News articles in simplified English for language learners
According to a new study, Neanderthals, who lived between 500,000 and 40,000 years ago, hunted giant elephants and butchered them for food. The straight-tusked elephants were the largest land mammals of the Ice Age. They were more than 4 metres tall and weighed 13 tons. The research is based on the skeleton remains of a … Read more
Scientists have now discovered in detail how the ancient Egyptians made their mummies. They found out what ingredients they used and how they applied them on different body parts. An excavation site discovered in 2016 has revealed old pots from an embalming room that dates back to about 600 B.C. The pots had labels with … Read more
El Salvador has opened a new prison for 40,000 inmates, one of the largest in the world. It has been built to help the country’s overpopulated prisons. The Terrorist Confinement Center, 70 km from the capital, has 37 guard towers and 8 cell blocks. It is said to be among the safest in Latin America. … Read more
Australia’s Central Bank has announced that the country is removing the picture of the British monarch from their banknotes. The new 5 dollar bill is to show an image of an indigenous person or piece of art instead of the British King Charles III. Australia’s other banknotes have already substituted the Queen’s portrait with other … Read more
Rishi Sunak has been chosen by Members of Parliament to become Britain’s next Prime Minister. At 42, he is the youngest head of government in over 200 years. Sunak is the first British Prime Minister who has Asian origins. Sunak won the leadership battle of the Conservative Party after Liz Truss had resigned, being only … Read more
The bones of a father and his teenage daughter have recently been found in a cave in Siberia. According to DNA results, they probably lived about 50 000 years ago. The cave has been under excavation for over 14 years. Archaeologists have discovered 80 bone fragments, the largest number ever found. There were also prehistoric … Read more
Almost 7 million Venezuelan citizens have left their country since the economic and political collapse in 2014. It has been the second-largest refugee crisis in the world. Most of the migrants are fleeing to neighbouring countries, especially Columbia. Thousands are taking dangerous routes through the jungle north to Panama, but many of them do not … Read more
The British Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its 100th birthday this October. The first radio broadcast hit the airwaves in London in 1922. The BBC started television broadcasts in 1936 , but radio remained the number one medium throughout the war years. In the early days, the BBC broadcast many historic events: the abdication of King … Read more