The European Union’s top five economies are warning the United States that its massive tax overhaul could violate some of its international obligations and risks having “a major distortive impact” on trade. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, the finance ministers of Germany, France, Britain, …
your ad hereDon’t Underestimate Me, Vonn Warns Young Olympic Athletes
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is warning young athletes in next year’s Pyeongchang winter Olympic Games not to underestimate the older competitors. Vonn, who won gold in the downhill skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, broke a bone in her arm last year but is training hard for Pyeongchang. …
your ad hereFrance Awards Climate Grants to US-based Scientists on Summit Eve
Emmanuel Macron plans to award multi-year grants for several U.S.-based scientists to relocate to France, his office said on Monday on the eve of a climate summit hosted by the president to raise finances to counter global warming. Macron unveiled the “Make our Planet Great Again” grants after President Donald …
your ad hereChef Batali Exits Company, TV Show After Sex Harassment Accusations
Celebrity chef Mario Batali said on Monday that he has stepped away from his restaurant company and ABC said it asked him to step aside as co-host of a daytime food and talk show after he was accused of sexual harassment in a report by an online food trade publication. …
your ad hereSpaceX Launching Recycled Rocket, Supply Capsule for NASA
Space Age hand-me-downs are soaring to a whole new level. On Tuesday, SpaceX plans to launch its first rocket for NASA. The unmanned Falcon 9 — last used in June — will carry up a Dragon capsule that’s also flown on a previous space station supply run. NASA’s International Space …
your ad hereSilicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees
Khaled Turkmani fled Syria and traveled through five countries before he ended up in San Francisco. He immediately began to look for work in the technology industry. Despite his degree in computer science, Turkmani spent nine months working at “survival jobs” – selling shoes and assembling furniture. He also worked …
your ad hereTrump Orders Revival of US Manned Space Exploration Program
Pledging that “America will once again reach for the moon,” President Donald Trump Monday ordered the National Air and Space Administration to revive the manned space exploration program that was suspended in 2011. “[This] marks an important step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time …
your ad hereTrump to Revive US Manned Space Exploration Program
President Donald Trump will sign a directive Monday ordering the National Air and Space Administration to revive the program to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually to Mars. “The president listened to the National Space Council’s recommendations, and he will change our nation’s human spaceflight policy to …
your ad hereUS Trade Chief: WTO Losing Focus, Must Rethink Development
U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade chief said on Monday that the World Trade Organization is losing its focus on trade negotiations in favor of litigation and needed to rethink how it defines developing economies. Setting a combative tone at the start of the WTO’s 11th ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, …
your ad hereRussia Urges India to Back China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Russia threw its weight behind China’s massive Belt and Road plan to build trade and transport links across Asia and beyond, suggesting to India on Monday that it find a way to work with Beijing on the signature project. India is strongly opposed to an economic corridor that China is …
your ad hereWill Misconduct Scandals Make Men Wary of Women at Work?
Some women, and men, worry the same climate that’s emboldening women to speak up about sexual misconduct could backfire by making some men wary of female colleagues. Forget private meetings and get-to-know-you dinners. Beware of banter. Think twice before a high-ranking man mentors a young female staffer. “I have already …
your ad hereFrance Offers Chinese Primer in Mastering Wine Industry
Yixuan Hao swirls the sparkling red in her glass and dips nearer to sniff. Throughout this frigid afternoon, she has been smelling and tasting wines from sunnier climates: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, California. Perhaps soon, sooner than many people think, students like herself learning the wine trade here in …
your ad hereBrazilian President: Pension Vote Could Be Delayed to Early 2018
Brazilian President Michel Temer said a key vote on a bill streamlining the social security system could be delayed to early 2018 as the government struggles to gather support among lawmakers. Speaking to journalists in Buenos Aires on Sunday, Temer said he was confident that the bill, seen as crucial …
your ad hereFantasy Romance ‘Shape of Water’ Leads 2018 Golden Globe Nods
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” led the nominations for the 2018 Golden Globes on Monday, landing seven nods, including for best drama film, director and actress Sally Hawkins. Press freedom movie “The Post” had six nominations, including for its director, Steven Spielberg, and stars …
your ad hereCan Better Policies Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Sexual misconduct happens at work not because companies don’t publish anti-harassment policies, experts say, but because managers don’t enforce them — and because people fail to apply them to themselves. While the floodgates on reporting abuse and sexual harassment have opened with high-profile cases in Big Tech, Hollywood and Washington, …
your ad hereSaudi Arabia to Allow Movie Theaters After Decades of Ban
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it will allow movie theaters to open in the conservative kingdom next year, for the first time in more than 35 years, in the latest social push by the country’s young crown prince. It’s the latest stark reversal in a county where movie theaters were …
your ad hereWavering US Olympic Commitment Worries South Korea
Mixed messages from the United States and concerns of a North Korean provocation could undermine South Korea’s plans to use the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics to further peace and reconciliation efforts. On Sunday, Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview with Fox News that …
your ad hereMorocco’s Government Partners with Civil Society Groups to Reforest the Land
Morocco’s government is partnering with civil society groups to plant the roots of understanding about deforestation’s potential harm to local communities. Arash Arabasadi reports. …
your ad hereFighting Climate Change for Profit
Coral reefs stop erosion, and are incredibly biodiverse. Mangroves store carbon and keep rising seas at bay. But U.N. officials say we are losing both at an alarming rate. In Kenya, government and U.N. officials are enlisting locals to help replace what is being lost. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereFusion Reactor Under Construction in France Halfway Complete
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, now under construction in southern France, is often called the most complicated scientific instrument in the world. The project was launched in 1985 at the US-Soviet summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Its director says it is now 50% complete and on track …
your ad hereA Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants and Refugees
More than a million college-educated immigrants in the U.S. are in low skilled jobs, according to estimates. But they have trouble finding work in their professions, including in the U.S. tech industry, which desperately needs skilled workers. A special technology industry job fair this week in San Francisco brought together …
your ad herePioneering Black Journalist Simeon Booker Dies at 99
Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing journalist and the first full-time African-American reporter at The Washington Post, has died at the age of 99. Booker died Sunday in Solomons, Maryland, according to a Post obituary, citing his wife Carol. Booker served for decades as the Washington bureau chief for the African-American publications …
your ad hereStem Cells Get Paralyzed Mice Back on Their Feet
Treating spinal cord injuries is one of the dreams of modern science, and one Israeli research group may be on the right path. Using human stem cells, they have repaired the spinal cords of mice, allowing the paraplegic rodents to walk again. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereDigital World Provides Benefits and Risks for Children
The U.N. Children’s Fund says the explosion of digital technology and growing internet access holds both benefits and risks for children. UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children report explores ways to protect children from the potential harm of the expanding digital world. The U.N. children’s fund reports one in …
your ad hereAboriginal Masterpiece in Australia to Raise Money For Kidney Patients
A rare painting by Albert Namatjira, one of Australia’s most iconic Aboriginal artists, is to be sold to raise money for kidney patients in remote parts of central Australia. Indigenous people suffer kidney disease at 15 times the national average. Albert Namatjira was a trailblazer. Born in 1902 near Alice …
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