Swiss voters rejected raising women’s retirement age to 65 in a referendum on Sunday on shoring up the wealthy nation’s pension system as a wave of Baby Boomers stops working. Authorities pushing the first serious reform of the pension system in two decades had warned that old-age benefits were increasingly …
your ad hereAfter German Vote, Europe Can Turn to Patching Euro’s Flaws
Sunday’s national election in Germany will sound the starting gun for a renewed debate on fixing flaws in Europe’s shared currency to prevent future crises. France’s new president Emmanuel Macron has made it clear he is willing to push for change to strengthen the euro and is expected to …
your ad hereUS Launches Spy Satellite From California
A spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the classified NROL-42 satellite lifted off at 10:49 p.m. PDT Saturday. All systems were going well when the launch webcast concluded about three …
your ad hereUber Signals It’s Willing to Make Concessions to London
U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber is prepared to make concessions as it seeks to reverse a decision by London authorities not to renew its license in the city, which represents a potentially big blow for the fast-growing company, a newspaper reported. The Sunday Times also quoted sources close to London’s transport …
your ad here‘Screaming Eagle of Soul,’ Charles Bradley Dies at 68
Charles Bradley, known as the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” for a powerful, raspy style that evoked one of his musical heroes, James Brown, died Saturday at age 68. Bradley, who achieved success later in life with his 2011 debut album “No Time for Dreaming,” was diagnosed with stomach cancer in …
your ad hereEPA Recovers Material From Houston-area Superfund Sites
The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during Hurricane Harvey. The agency has not provided details about which Superfund sites the material came from, why the contaminants at issue have …
your ad hereBanned Books Week Emphasizes Freedom to Read
This is banned books week in the United States, an annual event that points out censorship and emphasizes the freedom to read. In Washington, the public library system has hidden around the city hundreds of copies of six books that may be banned or challenged in some libraries and schools …
your ad hereMonaco Prince Commits to Study, Protect Endangered Monk Seals
Royal families around the world, from Britain, to Jordan, to Nepal, have given their time, attention and resources to conservation efforts. Prince Albert II of Monaco has received numerous awards for his conservation work. This month he joined an Atlantic mission to save an endangered seal species. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ad hereOfficial Criticizes London’s Move to Take Uber’s License
A British government minister has criticized the London authorities for deciding to strip Uber of its taxi license, a major setback to the U.S. technology firm that has become a big player in the city’s transport system. The British capital’s transport regulator deemed Uber unfit to run a tax service …
your ad hereUltraconservative Islam, King of Pop Meet in Egyptian Film
An Egyptian ultraconservative Muslim preacher hears on his car radio news of the death of Michael Jackson, the pop singer he idolized in his teens, and he becomes so distraught he crashes his car. The news of the passing of the King of Pop is the start of a …
your ad hereUS to Award $59 Million for Opioid Addiction Treatment
The U.S. Justice Department has announced it is putting nearly $59 million toward fighting the epidemic of opioid drug addiction. In a news release Friday, the department cited preliminary figures from the National Center for Health Statistics showing that drug overdose deaths in the United States rose 21 percent from …
your ad hereUS Tech Companies Under Scrutiny in White House Russia Probe
Inside a converted port terminal, thousands of tech entrepreneurs gathered this week to pitch their ideas at TechCrunch Disrupt, an annual event that focuses on emerging technologies. But this is no ordinary time for the tech industry, which finds itself under increasing scrutiny from Washington over how Russia used social …
your ad herePrince Harry in Toronto for Invictus Games
Britain’s Prince Harry is in Toronto ahead of his Invictus Games for wounded veterans The founder of the games left the Royal York hotel and arrived at a Toronto office building for a symposium about veteran issues on Friday. Harry wore a blue blazer as he greeted and posed …
your ad hereStudy Finds Damaging Stereotypes About Boys, Girls Begin Early In Life
Early in life, children get the message that boys are strong and capable and that girls are vulnerable and limited in what they can do. That’s the result of a new study, the first ever, that looks at adolescents and the messages they get from society and their parents. VOA’s …
your ad hereFlight Attendant Helps Refugees by Selling Their Art
Kayra Martinez took calligraphy paper and pens into refugee tents in Greece last year. “That was the first time I had actually seen the children really calm,” Martinez said. “And I realized that this is something that they really love to do.” As a flight attendant for United Airlines, Martinez …
your ad hereTop 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept 23
This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re detonating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Sept. 23, 2017. Sometimes the Top Five can lull you to sleep with its slowness … and then there are weeks like this. Number 5: …
your ad hereFlight Attendant sells Refugee Art to Help Refugees
More than 150 pieces of art made by refugees from Greece are part of the collection at Love Without Borders – For Refugees’ art show in Washington D.C. Many of the pieces sold are from children, as young as three years old. …
your ad hereIn ‘Stronger’: Gyllenhaal Goes From Terror Victim to Survivor
On April 13, 2015 the world watched as two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the iconic Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 264 others. Jeff Bauman was one of those badly hurt. Both his legs were blown off. Hours later, when he awoke from …
your ad hereLondon to End Uber Ride Hailing App Over ‘Security Implications’
Transport officials in London say they will not renew Uber’s license to operate in the city due to “a lack of corporate responsibility” in dealing with the ride hailing app’s safety issues. The regulatory body Transport for London said in a statement Friday Uber London “is not fit and proper” …
your ad hereSolar Boom or Bust? Companies Seek Tariffs on Solar Imports
Cheap solar panels imported from China and other countries have led to a boom in the U.S. solar industry, where rooftop and other installations have surged 10-fold since 2011. But two U.S. solar manufacturers say the flood of imports has led one to bankruptcy and forced the other to lay …
your ad hereShowtime Making Series of Clinton-Patterson Thriller
Showtime has won a bidding war to develop former President Bill Clinton and powerhouse author James Patterson’s upcoming thriller, “The President is Missing,” into a television series. The network announced the deal Friday, months away from the book’s publication next June. In the collaboration with Patterson, Clinton provides an insider’s …
your ad hereNASA’s Asteroid Chaser Swings by Earth on Way to Space Rock
NASA’s asteroid-chasing spacecraft is swinging by Earth on its way to a space rock. Launched a year ago, Osiris-Rex will pass within about 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of the home planet Friday afternoon. It will use Earth’s gravity as a slingshot to put it on a path toward the asteroid …
your ad hereMiss Turkey Dethroned Over ‘Unacceptable’ Tweet on Failed Coup
Organizers have stripped Miss Turkey 2017 of her crown over a social media posting that was deemed insulting to the memory of the 250 people killed while opposing last year’s failed military coup. Miss Turkey organizers said the 18-year-old Itir Esen was dethroned Friday — a day after she won …
your ad hereTech Under Scrutiny in Russian Investigation
The tech industry pitches itself as a force for good, connecting the world and helping information flow freely. But Silicon Valley is under increasing scrutiny with reports that people in Russia were able to use these services to target and influence U.S. public sentiment. At TechCrunch Disrupt, a big tech …
your ad hereFirst of Its Kind, Museum Records Traumatic Legacy of Birth of India and Pakistan
Britain’s division of the Indian subcontinent into two countries 70 years ago led to the largest mass migration in modern history, with more than 12 million people displaced and more than half a million killed. The traumatic legacy of the birth of India and Pakistan is the focus of a …
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