LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Tiananmen Square Protests on Memorial Anniversary The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations calling for democracy, free speech, and a free press in China on June 5, 1989. On that day, the Chinese government killed thousands of protesters and arrested… Read More

Brood X Cicadas Make a Rare Appearance Most Cicadas are annual insects – meaning they reappear each year, usually in Spring or Summer – but some are periodical broods. These spend anywhere from 13 to 17 years underground, drinking sap… Read More

India Battles Black Mold and a Covid Variant Doctors in India have been fighting a deadly surge in COVID-19 – and now they face a new threat: mucormycosis, a rare and possibly fatal infection known as black fungus. After hundreds of… Read More

The Colonial Pipeline Debacle On May 8, a ransomware attack by Russian hacking group “DarkSide” forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down its entire network of 5,500 miles of pipeline. This caused fuel shortages, price increases, and panic buying. Ransomware is extortion… Read More

“My Bad” a Farmer Relocates French/Belgium Border The border between France and Belgium was agreed upon after Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and formally established by the Treaty of Kortrijk in 1820. But a Belgian farmer accidentally redrew… Read More

Portugal’s Heart-Pounding Pedestrian Suspension Bridge It’s 1,693 feet long, has a footpath wide enough for two people, and is 576 feet above the Paiva River in Arouca, Portugal. It is officially the world’s largest pedestrian bridge, and it takes about… Read More

Does advanced math discriminate? That’s what people in Virginia are asking after the state’s education department decided to reduce accelerated math programs. The department says the new program will promote modernization and equality. The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) recently… Read More

Michelangelo’s David By 3-D Printer? One of the most recognizable works of art in the world, Michelangelo’s David, may soon have a clone – or dozens – for view all around the globe. A team of experts used a 3-D… Read More

2021 Olympic Uniforms Spark Discussion The new uniforms for the U.S. and Canadian teams have been revealed ahead of the 2021 Olympic showdown in Tokyo. Are they too casual? Too white and crisply boring? Or are they perfect for an… Read More

Georgia Strikes Out With MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) was scheduled to hold its traditional All-Star Game in Atlanta this summer. However, after hearing about Georgia’s new election law, organizers decided to move to a state with looser voting rules… Read More

AstraZeneca Vaccine Banned in 24 Countries As nations feel relief beginning to set in after a year-long worldwide pandemic with new vaccines and fewer cases of the virus reported, 24 countries around the world have stopped the use of the… Read More

The Suez Canal Seems Too Small These Days The Ever Given ship seemed to be ever-stuck in the Suez Canal, making a hard time for shipping lines and vessels in the Egyptian passageway last week. The Ever Given is almost… Read More