The United States supported a global call to action at the United Nations on Friday to conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources, even as it noted President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from a pact to fight climate change. The first U.N. Ocean Conference ended on Friday …
your ad hereUS Commerce Chief Seen Imposing Mexico Sugar Deal Over Industry Objections
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is likely to impose a new sugar trade deal with Mexico even if final revisions to it fail to win support from the U.S. industry, trade lawyers and experts say. After announcing a deal this week that would dramatically cut the amount of refined sugar …
your ad herePolio Immunization Campaign Planned for IS-controlled Area in Syria
The World Health Organization hopes to get a polio immunization campaign under way in the next week or two in the IS-controlled area of Deir Ezzor, Syria, where two new cases of the crippling disease were discovered this week. The WHO reports two children in Deir Ezzor have been paralyzed …
your ad hereL’Oreal Set to Sell The Body Shop to Brazil’s Natura in $1.1B Deal
French cosmetics and luxury goods group L’Oreal has started exclusive talks to sell The Body Shop business to Brazilian makeup company Natura Cosmeticos in a possible 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) deal. Earlier this year, L’Oreal had announced it was reviewing its strategy for The Body Shop, which it bought …
your ad hereApple CEO to MIT Grads: Tech Without Values is Worthless
Science is worthless if it isn’t motivated by basic human values and the desire to help people, Apple CEO Tim Cook told graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, urging them to use their powers for good. In a commencement address, Cook — who as Apple’s chief …
your ad hereJapan’s SoftBank Buys Robotics Leader Boston Dynamics From Alphabet
Japanese internet, solar and technology company SoftBank Group Corp. is buying robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent. Terms of the deal, announced Friday, including when it might close, were not disclosed. Tokyo-based SoftBank, which offers the chatty childlike Pepper companion robot, said the purchase underlines how robotics …
your ad hereSE Asia Urged to Step Up Cooperation in Fight Against Cybercrime
Asia Pacific nations are facing rising challenges posed by cybercrime and security breaches amid escalating economic costs from cyber attacks. Regional businesses and governments say policy reforms are needed against a backdrop of a fast changing technological landscape and mounting vulnerabilities to cyber crime. Singapore has taken the regional lead …
your ad herePolanski’s Victim to Stand up for Him in California Court
Roman Polanski won’t take his chances and return to court to resolve his sexual assault case, so his victim is going to stand up for him. Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at the time of the crime, is going to appeal directly to a judge Friday to end the long-running …
your ad hereDocumentary ‘Zero Days’ Warns of Wide Scale Cyberattacks
The recent WannaCry computer virus infected more than 230,000 computers in more than 150 countries. It is not yet clear who was behind the ransomware attack that affected organizations, hospitals and telecom companies worldwide, but it was hardly unexpected. Months earlier, filmmaker Alex Gibney released his documentary Zero Days, in which …
your ad hereChina Bike-Share Revolution Brings Convenience, Headaches
Thanks to an explosion of bike share apps and providers, China is rediscovering its love of bicycles. In cities across the country and in the capital of Beijing, a colorful bike-share revolution is taking over on the streets, helping ease traffic snarls and keeping the air cleaner. It is also …
your ad hereDocumentary "Zero Days" a Warning of Wide Scale Cyberattacks
The recent attack by the computer virus WannaCry infected more than 230,000 computers in more than 150 countries. It is not clear who is behind it, but the attack was hardly unexpected. Months earlier, award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney released his documentary “Zero Days,” in which he warned of massive cyberattacks …
your ad hereBreast Cancer No Barrier to Pregnancy
A new study is providing reassuring news for breast cancer survivors who want to have children. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ad hereChinese Consumers Falling in Love with Gadgets
China’s open policy toward technology firms is rapidly transforming its society into a Western-style consumer environment, ever hungry for new gadgets. As a casual visitor at this year’s Shanghai Consumer Electronics Show could easily see, robots created the highest interest. VOA’s George Putic reports. …
your ad hereIvanka Trump’s Brand Distances Itself From China Shoemaker
Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand sought to distance itself from a Chinese manufacturer that has come under scrutiny after activists investigating labor conditions there were detained, saying the company last made its products three months ago. In a statement released Wednesday, the brand’s president, Abigail Klem, said Ivanka Trump shoes, which …
your ad here$10B Chinese Project in Myanmar Stirs Local Concern
Days before the first supertanker carrying 140,000 tons of Chinese-bound crude oil arrived in Myanmar’s Kyauk Pyu port, local officials confiscated Nyein Aye’s fishing nets. The 36-year-old fisherman was among hundreds banned from fishing a stretch of water near the entry point for a pipeline that pumps oil 770 kilometers …
your ad hereAnt-hunting We Will Go!
Shining their flashlights into the darkest corners of Singapore, a small group of ant hunters searches for an elusive winged insect. With luck, they will find a queen ant to lay eggs and start a colony under the watchful eye of a collector. “You can search for a few hours …
your ad hereIn Major Breakthrough, Tiny Utah Firm Regenerates Skin, Hair in Pigs
A small U.S. biotech has successfully regenerated skin and stimulated hair growth in pigs with burns and abrasions, paving the way for a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the regeneration of fully functional human skin. Salt Lake City-based PolarityTE Inc’s patented approach to tissue engineering is designed to use …
your ad hereAutomakers Move Toward Automatic Braking at Different Speeds
Big automakers are rushing to launch self-driving cars as early as 2021, but the industry’s major players are moving slowly when it comes to widespread deployment of a less expensive crash prevention technology that regulators say could prevent thousands of deaths and injuries every year. Nissan said on Thursday it …
your ad hereIndia’s First Solar Satellite Television Service Brings ‘Magic’ to Villages
An Indian business has launched the country’s first solar satellite television service, bringing clean-energy-powered entertainment to households and businesses through a pay-as-you-go payment scheme. Simpa Networks, which began operations in 2011, is one of thousands of enterprises in India tapping into the renewable-energy market in a country where one-fifth of …
your ad hereMalawi Reintroduces Cheetahs After 20-Year Absence
Poaching and wildlife trafficking have left some of Africa’s most iconic species endangered. The loss of the animals has cost African countries critical tourism revenue. But what if those national parks could get a second chance? The nonprofit African Parks has been trying to give just that. Lameck Masina reports …
your ad hereIndonesia Urges UN to Criminalize Unregulated Fishing
Indonesia, the world’s biggest archipelago has called for the United Nations to establish illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known under its acronym of IUUF, as a transnational crime. The proposal has the support of the president of the U.N. General Assembly but there’s still a long way to go before …
your ad hereCheetahs Back from the Brink in Malawi
Poaching and wildlife trafficking have endangered some of Africa’s most iconic species and the loss of the animals has cost African countries critical tourism revenue. But at least one national park is getting a second chance. Liwonde National Park in southern Malawi has just welcomed some new inhabitants – four cheetahs relocated …
your ad hereUS Job Market Gets Stronger as Layoffs Decline
The U.S. job market is getting stronger, according to Labor Department data published Thursday. The number of Americans signing up for unemployment assistance fell by 10,000, to a nationwide total of 245,000. Experts say readings below 300,000 indicate a healthy job market, where layoffs are scarce and employers are trying …
your ad hereScientists Stimulate Immune System to Fight Heart Disease
Someday, your immune system may be pressed into service to fight heart disease. Researchers have discovered that a simple sugar can stimulate immune system “clean up” cells to reduce disease-causing plaque in arteries. Marcophages are the garbage men of the body. These immune system cells mop up cellular toxins …
your ad hereNASA Unveils Mars Rover Concept
NASA has unveiled a concept of a Mars rover vehicle that is set to be launched to the Red Planet in 2020. The flashy Mars 2020 rover, which some say resembles a vehicle from the Batman movie series, was unveiled at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of …
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