Daily Archives: November 14, 2021


Searching for Clues to Earth’s Past/Future in Ice Archive

ith the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, or COP 26, now over, countries are looking to begin funding a global counterattack on rising temperatures on Earth. Meanwhile, scientists in Denmark are searching for clues to our warming planet’s future by studying ice from the past. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more …


Author Wilbur Smith, Chronicler of African Adventures, Dies at 88 

Zambia-born novelist Wilbur Smith chronicled dramatic adventures on the African continent, creating internationally acclaimed fiction that drew on his own action-packed life.  Smith died in South Africa at age 88, his publisher announced Saturday.  He gained recognition in 1964 with his debut novel “When the Lion Feeds,” the tale of a young man growing up on a South African cattle ranch that led to 15 sequels, tracing the ambitious family’s fortunes for more than 200 years. “I wove into the story chunks of early African history. I wrote about Black …