Nations around the world have adopted more than 1,200 laws to curb climate change, up from about 60 two decades ago, which is a sign of widening efforts to limit rising temperatures, a study showed on Tuesday. “Most countries have a legal basis on which future action can be built,” …
your ad hereChicken Nugget Tweet Breaks World Record
Move over Ellen DeGeneres, there’s a new most-tweeted tweet. And it’s not from another celebrity, famous athlete or politician, but rather a 16-year-old kid from Reno, Nevada named Carter Wilkerson who has a deep love for chicken nuggets from U.S. fast food chain Wendy’s. It all started in April when …
your ad hereGrammy Awards Returning to NYC After 14 Years in LA
The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the 2018 Grammys would return to New York City after spending the last 14 years in Los Angeles. The show will take place at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018. Madison Square Garden last hosted the Grammys in 2003. Spike Lee, a …
your ad hereWith Lacoste, Mont Blanc, Socialist Cuba Has 1st Luxury Mall
The saleswomen in L’Occitane en Provence’s new Havana store make $12.50 a month. The acacia eau de toilette they sell costs $95.20 a bottle. Rejuvenating face cream is $162.40 an ounce. A few doors down, a Canon EOS camera goes for $7,542.01. A Bulgari watch, $10,200. In the heart of …
your ad hereFCC Website Under Attack
The website for the Federal Communications Commission has come under attack. Initially, the problems were believed to have been caused by comedian John Oliver, who on Sunday urged his viewers to leave comments on the site about the FCC’s plans to revisit net neutrality rules. Net neutrality rules were implemented …
your ad hereCERN Launches New Accelerator to Help Boost Data Output
Scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher have inaugurated their newest particle accelerator, a key step toward churning out greater amounts of data that could help explain many lingering mysteries of the universe. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, announced Tuesday the completion of Linac 4, a 90-meter-long …
your ad hereWashington DC Draws 20 Million Domestic Tourists in Year for 1st Time
The tourism bureau in the nation’s capital says a record 20 million U.S. visitors traveled to Washington in 2016. Destination DC released the domestic visitation total on Tuesday. International visitor totals will be released in August. The number of domestic tourists beat the previous record of 19.3 million, set in …
your ad hereBack on TV, Kimmel Zings Critics of his Health Care Plea
Jimmy Kimmel zinged his critics as he returned to late-night TV and resumed arguing that Americans deserve the level of health care given his infant son. Back on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday after a week’s absence, he said baby Billy is recovering well from open-heart surgery for a birth …
your ad hereNew S. Africa Fossil Discoveries Could Shift Evolutionary Theories
The scientific team that made headlines in 2015 by unearthing a previously unknown ancient human relative says its latest discoveries could change the way we look at human evolution. The findings, which are being published this week in the scientific journal ELife, include the discovery of a second chamber of …
your ad hereCambodian Business Hopes to Change Attitudes With World Economic Forum
Cambodia’s rapidly normalizing economy will receive an additional boost when it hosts the regional World Economic Forum (WEF) for the first time this week with business leaders looking for opportunities to diversify the country’s fledgling industries. American lawyer and chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, Brett Sciaroni, …
your ad hereESA Looking For Life on Mars
Exploration of Mars has not proceeded without setbacks, but that did not discourage scientists trying to find the answer to one of the crucial questions – has the red planet ever sustained life? If the answer is positive, it would mean that we are not alone in the universe. Scientists …
your ad hereIMF Warns Asia to Act Early on Rapidly-aging Population
The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan’s experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging populations, warning that parts of the region risk “getting old before becoming rich.” Asia has enjoyed substantial demographic dividends in the past decades, but the growing number of elderly …
your ad hereTop Mexican Trade Official to Hold Sugar Talks Next Week in US
Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo will travel to Washington next week for talks about sugar exports, he told reporters on Monday, in an attempt to break an impasse that threatens to trigger tit-for-tat duties on sweeteners. U.S.-Mexican trade relations are already under strain as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to …
your ad hereAustrian Court Rules Facebook Must Delete ‘Hate Postings’
Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, an Austrian court has ruled, in a legal victory for campaigners who want to force social media companies to combat online “trolling.” The case — brought by Austria’s Green party over insults to its leader — has international ramifications as the court …
your ad herePioneer Vietnam War Journalist Morrissy Merick Dies at 83
Anne Morrissy Merick, who successfully fought for equal treatment of female reporters during the Vietnam War, has died. She was 83. Morrissy Merick died May 2 of complications from dementia in Naples, Florida, said her daughter Katherine Anne Engleke. ABC had assigned Morrissy Merick to cover the war in 1967 …
your ad hereTunisian Job Protests Hit Oil and Gas Output
Protests over jobs and development in southern and central Tunisia have halted production at or shut the fields of two foreign energy companies in a new challenge to the country’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed. For Tunisia, a small oil and gas producer compared to its OPEC neighbors Libya and Algeria …
your ad hereCanada Political Pressures Force PM’s Hand on US Trade Disputes
Canada escalated a trade dispute with United States by making threats Washington called inappropriate in part because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to secure support in a key region ahead of the country’s 2019 elections. Washington last month slapped tariffs on timber imports, prompting Trudeau to say he …
your ad hereWhat You Need to Know About EB-5 Visas
What is the EB-5 Visa? The EB-5 program allows entrepreneurs and their families to apply for green cards (permanent residence) if they 1) make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States, and 2) plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers. …
your ad hereAusterity Remains a Bitter Pill for Greeks to Swallow
The prospect of an economic doomsday for Greece may have diminished in the past week, but citizen Angelika Dinkel doesn’t much care. Following months of negotiations, the Greek government last week agreed to further austerity measures in order to access loans from its $94 billion bailout program.. But as she …
your ad hereKenya Health Officials Issue Alert Over Dengue Fever Outbreak
An alert has been issued in Mombasa County, Kenya, in response to an outbreak of dengue fever, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease. More than 100 people have been infected in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, according to government health officials in the county by the same name. In recent statements, …
your ad hereTrump Administration Hollows Out EPA Science Integrity Board
The Trump administration will not reappoint half the expert members of a board that advises the Environmental Protection Agency on the integrity of its science, the latest in a series of moves that could benefit industries whose pollution the government regulates. Deborah L. Swackhamer, chairwoman of the Board of Scientific …
your ad hereStudy: Marijuana Ingredient Improves Memory in Aging Brains
The psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces the “high” sought by users has been shown to reverse memory problems in aging mice. Researchers, who’ve been looking for ways to slow the effects of brain aging, hope it could have the same effect in older humans. German and Israeli researchers showed …
your ad hereBaltic States Agree to Link Their Power Grids to EU Via Poland
The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said on Monday they had agreed to link their power systems to other European Union members through Poland as they look to reduce their dependence on Russia. Power grids in the Baltic countries, formerly part of the Soviet Union, are still integrated …
your ad hereA Look at Disney World’s New Pandora-World of Avatar Land
It’s not a movie set, but visitors to Disney World’s new Pandora-World of Avatar land are in for a cinematic experience. The 12-acre land, inspired by the “Avatar” movie, opens in Florida in late May at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. It cost a half-billion dollars to build. The …
your ad hereLife Expectancy Gaps Growing in US
Life expectancy in the United States depends on what county one lives in, a new study suggests. According to the study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, “The gap between counties with the highest and lowest life expectancies is larger …
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