President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit a Boeing aircraft factory in South Carolina on Friday, just days after workers there rejected a bid to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Trump is scheduled to see the rollout of a new version of a wide-body jetliner, the …
your ad hereNew Mosquito Trap Smart Enough to Keep Just the Bad Bugs
A smart trap for mosquitoes? A new high-tech version is promising to catch the bloodsuckers while letting friendlier insects escape — and even record the exact weather conditions when different species emerge to bite. Whether it really could improve public health is still to be determined. But when the robotic …
your ad hereEgypt’s Agricultural Exports Ripe for World Markets After Currency Float
Egypt’s agricultural exporters are seeing a surge in demand and finding new foreign markets only months after the currency was floated, with many rushing to expand capacity to keep up. Egypt’s pound has roughly halved in value since the central bank abandoned its peg of 8.8 to the dollar on …
your ad hereFans Call Shots in Futuristic Football League
The Salt Lake Screaming Eagles take flight on Thursday as the normally low- profile Indoor Football League offers a glimpse into the future of interactive sports. The expansion team’s site, coach, logo, mascot, cheerleaders and players have already been chosen by fans, who will use an app to pick the …
your ad hereLockheed F-35 Jet Cost Could Drop 16 Percent, Pentagon Official Says
The cost of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 stealth fighter jet could fall 16 percent to around $80 million in future purchases, according to the Department of Defense’s head of the program. In February, the Pentagon agreed to a deal for the tenth batch of the fighter aircraft at below $95 …
your ad hereTransCanada Files Keystone XL Route Application in Nebraska
TransCanada Corp, Canada’s No. 2 pipeline operator, filed an application with Nebraska authorities to route its Keystone XL pipeline through the state, after U.S. President Donald Trump cleared the way for the project last month. In November 2015, the pipeline company withdrew the route application it had made to the …
your ad hereKeith Urban Leads Academy of Country Music Nominations
Keith Urban’s boundary-pushing album “Ripcord” has spawned several top country singles and led him to pick up seven nominations including entertainer of the year and album of the year at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards. Lady Antebellum announced the nominations Thursday on “CBS This Morning” for the awards …
your ad hereTrump Chooses Acosta as Next Labor Secretary
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acosta to serve as U.S. secretary of labor, one day after Trump’s original choice withdrew. Acosta is dean of the Florida International University College of Law in Miami and is Trump’s first Hispanic nominee. Acosta has …
your ad hereIn Exile, Bangladeshi Activist Writes, Dreams of Home
WATCH: People in America: Meet Tuhin Das — Poet, Activist and Writer in Exile …
your ad hereSenate Confirms Mulvaney as Trump’s Budget Chief
The Senate Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to run the White House budget office, giving the Republicans’ tea party wing a voice in Trump’s Cabinet. South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney squeaked through the Senate on a 51-49 vote. Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, who’s emerging as perhaps the …
your ad hereUS Housing Starts Drop; Permits Rise to One-year High
U.S. homebuilding fell in January as the construction of multi-family housing projects dropped, but upward revisions to the prior month’s data and a jump in permits to a one-year high suggested the housing recovery remained on track. Other data on Thursday showed only a modest increase in the number of …
your ad here‘It Would Be Huge’ – US Border Town Confronts Possible Import Tax
For up to 16 hours a day, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and mangoes grown in Mexico flow north through a border checkpoint into Nogales, Arizona, helping to ensure a year-round supply of fresh produce across the United States. This is a city built on cross-border trade. Each year, some 330,000 trucks …
your ad hereBig Data and the Business of Mind-Reading
Big data is playing an increasing role in people’s lives. Loosely defined as data that is too massive to be contained or processed by any one machine or person, it includes information on individuals’ Facebook likes, supermarket loyalty cards, and other seemingly innocuous personal information that was used by both …
your ad hereSmall US Company Bucks a Trend, Adds Manufacturing Jobs
A rising tide of automation, trade problems and lagging growth in productivity have slashed millions of jobs from the U.S. manufacturing sector. At the same time, a small factory in Massachusetts has been hiring, expanding and exporting. Riverdale Mills hopes to grow further by making unusual products and building a …
your ad hereCarrying Your Identity in a Chip Under Your Skin
Many dogs and cats have it, and now a small company in Belgium says if people carried a personal identifying chip under their skin, modern life could become a lot easier. Others agree, but what if the technology changes? VOA’s George Putic reports. …
your ad hereSouth African Duo Aims to be First to Row Across Southern Atlantic
Two South African rowers pushed off from the coast of Cape Town earlier in February and began what they hope will be a record-breaking journey to Rio de Janeiro. If they succeed, they will be the first to row across the southern Atlantic. Their goal in undertaking such a voyage: …
your ad hereChina January Bird Flu Deaths hit 79, Most Since at Least 2013
An outbreak of H7N9 bird flu in China killed 79 people in January, the most in a single month in at least three years, the country’s national health authority said. More than 250 cases of H7N9 have been reported to the National Health and Family Planning Commission from 16 provinces …
your ad hereChina Makes Deadly Opioid Carfentanil a Controlled Substance
China is adding carfentanil and three related synthetic opioids to its list of controlled substances effective March 1, China’s National Narcotics Control Commission said Thursday. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration called the move a potential “game-changer” that is likely to reduce supply of key chemicals driving a surge of …
your ad hereChina Wants to Be Open About Smog, Fears Drumbeat of Bad News
In its “war” on hazardous air pollution, China’s government has a dilemma: It needs to be open about air quality data to hold polluters to account, but worries that too much bad news from alternative, independent sources could stoke public unrest. Beijing has greatly improved how it collects data, made …
your ad hereBrazil Hopes to Lure Back Billions in Foreign Assets With Amnesty
Brazil’s Lower House of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that reopens a program providing an amnesty against criminal prosecution to Brazilians holding undeclared assets abroad if they pay tax and a fine. In a 303 to 124 vote, lawmakers approved legislation that is expected to yield 13.2 billion reais …
your ad hereImmigrants to Show Their Presence in US by Being Absent
Organizers in cities across the U.S. are telling immigrants to miss class, miss work and not shop Thursday as a way to show the country how important they are to America’s economy and way of life. “A Day Without Immigrants” actions are planned in cities including Philadelphia, Washington, Boston and …
your ad hereIran Defeats US Navy in Defiant Animated Film
A full-length animated film depicting an armed confrontation between Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the U.S. Navy is soon to open in Iranian cinemas, amid rising tensions over President Donald Trump’s hardening rhetoric against Tehran. The director of the Battle of Persian Gulf II, Farhad Azima, said that it was a …
your ad hereFossils Show Quick Rebound of Life After Ancient Mass Extinction
Fossils including sharks, sea reptiles and squid-like creatures dug up in Idaho reveal a marine ecosystem thriving relatively soon after Earth’s worst mass extinction, contradicting the long-held notion life was slow to recover from the calamity. Scientists on Wednesday described the surprising fossil discovery showing creatures flourishing in the aftermath …
your ad hereSome Brain Areas in Kids With ADHD Undersized, Study Finds
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have several brain regions that are slightly smaller than usual, more evidence that the disorder should be considered a neurological condition, a new study says. The study, the largest review of ADHD patients’ brain scans ever conducted, might also provide clues for developing new …
your ad hereContemporary Art Brings Life to Cairo’s City of the Dead
On a winding road leading into Cairo’s City of the Dead, a cartoon mouse with round ears and green eyes adorns the shop fronts and walls of the mausoleums where thousands of Egyptians live among the gravestones. The path leads to a 15th-century complex built by Mameluk Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, …
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