Today, NewsForKids.net looks at three important stories: Last week, United States President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Now Mr. Trump is back in the US, threatening to attack Iran again. And the WHO says a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa is an international emergency.
Kirsty Waugh is a 12-year-old English girl who is fighting a brain tumor. She has raised lots of money for research into brain tumors in children and she wants to raise lots more. To help with that project, she's gotten thousands of people who share her name to help out.
Last Friday, David Attenborough turned 100 years old. The man whose TV shows taught the world to love animals, plants, and the environment thought it might be a quiet day. But his fans, and those who wished him well, had other ideas.
Today, NewsForKids.net looks at two important stories: United States President Donald Trump is facing a challenging week in foreign relations. He's heading to China to meet with President Xi JinPing, but he's still unable to end his war with Iran. And passengers are returning home from a ship where a rare virus broke out.
On April 19, about 12,000 runners took part in a half marathon in Beijing, China. On a separate track, beside the human runners, over 300 humanoid (human-like) robots tackled the same challenge. In a similar race last year, humans won easily. This year, the robots not only won, they beat the human world record.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered that rice seeds that "hear" the sound of raindrops seem to sprout faster than those that do not. The study is the first to suggest that seeds can sense sound, and use the information to help them "decide" when to sprout.
Today, NewsForKids.net looks at two important stories in the news. Last week, 56 countries met in Colombia to try to find a way to end fossil fuels. And struggles over control of the Strait of Hormuz may be challenging the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran.
Scientists have found a recording of a whale song made in 1949. It may be the earliest recording of a whale song ever made. The discovery is important because it provides a record of how sounds in the ocean have changed over the last 75 years.
In the London Marathon on Sunday, Sabastian Sawe broke a long-standing barrier by finishing the race in less than two hours. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa set a new record for women, finishing the race in 2:15:41. Despite setting world records, both runners only won by seconds.
Today, NewsForKids.net looks at three important stories: The US-Iran peace talks seem to have stopped for now. On Saturday, an armed man was stopped as he tried to break into a dinner where US President Donald Trump was meant to speak. And Britain's King Charles begins a four-day visit to the US.
Every year, some of the top high school seniors in the United States compete in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. This year, forty students were chosen as finalists and traveled to Washington, DC. Together, these students earned more than $1.8 million in prizes for their hard work. The winners were announced in March.