The real estate firm owned by the family of Jared Kushner has withdrawn a request for a big tax break for one its buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey, the latest setback for the company in the area. The Kushner Cos. sent a letter withdrawing its application for a …
your ad hereRussia’s Hosting FIFA Tournaments Reignites World Cup Hopes
Russia’s hosting of FIFA’s (International Federation of Association Football) Confederations Cup from June 17 to July 2 and the World Cup championship in 2018 is reigniting hopes in the country for football (soccer). The last time Russia made the world’s top four was in 1966 when it was part of …
your ad hereRussia’s Hosting of FIFA Tournaments Reignites World Cup Hopes
Russia’s role as host of FIFA’s (International Federation of Association Footballs’) Confederations Cup from June 17 to July 2 and the World Cup championship in 2018 is reigniting hopes for Russian football (soccer). The last time Russia made the world’s top four was 1966, when it was part of the …
your ad hereGroup Exercises Make for Happier, Safer Construction Site
Even though we know that exercising is good for us, far too many of us can not seem to work it into our day. But that is not a problem for workers at the Mortenson construction firm, as Faith Lapidus explains. …
your ad hereLighter Cars Can Save a Lot of Money
Fierce competition among car manufacturers requires constant search for ways to cut expenses without compromising safety and other standards. One of the areas with room for improvement is in manufacturing of car bodies, which could be made lighter but still strong enough to protect passengers. VOA’s George Putic visited the …
your ad hereInside Amazon Reserve, High-end Chocolate Thrives With Forest
With a cigarette in one hand and a muddy machete in the other, Brazilian grandmother Maria Nobre de Oliveira thinks high-end chocolate will help end the epidemic of deforestation ravaging Amazon communities like hers. Her community of a few dozen residents live in hand-built wooden houses with no electricity or …
your ad hereHot Dog! Eye-catching LA Wiener Stand Finds Museum Home
An eye-catching Los Angeles hot dog stand designed in the 1940s to look like a giant wiener on a bun has found a home a decade after closing. The Tail o’ the Pup, which fed working people and Hollywood stars for 60 years, will be moved Thursday for permanent …
your ad hereNew Forecast Tool Gives Countries Edge Against Desert Locust Invasions
A new satellite forecast tool could more than double the warning time for desert locust invasions, allowing vulnerable nations to prepare better against the crop-eating grasshoppers, the United Nations and European Space Agency (ESA) said Wednesday. Desert locusts, found mainly in the Sahara, across the Arabian Peninsula and in India, …
your ad hereRio Olympics Price Tag Rises to $13.2 Billion
The cost of last year’s Rio Olympics has risen to 43.3 billion reais ($13.2 billion), around 14.5 billion reais more than originally planned, according to figures published by the federal agency for Olympic legacy (AGLO) on Wednesday. The original budget when Brazil won the right to host the Games in …
your ad hereReport: More Women in Workforce Would Add Trillions to World Economy
A new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) says getting more women into the world labor market would add trillions of dollars to the global economy and boost tax revenues. According to the report, the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2017, just more than 49 …
your ad hereUN Report: Migrants Sending Billions More Home Than in 2007
Migrants are sending home billions of dollars more than they did a decade ago – and the rate of growth in remittances is almost double the increase in migration, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. The report commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development says that remittances increased …
your ad hereHomeless, But Not Voiceless, at Carnegie Hall
They’re homeless, but a group of men and women from Texas has made it to Carnegie Hall. The storied New York City concert hall is the venue Wednesday evening for a performance by the Dallas Street Choir, all singers recruited from urban streets and homeless shelters that has been performing …
your ad hereVintage Typewriters Gain Fans Amid ‘Digital Burnout’
Typewriter enthusiasts gather at an Albuquerque restaurant to experiment with vintage Smith Coronas. Fans in Boston kneel in a city square and type stories about their lives during a pro-immigration demonstration. A documentary on typewriters featuring Tom Hanks and musician John Mayer is set for release this summer. In the …
your ad hereEducators Aim to Reach 6M Children With Visual, Hearing Impairments
Imagine that you could not see. Or hear. And that you were just a child. What would your world be like? How would you communicate? Who would teach you to speak, to sign or to read Braille? To play? For more than 6 million children around the world, many in …
your ad hereQatari Businesses Find New Suppliers After Gulf Boycott
The sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states on Qatar have been a blessing for Mohammed Kuwari and his al-Rawa brand of yoghurt. With competing Saudi products off the shelves, his business is booming. “Our sales doubled! There’s lots of production as you can see and we have …
your ad hereEIA: Wind, Solar Surpassed 10 Percent of US Electricity in March
Wind and solar accounted for more than 10 percent of U.S. electricity generation for the first time in March, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Wind and solar power capacity has been growing in the United States, accounting for an average of up to 7 percent of …
your ad hereMedical App Aims to Tackle Rape, Flag War Crimes in DRC
Activists behind an app designed to assist doctors document evidence of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aim to go beyond obtaining justice for rape victims and collect data that could help secure prosecutions for war crimes. Developed by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), MediCapt allows clinicians …
your ad hereFacebook to Add Fundraising Option to ‘Safety Check’
Facebook said Wednesday that it would soon allow its U.S. users to raise and donate money using its “Safety Check” feature, to make it easier for people affected by natural disasters and violent attacks to receive help. “Safety Check,” launched in 2014, allows Facebook users to notify friends that they …
your ad hereBroccoli Ingredient Found to Reduce Blood Sugar in Diabetics
There’s not much middle ground on broccoli — people either love it or hate it. U.S. President George H.W. Bush, for instance, was not a fan. “I do not like broccoli,” he famously said. “And I have not liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made …
your ad hereScientists Find ‘Achilles Heel’ in Malaria Parasite
Researchers have identified an “Achilles heel” in the malaria parasite — a weakness that could stop the mosquito-borne infection in its tracks. The discovery offers the possibility of a cure, as well as a way to halt transmission. The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, uses a protein to infect red blood …
your ad hereFederal Reserve Raises Interest Rate Slightly
Top officials of the U.S. central bank raised the benchmark interest rate slightly Wednesday, as the recovering economy no longer seems to need quite as much of the boost it gets from ultra-low rates. The Federal Reserve raised its short-term rate a quarter of a percent, to a range between …
your ad hereBig Data gives China’s top 3 Internet Firms Big Leverage
China’s three big Internet-driven companies, Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu, are set to influence a vast section of the country’s business because they control data concerning the consumer and social behavior of millions of people. The awesome power comes from the government’s drive to develop a “big data” industry, which is thriving in China. …
your ad here3-D Technology Moves Into the Music World
Musicians tend to talk about their instruments in terms of tone and sound as often as the brand. Electric guitarists are no different, and they can expound on the ‘bright’ sound of the Fender or the bass heavy Gibsons. But now there is a 3-D-printed electric guitar, and that could …
your ad here3D Technology Moves Into the Music World
Musicians tend to talk about their instruments in terms of tone and sound as often as the brand. Electric guitarists are no different, and they can expound on the ‘bright’ sound of the Fender or the bass heavy Gibsons. But now there is a 3D-printed electric guitar, and that could …
your ad hereSeattle Passes Sugary Drink Tax to Fight Childhood Obesity
Nearly one third of all humans are now classified as overweight or obese. That’s the conclusion from a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that dropped this week. When it comes to childhood weight problems, the U.S. tops the list. 13 percent of U.S. kids are now …
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