He saved some of his daily ration of two small water bottles to bathe without soap and cut his own hair. The years of cruelty ended Feb. 17, when he set fire to the house in Waterbury in a ...

Mohammad Esha, another Rohingya refugee, echoed this view. He also fears a surge in crime if the ration cuts come into effect. "We want to work to survive. But the NGOs here don't give us work.

Dan Snow:Hello, I'm Dan Snow. When we look back at World War One, the trenches are among the first things that come to mind. Those scars on the battlefield that played such a key role in the ...

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Try these discussions to improve your speaking and listening. There are 20 questions in each activity - 10 for Student A and 10 for Student B. You can print out the worksheet. You can listen to the ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...