A decade-long battle by luxury brands to defend their image neared an end on Wednesday when an adviser to Europe’s top court said Coty can block a German retailer from selling its beauty products via online marketplaces. “A supplier of luxury goods may prohibit its authorized retailers from selling its …
your ad hereTwitter No Longer at ‘Death’s Door’ as Earnings Report Approaches
Twitter Inc heads toward its quarterly earnings report on Thursday with a stock that has risen more than 40 percent since April when much of Wall Street was ready to write off the tech company. The company’s share price popped after its most recent earnings report in April, when …
your ad hereStudy: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players
Tests on deceased former professional American football players showed nearly all of them had a chronic traumatic brain disease, according to scientific research published Tuesday in the JAMA medical journal. The disease, called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is believed to be caused by repeated head trauma and has been known …
your ad hereDaimler Stands by Diesel Despite Growing Controversy
German automaker Daimler’s profits barely rose and were short of market expectations as its Mercedes-Benz luxury car division boomed while earnings lagged at its truck, van and bus businesses. The second-quarter results were overshadowed by the growing controversy over diesel technology hanging over the automaker — and the auto industry …
your ad hereUS Treads Water on Cyber Policy as Destructive Attacks Mount
The Trump administration’s refusal to publicly accuse Russia and others in a wave of politically motivated hacking attacks is creating a policy vacuum that security experts fear will encourage more cyber warfare. In the past three months, hackers broke into official websites in Qatar, helping to create a regional crisis; …
your ad hereGeorge H. W. Bush Signs Americans With Disabilities Act into Law on This Day in 1990
“It was the fair and right thing to do,” former President George H. W. Bush said in an interview in 1999 when asked why he supported the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which he signed into law on July 26, 1990. “I think there are a lot of people who, if …
your ad hereOrigami Robot Can be Folded into a Variety of Shapes
Origami – the ancient Japanese art of paper folding – can create cranes whose wings flap and frogs that jump. Engineers are taking the same idea and apply it to robotics. VOA’s Deborah Block reports. …
your ad hereIf Funding Stays, HIV Epidemic May Be Put Under Control
Science seems to be finally starting to win in the war against the human immunodeficiency virus HIV that causes AIDS. But experts gathered at the Paris conference on the deadly disease say proposed cuts in global funding may delay the final blow. VOA’s George Putic reports. …
your ad hereArtist Uses Iraq Refugees, War Veterans in Radio Project
In 2016, an Iraqi-American artist sat down with Bahjat Abdulwahed — the so-called “Walter Cronkite of Baghdad” — with the idea of launching a radio project that would be part documentary, part radio play and part variety show. Abdulwahed was the voice of Iraqi radio from the late 1950s …
your ad hereStories of Survival, Women to Highlight Toronto Film Festival
Stories of survival in turbulent times, including David Gordon Green’s world premiere of Stronger about a victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, are among the highlights in store at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Angelina Jolie’s First They Killed My Father, set in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge …
your ad hereTrump Administration Cuts Short Anti-teen Pregnancy Grants
Dozens of teen pregnancy prevention programs deemed ineffective by President Donald Trump’s administration will lose more than $200 million in funding following a surprise decision to end five-year grants after only three years. The administration’s assessment is in sharp contrast with that of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, …
your ad hereIn ‘Detroit,’ Bigelow Revisits Still-burning Flames of 1967
Kathryn Bigelow hasn’t forgotten the out-of-body experience she felt when she won the best director Academy Award for her 2009 The Hurt Locker. At that moment, she became the first woman to win the award. None have been nominated since. “The gender inequity that exists in the industry, I thought …
your ad herePeru Cracks Down on Slavery After Deadly Factory Fire Exposes Forced Labor
Peruvian authorities have launched a major crackdown on modern slavery after a warehouse fire in Lima last month killed four workers, including two who were trapped inside a padlocked container on the roof. Officials said they had shut down six furniture factories in the capital on Monday in an operation …
your ad herePesticides May Have Caused South Asian Children’s Sudden Deaths
A pesticide banned by international treaty in 2011 could be responsible for the deaths of young children in South Asia, according to new findings. In June 2012, 14 children were brought to the Dinajpur Medical College Hospital in northern Bangladesh with acute encephalitis, a dangerous swelling of the brain. Most …
your ad hereRepublicans Move to Repeal Financial Rule Opposed by Banks
Continuing its focus on curbing government regulations, a Republican-led House is seeking to overturn a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use an arbitrator to resolve a dispute. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized the rule just two weeks …
your ad hereGore’s Sequel Continues Conversation About Climate Change
Al Gore admits he was frustrated upon hearing the news last month that President Donald Trump was pulling out of the Paris climate accord, but since then he’s become more optimistic. Gore worried that a U.S. withdrawal from the treaty would compel other nations to opt out of the historic …
your ad hereMusk Says Zuckerberg Naive About Killer Robots
Silicon Valley baron Elon Musk insulted rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, escalating a tech wizard war of words over whether robots will become smart enough to kill their human creators. “His understanding of the subject is limited,” Musk said in a tweet about the Facebook founder whose algorithms and …
your ad hereBarbara Sinatra, Frank’s 4th Wife and Philanthropist, Dies
Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent children’s advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dollars to help abused children, died Tuesday at 90. Sinatra died of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home surrounded by family and friends, said John Thoresen, director …
your ad hereGreece Prepares for End of Bailout Era With Comeback Bond
Greece successfully sold debt to private investors for the first time in three years Tuesday, taking a significant first step toward financial independence when its third international bailout ends next year. The deal came a month after eurozone finance ministers signed off on a new loan and sketched out measures …
your ad hereBackstreet Boys, Florida Georgia Line Back Together on CMT
Backstreet Boys got their first hit country song this year on a collaboration with country duo Florida Georgia and now the two powerhouse acts are teaming up for a “CMT Crossroads” episode airing Aug. 30. The cross-genre television show will feature all-star group performances of each other’s biggest singles, including …
your ad here8 Indiana Siblings Rack Up 448 Years of Combined Marriage
Eight siblings who grew up in southwestern Indiana have amassed nearly 450 years of combined marriage. Bruce Clinkenbeard of Freelandville, Indiana, and his wife Sally have been married for 53 years, but that’s just the tip of the Clinkenbeard family’s matrimonial iceberg. Bruce and his seven siblings have …
your ad here‘Iron Lady’ Makes Huge Splash In and Out of the Pool
Katinka Hosszu has a case full of medals. She wants so much more. From marketing marvel to ambitious businesswoman to fledgling union organizer, the Hungarian swimmer known as the “Iron Lady” knows how to make a splash – in and out of the pool. Along with American star Katie Ledecky, …
your ad hereArctic Circle Journey: Icebreaker Leaves Behind Jagged Icescape
We encountered the first floes around Point Barrow, the northernmost tip of Alaska. Much of it was already rotten, as our ice navigator David “Duke” Snider explained. The ice was fraying at the edges. Some of it was covered in sand and dirt from crashing against the coast, while larger …
your ad hereWisconsin Retail Tech Company Offers to Microchip its Staff
A Wisconsin company is offering to microchip its employees, enabling them to open doors, log onto their computers and purchase break room snacks with a simple swipe of the hand. Three Square Market, also known as 32M, says it expects about 50 employees to take advantage of the technology. The …
your ad hereHollywood’s Rock Hudson Admits AIDS Diagnosis on This Day in 1985
The shocking announcement on July 26, 1985, came via press release. Rock Hudson, age 59, tall, dark and undeniably handsome, was sick with AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a disease that was, at the time, disproportionately killing gay men in the United States. Just four months later, Hudson was dead. AIDS …
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