A new report showed greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union rose in 2015, the first increase since 2010, even as European officials on Thursday urged the United States to remain part of a global climate pact. Emissions grew by 0.5 percent compared with 2014, mainly due to increases from …
your ad hereMicrosoft Cofounder Unveils Huge Rocket Launching Plane
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s entry into the commercial space race has been revealed. Allen posted a picture of a plane nicknamed the “Roc” on Twitter, showing an extremely unusual and enormous plane that he hopes will eventually launch rockets into space. The Roc has six engines, two fuselages, 28 wheels …
your ad herePolice Release Tiger Woods’ DUI Arrest Video
His speech slow and slurred, Tiger Woods couldn’t follow simple instructions or keep his balance during a dazed and disoriented encounter with police before he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The video images came from dash-cam footage that Jupiter police released Wednesday night, and they …
your ad hereChloe Grace Moretz Apologizes for Ad Accused of Body Shaming
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz and the creators of her upcoming animated film apologized Wednesday after promotional materials were criticized of body shaming women. Moretz, 20, wrote on Twitter that she had talked to producers for the film Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs about the marketing choices, including a billboard …
your ad hereOhio Sues Drug Makers it Accuses of Fueling Opioid Crisis
The U.S. state of Ohio filed a lawsuit Wednesday against five prescription drug manufacturers, saying they used deceptive practices that fueled an opioid addiction epidemic. “These drug manufacturers led prescribers to believe that opioids were not addictive, that addiction was an easy thing to overcome, or that addiction could actually …
your ad hereNASA May Build GPS for Space Travel
Today’s travelers on land, sea and air rely on one of the satellite-based navigational systems commonly known as GPS, where the G stands for Global. Scientists at NASA will soon start experiments aiming at changing Global to Galactic. For that, they plan to use neutron stars, also known as pulsars, …
your ad hereResearcher Engineers Protein-Rich Algae as Meat, Soy Substitute
Fighting hunger around the globe is uniquely challenging. It’s not just getting the food to those who need it. It includes growing, or in the case of protein, raising the food that will feed the hungry. But a group of California researchers may have an answer to the protein problem. …
your ad hereCanada Threatens to Cancel Boeing Order Over Trade Complaint
Canada’s defense minister repeated a threat Wednesday to cancel the purchase of 18 fighter jets from Boeing Co. because of the company’s trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier. Harjit Sajjan said Boeing’s action against Bombardier is “unfounded” and not the behavior of a “trusted partner.” He said buying …
your ad hereAngkor Wat Takes Top Spot for Tourist Destination
Angkor Wat has triumphed across the centuries to emerge at the world’s top tourism landmark in TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice awards—for the second time since 2015. The travel website used — what else? — an algorithm to determine the winners, which were determined by taking into account the quantity and quality …
your ad hereInvestors Push Exxon on Climate Change, Diverge With Trump
Major investors put U.S. industry on notice Wednesday that climate change matters, even as reports emerged that President Donald Trump plans to withdraw the United States from an international pact to fight global warming. A number of large institutional fund firms including BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, supported a …
your ad hereYou Could Be Dancing … on ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Disco Floor
The Saturday Night Fever dance floor where John Travolta captured the 1970s disco craze is going up for sale next month and could fetch up to $1.5 million, the auctioneers said Wednesday. The dance floor that lit up in red, blue and yellow in rhythm with the music was custom-built …
your ad hereBig Data Maps India’s Human Traffic Hot Spots
An Indian charity is using big data to pinpoint human trafficking hot spots in a bid to prevent vulnerable women and girls vanishing from high-risk villages into the sex trade. My Choices Foundation uses specially designed technology to identify those villages that are most at risk of modern slavery, then …
your ad hereActivist Seeks Trumps’ Help in Freeing Labor Investigators in China
The head of a New York-based advocacy group has called on President Donald Trump and his older daughter to help secure the release of three men who reported labor violations at a Chinese company that makes shoes bearing the Ivanka Trump brand. “We appeal to President Trump, Ivanka Trump herself, …
your ad hereStalled Brazilian Odebrecht Projects Decay in Venezuela
In the hot and humid town of Caicara, in the heart of Venezuela, some 20 piers jutting out of the vast Orinoco river gather mildew and rust. Brazilian construction company Odebrecht was meant to build an 11-km (seven-mile) bridge in the town — the longest in the South American country …
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