News articles in simplified English for language learners
There are concerns that North Korea is experiencing a food crisis among its population. There have been deaths due to starvation and the lack of food. Experts say the food shortage may be a chronic mismanagement by North Korea’s government. Farming equipment cannot be repaired because there are not enough spare parts. There is a not … Read more
Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, has died at the age of 31. Normally dogs can live up to 15 years, but Bobi lived twice as long. In February 2023, the Guiness Book of Records stated that Bobi was the longest living dog in recorded history. Before that, an Australian cattle dog had lived for 29 … Read more
On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola made the first cell phone in Manhattan. He called one of his rivals, an engineer at AT & T. Both companies were working on the development of a phone that could not only be used in a car and but which people could actually carry … Read more
Archaeologists have discovered a nine meter long hidden tunnel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza near Cairo. The two meter wide tunnel was found above the main entrance of the pyramid. The discovery was made by a team of the Scan Pyramids project, experts who have been scanning the pyramid with high-tech instruments to study … Read more
According to a new survey, Japan has discovered that it has 7,000 additional islands that nobody knew about. Since the last of the mapping of the country in the late 1980s Japan has been known to have 6,800 islands. A new digital mapping now shows that there are over 14,000 islands that belong to the … Read more
Canada, Australia, the US and European Union countries have banned TikTok from official phones and tablets. Colleges, universities and schools in other countries have also banned TikTok from their WiFi networks. TikTok is a popular video-sharing app, where people can create and share short videos on various topics. The Chinese company has over a billion … Read more
Hong Kong’s government is planning to give away 500,000 airplane tickets in the next few months in an attempt to attract more tourists into the city. After the coronavirus pandemic, tourism has returned very slowly to Hong Kong. Because the city followed China’s zero-COVID policy, there were strict quarantine laws in place. Last year restrictions … Read more
The number of people in the US who speak a second language has tripled in the last 40 years, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. About 68 million Americans speak a second language at home – 1 in 5 citizens. Spanish, spoken by 41 million people, is by far the most spoken … Read more