Lifestyle Lessons: Breaking News English ESL Materials

Lifestyle Lessons

2019-11-09: Typhoon-damaged bullet trains scrapped in Japan
2019-11-03: Chefs angry at New York foie gras ban
2019-11-01: Modern humans came from Botswana
2019-10-28: Russian eagle creates huge data roaming phone bill
2019-10-10: Saturn now the planet with the most moons
2019-09-16: Giving children time-outs won't harm them
2019-09-10: 73-year-old woman gives birth to twins
2019-09-02: Luxury 51-country, 8-month cruise sets sail
2019-08-31: Beekeeper says bears prefer premium honey
2019-08-19: Stare at seagulls to stop them stealing your food
2019-08-11: Lebanon newspaper publishes 'no news' protest edition
2019-07-30: Young people are not watching TV news
2019-07-20: Egypt opens ancient pyramids for first time since 1960s
2019-07-16: Insects really feel pain, says new research
2019-07-08: Teenager sells her old bath water in bottles
2019-06-14: Anger as work starts on Machu Picchu airport
2019-05-31: Anger at TV show with big age difference couples
2019-05-23: Billionaire to pay off student debt for class of 2019
2019-05-21: Over a million call for Game of Thrones re-make
2019-05-19: Parents risk jail for raising children as vegans
2019-05-09: Garbage collectors start library with abandoned books
2019-05-05: Japan university to hire non-smoking staff only
2019-05-03: Could a friendly beluga whale be a spy?
2019-04-21: Hero dad saves baby son from wild dingo
2019-04-19: One billion dollars promised to rebuild Notre Dame
2019-04-15: Name of new Star Wars movie announced
2019-04-09: Hip-hop is the best music to mature cheese
2019-04-07: Huge 'Mission Jurassic' dinosaur dig to start
2019-04-05: Saudi capital city to get $23 billion makeover
2019-04-03: Japanese women rebel against high heels
2019-02-10: Man sues parents for being born
2019-01-25: Germany thinking about speed limit on autobahn
2019-01-19: Homes for sale in Italy for one euro
2019-01-01: The year 2019 to be the best ever
2018-12-15: Ninja to help promote tourism in Japan
2018-12-09: UAE passport world's 'most powerful'
2018-12-07: Rare white reindeer photographed in Norway
2018-12-03: Algeria is the new 'cradle of civilization'
2018-12-01: UN declares reggae a world cultural treasure
2018-11-25: DNA could decide whether you like coffee or tea
2018-11-21: Conception to birth sculptures unveiled in Qatar
2018-11-09: Disgusting Food Museum opens in Sweden
2018-10-30: French climber banned from scaling UK buildings
2018-10-16: Nicer people are poorer, says study
2018-10-12: France wants its prisons blurred on Internet maps
2018-10-06: University to replace clapping with hand-waving
2018-10-04: Restaurants forced to give all tips to staff
2018-09-28: French fries will be 3cm shorter
2018-09-24: Rugby players to hide tattoos in Japan
2018-09-20: Restaurant bans customer for eating too much
2018-08-25: Australian Muslims pray for rain during Eid
2018-08-08: People get surgery to look like Snapchat filters
2018-08-06: Scientists solve mystery of Stonehenge
2018-07-25: University ends use of Mr, Ms and Mrs
2018-07-23: Moon landing items to be auctioned
2018-07-21: World's oldest bread recipe found
2018-07-01: China limits pay for movie stars
2018-06-29: New nation of Asgardia established in space

2018-06-17: Japan lowers age of adulthood to 18
2018-06-05: Chinese couples asked to take divorce exam
2018-05-26: Scientists to use DNA to find Loch Ness Monster
2018-05-16: Time travelers invited to Stephen Hawking memorial
2018-05-08: Number of Japanese children at record low
2018-04-28: Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say 'Please'
2018-04-12: France to help make Saudi Arabia's first opera house
2018-04-08: Iceland's First Lady wears charity-shop jacket
2018-02-25: Airbnb enters luxury travel market
2018-02-21: Black Panther movie breaks box office records
2018-02-17: Woman thrown off plane for shouting at crying baby
2018-02-15: American woman wakes up with British accent
2018-02-13: Early humans were bad at drawing
2018-02-09: Monaco running out of space for millionaires
2018-02-01: Japan makes banana with peel you can eat
2018-01-30: Polish climbers in heroic Himalaya rescue
2018-01-28: 'Nutella riots' in France after 70% price cut
2018-01-24: Japanese tourists call police over rip-off restaurant bill
2018-01-22: Adolescence now lasts from 10 to 24
2018-01-16: Writing a to-do list may help you sleep faster
2018-01-14: Trump calls immigrant nations 'sh*thole' countries
2018-01-12: Bangkok street-food chef says no to international cooking honour
2018-01-10: Nearly 600 volunteer to be absent father
2018-01-08: Japan's $3,000 wagyu beef bento lunch box
2017-12-24: Singing in groups could make you happier
2017-12-22: 'Selfieccino' is the new art in making coffee
2017-12-10: Scientists find a bone from Santa Claus
2017-12-02: South Korea government to help people in debt
2017-11-24: Man to take rocket trip to show Earth is flat
2017-11-18: Apology after Japanese train leaves 20 seconds early
2017-11-14: Where do bugs like to live in your house?
2017-11-04: Hong Kong's poor live in homes smaller than prison cells
2017-10-31: Japanese school 'forces girl to dye hair black'
2017-10-19: Potato shortage causes 'chipocalypse'
2017-10-17: World's 'most useless' airport opens
2017-10-13: Women stranded at airport after cosmetic surgery
2017-10-07: Nobel chemistry prize for molecule photos
2017-10-03: Austria bans full-face veils
2017-09-23: Hotel opens in Taiwan just for gamers
2017-09-17: Written zero 500 years older than scientists thought
2017-09-13: Cambridge University may end handwritten exams
2017-09-11: New mummies found near Luxor, Egypt
2017-09-01: Irish TV station 'forced' to use Queen's English
2017-08-18: Man buys 5,000 people noodles for finding engagement ring
2017-07-31: Mobile phone ban while crossing roads in Honolulu
2017-07-25: Alternate history of Singapore wins comics Oscars
2017-07-23: Girl, 5, fined for selling lemonade
2017-07-21: Mechanic works 75 years to break record
2017-07-09: People now snorting chocolate to get high
2017-06-27: World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) changes name
2017-06-25: The shape of eggs helps birds fly well
2017-06-13: Mixed-gender events added to 2020 Olympics
2017-05-26: Scientists find out how flamingos stand on one leg
2017-05-24: Author unhappy with use of the word 'meme'
2017-05-22: Europe's top soccer leagues get first female referee
2017-05-04: Abu Dhabi opens government 'Happiness Cafe'
2017-04-24: Families get government help with housework
2017-04-14: Dutch towns tell tourists how to behave
2017-04-12: People lose money in online dating scam
2017-04-08: Halal snack helps bring Australians together
2017-04-04: No shampoo may be better for your hair
2017-04-02: Scientists list 12 new types of cloud
2017-03-31: Older mothers may raise happier children
2017-03-23: Face recognition scanner to stop toilet paper thieves
2017-03-19: Climate changed the shape of our nose
2017-03-11: How to become a memory champion
2017-03-09: Trial of 'female' traffic signals starts in Australia
2017-03-03: Bulgarian radio can play modern music again
2017-01-28: Cats are just as clever as dogs, says study
2017-01-22: Ants use the Sun to get from A to B
2017-01-10: Zombies would wipe out humans in 100 days
2017-01-04: Language barriers holding back global science
2016-12-15: Syrian refugee top student in Australia school
2016-12-11: Ivory Coast gets three-word postal addresses
2016-12-09: 1.2 million people accept birthday party invitation
2016-12-01: Christmas cards show nativity in war zone
2016-11-21: Emergency junk food flown to earthquake town
2016-11-19: Scientists change plants' sunblock to grow more crops
2016-11-17: Mathematicians work out the perfect cup of coffee
2016-11-07: Calls for Daylight Saving Time to be scrapped
2016-11-03: New UAE law gives workers time off to read
2016-10-28: Myanmar and Iraq most generous countries
2016-10-24: Dogs dream about their owners, says scientist
2016-10-18: Teen drivers most at risk of crashing
2016-10-10: Vegetable gardens tested for Mars
2016-09-24: Sad movies help reduce pain
2016-09-21: Internet addiction sign of mental health problems
2016-09-18: First all-hijab collection at New York Fashion Week
2016-09-15: Dolphin language may have grammar
2016-09-06: Brown shoes could mean you fail a job interview
2016-09-03: Why do children go to school?
2016-08-25: Study shows there are two divorce seasons
2016-08-22: What the 5,300-year-old Iceman wore
2016-08-13: Online gaming may improve school test scores
2016-08-10: People who read live longer
2016-08-07: Men better at making up after a fight
2016-07-18: Educators recommend more outdoor learning
2016-07-14: Woman had to go on honeymoon without husband
2016-07-08: Italian town to use silent fireworks for stressed dogs
2016-07-04: Plants can make intelligent decisions
2016-06-28: Glass slide opens 300 metres above the street
2016-06-18: Italian restaurant named as best in the world
2016-06-08: Swiss vote no to free monthly income for all
2016-06-02: U.S. police to look into shooting of zoo gorilla
2016-05-23: Women wearing cosmetics are paid more
2016-05-17: Abandoned puppy gets job at baseball club
2016-05-11: Men developed deep voices to scare other men
2016-05-05: Leicester City in football fairytale win
2016-04-11: Money can buy happiness
2016-03-31: Women-only train cars starting in Germany
2016-03-11: Cutting up food helped human evolution
2016-03-09: Nintendoland to open in Japan
2016-02-28: Sisters reunited 30 years after Colombia avalanche
2016-02-26: The $265,000 job that no one wants
2016-02-08: Euro politicians told to stop speaking English
2016-02-04: Dubai world's busiest international airport
2016-01-24: Fairy tales could be 6,000 years old
2016-01-21: Women have to pay more in shops
2016-01-15: New action to stop nuisance phone calls
2016-01-03: More people to stick to New Year's resolutions
2015-12-25: School says Hello Kitty Christmas tree can stay
2015-12-07: Height may be the key to a happy marriage
2015-11-25: Facebook boss to take paternity leave
2015-11-10: More and more 70-year-olds working
2015-11-04: Couple must lose pets or home
2015-10-23: The Force Awakens breaks ticket records
2015-10-20: The Internet gives new meanings to common words
2015-10-17: Pompeii thieves say relics are cursed
2015-10-05: French radio wants to play English songs
2015-09-29: Brad Pitt movie scares farm animals
2015-09-26: More people die from selfies than shark attacks
2015-09-14: Travelling to and from work is work, says EU
2015-09-02: Slow-melting ice cream could be here soon
2015-08-21: Research shows dogs used to be more like cats
2015-08-18: Reports of doping cover-up in athletics
2015-08-03: Exercise for teenage girls extends their life
2015-07-12: Mount Fuji gets free Wi-Fi
2015-07-03: Students sell bodies and gamble to survive
2015-06-30: Disney bans selfie sticks at theme parks
2015-06-18: Jurassic World breaks box office record
2015-06-12: Mobile phones in class lower test scores
2015-05-28: Overtaking a big risk on the road
2015-05-13: Babies make husbands lazier
2015-05-10: Spanish football suspended indefinitely
2015-04-25: NZ PM in ponytail-pulling problem
2015-04-19: 60 is the new middle age, not 50
2015-04-16: High heels cause arthritis and damaged knees
2015-04-07: More British people fixing their own teeth
2015-04-04: Jay Z restarts music streaming brand
2015-03-23: 600 students expelled for cheating
2015-03-20: Money makes you a bad person
2015-03-17: Japanese government to play matchmaker
2015-03-14: BBC Top Gear star 'punches' producer
2015-03-08: U.S. circus to end use of elephants
2015-03-05: China tops US at box office for first time
2015-02-21: Japan town beats world snowman record
2015-02-15: Indian PM says no to temple in his name
2015-02-09: Paris halts filming of action movies after terror attacks
2015-02-01: University students take 'impossible' exam
2015-01-22: Man sues women's university
2015-01-14: Hospital chains toys to beds to stop thieves
2015-01-12: Record number of flowers bloom
2015-01-06: 30 million people invited to read books
2015-01-02: New Year's resolutions difficult to keep
2014-12-23: Pie-eating contest ends because pies too big
2014-12-11: TV sales fell for the first time ever in U.K.
2014-12-03: Irish woman on soccer Goal of the Year list
2014-11-29: Black Friday brings out bargain hunters
2014-11-23: Indonesia leader flies economy class
2014-11-17: McDonald's says no GM French fries
2014-11-15: Pope OKs showers for homeless in Rome
2014-11-13: Hip-hop can help mental illness
2014-11-09: Lower speed limit for New York City
2014-10-22: Nigeria declared car horn-free day
2014-10-20: Barack Obama's credit card problem
2014-10-10: India to remove 287 'laughable' laws
2014-10-08: Money does not make children pass exams
2014-10-02: Moon vacations possible by 2024
2014-08-31: Hello Kitty is a girl, not a cat
2014-08-27: Ice bucket challenge could be good for charities
2014-08-23: UAE warns citizens of London dangers
2014-08-19: Cambridge University needs chocolate researcher
2014-08-15: Drivers who took car crash photos in trouble
2014-07-30: Fist bumps more hygienic than handshakes
2014-07-22: Woman wins $23 bn from tobacco company
2014-07-18: France restaurants to have 'home-made food' logo
2014-07-12: Pilot buys pizza for 157 passengers
2014-07-10: Hit musical 'Cats' gets rap song
2014-07-06: 2014 Brazil World Cup - QUARTER FINALS
2014-06-22: Burglary a threat to mental health
2014-06-10: Parents punished if kids late to school
2014-06-04: World Cup players must sing national anthem
2014-05-21: Man sues New York City for $2,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
2014-05-05: Michelangelo's 'David' in danger of collapse
2014-04-19: Death threats over new Banksy painting
2014-04-13: European leaders rap to win votes
2014-04-01: People want drivers to park cars on roads
2014-03-26: Unusual fashion gets you more respect
2014-03-24: Kenya to let men have many wives
2014-03-14: Chinese maths teachers to help UK schools
2014-03-10: Minecraft video "more popular than Bieber"
2014-03-06: Childcare fees higher than housing costs in UK
2014-02-26: Robots smarter than humans by 2029
2014-02-24: Mount Everest security guards to stop fights
2014-02-14: UK to ban smoking in cars with kids
2014-02-08: New York more fashionable than Paris