhism’s spiritual leader, has celebrated his 90th birthday in his hometown, Dharamshala in India. He has been living there in exile since he escaped Tibet in 1959. Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th and longest living Dalai Lama in history. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Thousands celebrated with him, including
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