Parking with no driver
Parking a car is sometimes not easy. Volvo has a new technology just for cars. The cars can park without you.
The car has special things on it. It can see with these things. It can find a parking space. It is safe. But there is a problem. The parking spaces have to be special.
Volvo has more interesting things. They have radars for cars. If there is danger it will make the car slow down or stop.
Interesting words: parking space (place to put your car), danger (situation which is not safe).
President plays the piano
Croatia is joining the EU. Its people are happy.
They have parties in the streets. The Croatian president is happy too. He plays a song on the piano. The song is called "Ode to Joy". It is about happiness.
Interesting words: join (get in a group), happiness (situation when you are happy).
John Paul II will be a saint
The Catholic church is making the Pope John Paul II a saint. A person must do great things to be a saint. These things are miracles.
John Paul does two miracles. A woman has problems with her body. John Paul asks God for help and the woman gets well.
A second woman has problems too. John Paul helps her also.
Interesting words: saint (someone very good), miracle (something great and not normal).
Big fireworks in California
Many people come to see fireworks for the 4th of July. The people want to have fun but something goes wrong. It happens in California.
The fireworks are bad. They start to fly into people. The people are afraid and they run away. Twenty-eight of them are injured. They go to a hospital.
It is probably an accident. The police are still trying to understand it.
Interesting words: fireworks (small bombs for fun), injured (have problems with body).
People eat a lot of hot dogs
Some people can eat very fast. But people want to know who is the fastest. There is a competition in eating hot dogs. It happens in New York.
There are champions and they know that they are good. But they cannot stop. They must get better and better.
A lot of people come. The competition is very popular. The leader of New York comes too.
Interesting words: competition (situation when people try to be better than other people), champion (person who is very good at something).
Train accident in Quebec
A train in Canada has an accident. It is carrying oil. The oil explodes. There is fire everywhere.
Houses around the train are on fire too. Thirteen people die. Fifty people are missing. The police are trying to help but it is hard. The situation is very bad. It is the worst accident in Canada.
Clever people are now looking at the train. They want to understand it. They want to know what is wrong.
Interesting words: oil (you buy it for your car), explode (change fast into small pieces) be missing (we don't know where they are).