International News (Page 700)

MARIUPOL, Ukraine — A wounded pregnant woman who was taken on a stretcher from a maternity hospital that was bombed by Russia last week has died, along with her baby, The Associated Press has learned.Images of the woman, whom the AP has not been able to identify, were seen around the world, personifying the horror…Continue Reading

A Constitutional foreign policy shouldn’t waste American lives or money, but that doesn’t mean our hearts don’t go out to those who fight for freedom. A member of the Ukrainian military stands amid debris from a damaged residential apartment block caused after a Russian rocket was shot down by Ukrainian air defences on March 14,…Continue Reading

If millennials are fragile, it’s because their teachers and institutions have made them that way for their own self-interest. When our children were young and would fall, they would look at me to gauge my reaction. If I responded with, “Oh my goodness, are you ok?” they would inevitably start crying. If I told them…Continue Reading

Anything can happen, but Putin “losing” in Ukraine seems among the most unlikely of scenarios. Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) In the opening days of Iraq War 2.0, a wiser not-yet-General David Petraeus famously…Continue Reading

Your tax dollars go to British population control efforts, too. Britain’s second-largest abortion provider is practically unheard of in the United States, yet American foundations and their tax-exempt dollars are some of its biggest cash cows. This is Marie Stopes International (MSI), perhaps the darkest side of Abortion, Inc.For years, Marie Stopes International has been…Continue Reading

Find many online tools for your classroom in this 2021 guide of web resources. This guide includes information on tools for Teaching the Four Skills, U.S. Culture, Songs and Games, Teaching Methods, ESL and EFL Websites, Grammar and Vocabulary, Young Learners, and much more! *This document was thoroughly vetted and all links were checked prior to…Continue Reading

So far this month, the Teacher’s Corner has presented suggestions for selecting authentic materials, methods to activate students’ background knowledge about different topics found in authentic resources, and ideas for teaching and practicing new vocabulary. This week’s Teacher’s Corner will discuss different strategies for helping students interact with authentic materials and understand their content. This…Continue Reading

Teachers using technology in the classroom have many options for speaking and listening. However, we may not often think about how students can use technology to enhance their academic writing skills. In this week’s Teacher’s Corner, we will explore a variety of internet-based tools that students can use to support their English-language writing. From word…Continue Reading

Four Corners is a common classroom technique to get students out of their seats while giving them a lot of information in one class. In this activity, student groups work on a particular topic or activity in each corner of the classroom. Four Corners can be adapted easily to fit a variety of teaching and…Continue Reading