State-sponsored hacks have become an increasing worry among countries across the Persian Gulf. They include suspected Iranian cyberattacks on Saudi Arabia to leaked emails causing consternation among nominally allied Arab nations. Defending against such attacks have become a major industry in Dubai, as the city-state home to the world’s tallest …
your ad hereIOC: North Korea Crisis So Far No Threat to Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
The escalating North Korean crisis had so far raised “no hint” of a security threat for next year’s Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. Hours after the United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea over the country’s sixth …
your ad hereA Successful Saturn Probe Ends its Mission
The end of this week will also see the end of a glorious decades-long space mission that thrilled space scientists, sending huge amounts of data about a distant alien world. On Friday, the space probe Cassini-Huygens will descend into Saturn’s atmosphere until it burns and disintegrates. VOA’s George Putic looks …
your ad hereNew Study Links Long NFL Career with Brain Injuries
The past few years have seen a drastic decline in the number of kids who play American football. One of the main reasons is the fear of brain injuries due to the constant helmet on helmet bashing. A new study is just more proof that too much football is seriously …
your ad hereEric Clapton Says ‘Not Easy’ Watching his Own Documentary
A documentary about the life of renowned guitarist Eric Clapton does not attempt to whitewash over the darker side of the hard-drinking musician’s life, even though it is directed by his longtime friend, filmmaker Lili Fini Zanuck said Monday. Zanuck, who has known Clapton for 25 years, directed “Eric Clapton: …
your ad hereUS to Unveil Streamlined Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao will unveil on Tuesday streamlined safety guidelines for automakers that want to deploy self-driving vehicles, a person briefed on the matter said Monday, as members of Congress push their own proposals to remove regulatory barriers to the technology. The new Transportation Department policy is expected …
your ad hereHemingway Museum and Six-toed Cats Ride Out Irma Unscathed
Hurricane Irma may have shattered homes and flooded communities across Florida, but the Key West museum dedicated to acclaimed American author Ernest Hemingway and descendants of his beloved six-toed cats emerged unscathed. Irma hit the Florida Keys as a powerful Category 4 hurricane early on Sunday, inflicting widespread damage on …
your ad hereDirecting Allows Angelina Jolie to ‘Champion Other People’
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie says she never intended to step behind the camera, but traveling around the world for the United Nations opened her eyes to the conflicts that have inspired many of her most recent films. “I never thought I could make a movie or direct,” Jolie told an …
your ad hereVenezuelan President Wraps Up Algeria Trip With Talks on Oil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said at the end of a two-day visit to Algeria Monday that his country and the North African nation were working to achieve “equitable” oil prices. Maduro said his talks with Algeria’s second-ranking official, Council of the Nation President Abdelkader Bensalah, had a “good climate.” …
your ad hereJFK’s Granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg Gets Married
President John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter and Caroline Kennedy’s daughter Tatiana Schlossberg has gotten married at the family’s Martha’s Vineyard home. The New York Times reports the 27-year-old Schlossberg married 28-year-old George Moran on Saturday with former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick officiating. The couple met in college at Yale. Schlossberg was …
your ad hereScientists Say DNA Tests Show Viking Warrior Was Female
Scientists say DNA tests on a skeleton found in a lavish Viking warrior’s grave in Sweden show the remains are those of a woman in her 30s. While bone experts had long suspected the remains belong to a woman, the idea had previously been dismissed despite other accounts supporting the …
your ad hereGlobal Witness: Zimbabwe Officials, Military Secretly Exploit Diamond Sector
International watchdog group Global Witness says powerful political elites and security forces have controlled and secretly exploited Zimbabwe’s diamond sector for a decade. Zimbabwe’s dreaded Central Intelligence Organization and the military are among the state actors accused of holding stakes in private diamond enterprises, trading the country’s precious stones on …
your ad hereCardi B. on Meeting Beyonce, Plans to Release Album in October
Cardi B. has a breakthrough hit with “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” and the rapper said she’s ready to follow the single’s success with an album next month. “I have an album coming. It will be dropping in October. I’m an October baby,” Cardi B., who turns 25 on Oct. …
your ad hereLebanese Director Ziad Doueiri Briefly Detained for Israel Film Ties
Renowned French-Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri appeared before a military court in Beirut Monday to face questions about his role in a past movie project in neighboring Israel. Lebanon bans its citizens from travel to Israel or having business dealings with Israelis as the two nations are in a state …
your ad hereApple May Test Bounds of iPhone Love with $1,000 Model
Apple is expected to sell its fanciest iPhone yet for $1,000, crossing into a new financial frontier that will test how much consumers are willing to pay for a device that’s become an indispensable part of modern life. The unveiling of a dramatically redesigned iPhone will likely be the …
your ad hereKristen Bell Sings ‘Frozen’ Tunes at Florida Irma Shelter
Kristen Bell says she’s “singing in a hurricane” while riding out Irma in Florida. The “Frozen” star is in Orlando filming a movie and staying at a hotel at the Walt Disney World resort. She stopped by an Orlando middle school that was serving as a shelter and belted …
your ad here‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is Back, Darker Than Ever
Rebel super-hacker Lisbeth Salander is back in the fifth book in the Millennium series, this time battling neo-Nazi prison gangs and honor killings as well as trying to uncover the secrets about her troubled childhood. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye is the long-awaited return of Salander, …
your ad hereRobot Gives New Meaning to ‘Hand Made’ Sculptures
Beautiful art and façades adorn buildings in many cities. Some are carved by hand, while others are manufactured. Now, a smart robot is creating large-scale art to transform public places. As we hear from VOA’s Deborah Block, the droid gives new meaning to hand-made art. …
your ad hereMiss North Dakota Cara Mund Is New Miss America
Miss North Dakota, a 23-year-old who said President Donald Trump was wrong to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, was named Miss America 2018 Sunday night in Atlantic City. Cara Mund topped a field of 51 contestants to win the crowd in the New Jersey seaside …
your ad hereHurricane Irma Threatens Florida’s Bustling Tourism Industry
Hurricane Irma’s path of destruction up Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday threatens to disrupt a thriving state tourism industry worth more than $100 billion annually just months ahead of the busy winter travel season. Some of the state’s biggest attractions have announced temporary closures, including amusement park giants Walt Disney …
your ad herePost-Brexit Customs Checks Could Cost Traders $5B a Year
The introduction of post-Brexit customs checks could cost traders more than 4 billion pounds ($5.28 billion) a year, according to a think tank report released on Monday. The British government has said it plans to leave the European Union’s customs union when it leaves the bloc, and it wants to …
your ad hereToronto a Coming-out Party for Actor Timothee Chalamet
The kind of breakthrough performance where it’s immediately apparent that an actor is going to be a star for years to come is a rarity in movies. Think of Emma Stone in “Easy A” or Jessica Chastain in “The Tree of Life.” But that kind of thunderbolt moment is …
your ad hereBrazil Businessman Turns Himself into Police in Graft Probe
The former chairman of the world’s largest meatpacker, whose testimony implicated Brazil’s president in corruption, turned himself in to police Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his arrest. Joesley Batista has avoided prosecution under a plea bargain deal in which he described how meatpacking giant JBS had bribed …
your ad hereWHO: Over 500 Dead as Congo Cholera Epidemic Spreads
More than 500 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Outbreaks of the water-borne disease occur regularly in Congo, mainly due to poor sanitation and a lack of access to clean drinking water. But …
your ad hereWHO: Media Should Not Sensationalize Suicide
The World Health Organization reports about 800,000 people commit suicide every year. To mark this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), WHO is stressing the important role the media can play in stopping people from taking their own lives. Worldwide, every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide. The World Health …
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