New data from 22 high- and low-income countries show antibiotic resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections is growing at an alarming rate. The World Health Organization surveyed one-half million people with suspected bacterial infections between March 2016 and July 2017. The survey, the first of its kind, is …
your ad hereNorth Korea Cancels Joint Cultural Performance with South Korea
North Korea has cancelled a joint cultural performance with the South planned ahead of the winter Olympic Games, South Korea’s unification ministry said Monday. Pyongyang blamed South Korean media for encouraging “insulting” public sentiment regarding the North and cancelled the February 4th event to be held in the North to …
your ad hereEU Ready to Hit Back if Trump Imposes Anti-EU Trade Measures
The European Union says that if U.S. President Donald Trump initiates unfair trade measures against the 28-nation bloc, it would stand ready “to react swiftly and appropriately.” In a weekend interview, Trump said he was annoyed with EU trade policy since he claims the U.S. cannot sufficiently export to …
your ad hereNorth, South Korea Hit by Flu Outbreaks Ahead of Olympics
North and South Korea are reporting outbreaks of different strains of influenza, less than two weeks before thousands of visitors from around the world arrive for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the South. North Korea’s Ministry of Public Health reported over 80,000 confirmed cases of the influenza strain H1N1 …
your ad hereSome Optimism, But Much Work Left as Latest NAFTA Talks End
Top trade representatives from Canada, Mexico and the United States are set to give an update Monday on the process of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, while people familiar with the process say a final deal could be pushed far beyond a March target date. The three nations …
your ad hereMusic and Politics Mixed at Grammys
Politics took the stage at the 60th annual Grammy awards this year, along with some great music. Hillary Clinton, who ran against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign, made a surprise appearance in a pre-taped skit about people auditioning to be the voice for the spoken word recording of …
your ad hereKorean Women’s Ice Hockey Teams Unite Before 2018 Winter Olympics
The North Korean women’s ice hockey team is in South Korea to prepare for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The two governments reached an agreement to play together wearing the same jerseys and marching under a unified peninsula flag. Arash Arabasadi reports. …
your ad hereDelivery Robots Find Work in Hotels, Hospitals and Beyond
Coming to a hotel or hospital near you may be a robot that makes deliveries. Companies are creating robots to help with the workload and make human workers more efficient. One such company is Silicon Valley-based Savioke. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee met a couple of its robots at a hotel in …
your ad hereAlgorithm Based Sensors Provide Round the Clock Patient Monitoring
Researchers say that 20 percent of abdominal surgery patients will experience some kind of complication. And those complications can go unnoticed for hours between visits by an attending nurse. A new learning algorithm is being developed in Denmark to spot those complications in real time. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereBruno Mars Is Top Winner at the 60th Annual Grammys
Bruno Mars was the big winner Sunday night at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York, winning album, record, and song of the year. Mars also won Grammys for best R&B album, best R&B performance and best R&B song. In accepting the top prize of album of the year …
your ad hereMap of GPS Fitness Activity Sparks Military Security Concerns
The U.S. military says it is evaluating its policies after a global map of fitness activity drew attention to possible security concerns regarding locations of overseas bases and soldier movements. Strava published its so-called heat map of user activity in November showing the routes millions of users walked, ran and …
your ad hereNew York to Probe Firms that Sells Fake Social Media Followers
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation of a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users. The company, Devumi, sold more than 200 million fake followers, or bots, to celebrities, sports stars, and politicians, The New York Times reported. “Impersonation and …
your ad hereGaga, Cardi B. Among Stars Wearing White Roses for Grammys
Stars, including Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson, turned out on the Grammys red carpet Sunday displaying white roses in solidarity with the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements against sexual misconduct on music’s biggest night for what is usually the wildest display of fashion during awards season. Gaga was in a …
your ad hereInvestigative Journalist Robert Parry Dies at 68
Robert Parry, a longtime investigative journalist who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1985 for his Associated Press exclusives about the CIA’s production of an assassination manual for Nicaraguan rebels, has died. He was 68. Parry died Saturday in hospice care after a series of strokes brought on by undiagnosed …
your ad hereIKEA Furniture Magnate Ingvar Kamprad Dies at 91
Ingvar Kamprad, who founded Sweden’s IKEA furniture brand and transformed it into a worldwide business empire, has died at the age of 91. Kamprad died Saturday of pneumonia in the southern Swedish region of Smaland where he grew up on a farm, and with some modest financial help from his …
your ad hereMumbai’s Dharavi Breaks Stereotypes of Slum for Foreign Tourists
Why has Mumbai’s largest slum, which packs some one million people in about two square kilometers, emerged as an unlikely stop for foreign tourists? The draw is not images of squalor and poverty in the heart of India’s largest city, but a place where thriving entrepreneurship and stories of hope …
your ad hereTrump Lauds US Economic Performance
U.S. President Donald Trump touted the continued growth of the U.S. economy on Sunday, saying it is “better than it has been in many decades.” “Businesses are coming back to America like never before,” Trump said in a Twitter remark, a likely theme of his State of the Union address …
your ad hereEarly Diagnosis and Treatment Can Prevent Disability from Leprosy
To mark World Leprosy Day, the World Health Organization is calling for the eradication of this ancient disfiguring disease by combating the stigma and discrimination that discourages people from seeking the help they need. Leprosy, a hideously disfiguring disease that has blighted the lives of countless millions since Biblical days, …
your ad hereBurkina Faso Music Honored at Grammys, but Artists Cry Foul
For musicians from the West African nation of Burkina Faso, a nomination for a Grammy Award should have been the crowning achievement of a musical career. Instead, musicians based in Bobo-Dioulasso, whose work is featured on the three-disk compilation “Bobo Yeye,” didn’t even know they had been nominated or that …
your ad hereAt Juilliard Festival, a Challenge to Western Preconceptions of Chinese Composition
Without the use of traditional instruments and in an interconnected world, what makes a Chinese composition distinctively Chinese? The Juilliard School’s Focus! Festival 2018 seeks to challenge our preconceptions of the 1.4 billion-population nation, led by a cast of contemporary Chinese composers and acclaimed Juilliard orchestral students. VOA’s Ramon Taylor …
your ad hereScientists Create a New Type of Hologram
Projecting three-dimensional (3D) images in thin air, called holography, moved from science fiction to reality a long time ago. But this type of graphic display is not in wide use because the required equipment is still expensive. Scientists at the Brigham Young University have discovered a cheaper method of holography, …
your ad hereToothpaste Ingredient Could Fight Malaria, Research Shows
A common ingredient of toothpaste could be developed to fight drug-resistant strains of malaria. Scientists at Britain’s Cambridge University found that triclosan has the potential to interrupt the infection at two critical stages — in the liver and the blood. Faith Lapidus reports. …
your ad hereUsing Technology to Teach Not Distract
Incorporating technology into learning can sometimes be a slippery slope toward computer distraction. That’s why some of the best new educational tools work in the real and the virtual world. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereAP Fact Check: Data Melt Trump’s Cooling, Ice Claims
President Donald Trump’s description of the climate on planet Earth doesn’t quite match what data show and scientists say. In an interview with Piers Morgan airing Sunday on Britain’s ITV News, the president said the world was cooling and warming at the same time and that claims of melting ice …
your ad hereCoincheck to Return $425M in Virtual Money Lost to Hackers
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc said Sunday it would return about 46.3 billion yen ($425 million) of the virtual money it lost to hackers two days ago in one of the biggest-ever thefts of digital money. That amounts to nearly 90 percent of the 58 billion yen worth of NEM …
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