Secrets of US Presidential Diaries One early morning in Washington, D.C., many years ago, the president of the United States took off his clothes and jumped into the Potomac river. Moments later, he saw a dead man float to the surface. The president...
The Wild Winter Sport of Skijoring What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijoring. The competition involves riding horses that tow skiers by rope over jumps and around barriers. At the same ti...
Greek Grandmother Makes Scarves for Children in Need In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Bosnia to Ukraine. She has no plan...
Filipino Man Makes Library in His Home A good book is easy to find. That is the message on a sign at Hernando Guanlao's home in the Makati area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Guanlao has turned his home into a free public library. Visitor...
War and Peace at the Oscars American film Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles, California. The Academy honored the film about a creator of the atomic bomb with seven Oscars. The televised event presented a usual...
France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territory of France's most famous street artist: Invader. It will be one invasion coming face-to-fa...
An Italian Shop in Rome Is Behind 17 Academy Awards In many movies, the clothing the actors wear is an important part of the story. In Rome, there is a workshop that has been a big part of Italian and international film history for 60 years. Tirelli...
Last Member of 1st Team to Top Everest Says Mountain Crowded, Dirty The only living member of the team to first climb to the top of Mount Everest says the mountain is too crowded and polluted. Ninety-one-year-old Kanchha Sherpa was part of the team t...
Locals Worried about Olympic Surfing Event in Tahiti The Summer Olympic Games this year are in Paris, France. Paris does not have an ocean. So, how do organizers plan to present competition in the sport of surfing? They are taking that Olympic event...
In Cyprus, Former Pilot Makes Halloumi Cheese the Old Ways On a recent cold winter night in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, long lines of people began to form in a public parking area. The crowd was gathering for the arrival of cheesemaker Pantelis Pant...
Keeper Wants You to Know Vaticans Secrets The Roman Catholic Church has been trying for years to inform the public that its secret collection of documents is not secret. The Vatican has opened documents of World War II-period Pope Pius XII to researc...
Polands Traditional Dance Honored by UNESCO The polonaise is a traditional Polish dance that was once banned in the country. Now, the United Nations is honoring the dance. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Org...
South Korean Grandmas Rap about Farm Life A group of South Korean rappers in their eighties has become popular in their hometown and beyond. The group raps about farm life and bringing energy to a quiet rural area threatened by shrinking population....
Ancient Statue of Emperor Constantine Rebuilt in Rome Emperor Constantine the First was an ancient Roman ruler who welcomed Christianity. He helped spread the religion throughout the Roman Empire. Recently, a large, rebuilt statue of Constantine was...
What Is the Lunar New Year? On February 10, Asian American communities around the world will ring in the Year of the Dragon. Some Lunar New Year celebrations will be public, like parades and fireworks. But, families will also gather for private parti...
