Belgium is celebrating the 60th birthday of the Smurfs by giving fans the chance to experience living in their village and take a virtual reality ride through mystical forests and caves. Cartoonist Pierre Culliford, who wrote under the pseudonym Peyo, struck gold with the incidental creation of the Smurfs in …
your ad hereColombia’s Rightist Contender Duque Seeks High Investment to Bolster Growth
Ivan Duque, the frontrunner to win Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, said tax cuts he is proposing would bolster investment in the Andean nation by a third over the next four years and help stimulate sluggish economic growth. The right-wing 41-year-old lawyer and former senator, running almost 20 points ahead …
your ad hereFruit and Veg Off the Menu for Indonesian Girls as Myths Fuel Malnutrition
From fears that eating chicken wings makes it hard to find a husband to beliefs that pineapple jeopardizes fertility, a host of food taboos are fueling malnutrition among Indonesian girls, experts said as they launched an adolescent health drive. Nutritionists said girls ate very little protein, vegetables or fruit, preferring …
your ad hereTeen Girl Coders Choreograph Digital Dance
By mixing dance with the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, an all-girl public school in New York encourages its students to go into the Stem fields. According to the U.S. National Science Foundation, while women make up half of the college-educated workforce, less that 30 percent of science …
your ad hereUsing Art, An All-Girl Public School in NY Engages Students To Go Into STEM Fields
By mixing dance with the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, an all-girl public school in New York encourages its students to go into the Stem fields. According to the U.S. National Science Foundation, while women make up half of the college-educated workforce, less that 30 percent of science …
your ad hereHungarian Filmmaker Tells Domestic Slave’s Story – and Helps Her Escape
When filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter met 52-year-old Marish, a Hungarian factory worker and maid, she was drawn to her haggard face – one that seemed as if it belonged to a much older woman. Tuza-Ritter asked if she could film Marish’s life, factory by day and househelp by night, for a …
your ad hereMozart Score Among Hundreds of Manuscripts to Be Auctioned in Paris
A score by Mozart and a letter from Vincent Van Gogh are among hundreds of lots up for grabs this month in auctions of items by composers, artists and writers. They are going under the hammer in Paris as part of a series of sales aimed at liquidating a 130,000-item …
your ad hereUS Has FIFA Edge Over Risky Morocco in 2026 World Cup Vote
If the football federations follow FIFA’s guidance, the 2026 World Cup should be awarded to the North American bid on Wednesday. Success for Morocco relies on the electorate to follow the trend of recent hosting decisions and vote for a risky bid facing doubts about the ability to pull off …
your ad hereFlorida Georgia Line Built Legacy One Hit Song at a Time
Country duo Florida Georgia Line has built its career one hit song at a time thanks to key collaborations, while also taking quiet steps to establish a lasting songwriting legacy in Nashville. Since blasting into the music scene in 2012 with “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, the duo of Tyler Hubbard …
your ad hereWHO Chief: ‘We Are Still at War’ With Ebola
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, despite encouraging signs that it may be brought under control. “The outbreak is stabilizing, but still the outbreak is not over,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists on a …
your ad hereFrustrated AMA Adopts Sweeping Policies to Cut Gun Violence
With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis. At its annual policymaking meeting, the nation’s largest physicians group …
your ad hereCharitable Giving in US Tops $400 Billion for First Time
Fueled by a surging stock market and huge gifts from billionaires, charitable giving in the United States in 2017 topped the $400 billion mark for the first time, according to the latest comprehensive report on Americans’ giving patterns. The Giving USA report, released Tuesday, said giving from individuals, estates, foundations …
your ad hereAT&T Wins US Court Approval to Buy Time Warner for $85B
AT&T won approval from a U.S. court on Tuesday to buy Time Warner for $85 billion, without conditions, allowing AT&T to compete with internet companies that dominate digital advertising and providing new sources of revenue. The planned deal is seen as a turning point for a media industry that has …
your ad hereFirst Gas Arrives in Turkey Through Pipeline From Azerbaijan
The Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents on Tuesday inaugurated a key pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan’s gas fields to Turkish markets and eventually to Europe, part of a wider Southern Gas Corridor project that aims to diversify gas supplies and reduce countries’ dependence on Russia. The Trans Anatolian Natural …
your ad hereMalaria Drug May Fall Short for Children, Pregnant Women
The most widely used antimalarial therapy may not fully treat some children and pregnant women, according to a new study. These patients’ bloodstreams contained lower concentrations of one active ingredient compared to adults who aren’t pregnant. The research may explain why standard doses of artemether-lumefantrine combination therapy (ACT) sometimes fail …
your ad hereUS Official Urges Uganda, Kenya to Stop Corrupt South Sudanese Investments
A top U.S. official is calling on Uganda and Kenya to stop the flow of corrupt South Sudanese investments into their countries. Sigal Mandelker, the U.S. Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said Ugandan and Kenyan leaders must stop allowing South Sudanese officials to buy up property with corrupt proceeds. …
your ad hereHigh-Profile Suicides Could Influence Students, Teens
The recent suicides of high-profile celebrities lead experts to worry that young people will copy the act of taking their own lives. “They think, ‘Well, OK, that person hung themselves from a banister using 10-foot rope,’ then that might be something that they want to emulate,” said Blaise Aguirre, M.D., …
your ad hereTesla Cuts 9 Percent of Workforce in Search for Profit
Tesla is cutting several thousand jobs across the company as it seeks to reduce costs and become sustainably profitable without endangering the critical ramp up of production of its Model 3 sedan. In an email he said had been sent to staff, billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday …
your ad here‘Little Women,’ Author Alcott Still Resonate 150 Years Later
A century and a half before the #MeToo movement gave women a bold, new collective voice, Louisa May Alcott was lending them her own. Society had far different expectations of women in 1867, when publisher Thomas Niles asked Alcott to write a “girls’ story.” At a time when women were …
your ad hereEU Gears Up for Trade War as Populist Challenge Grows
European Union officials are preparing for a trade war with the United States, but on another front, they’re bracing for equally hazardous challenges closer to home from central and southern European populists, who see themselves as ideological allies of President Donald Trump and appear to share his goals. Officials fear …
your ad hereThe Danger and Allure of Italy’s ‘White Gold’
There is no end to demand for what many consider to be Italy’s white gold, the marble from the Tuscan town of Carrara, a name synonymous with the very best money can buy in the world today. It is no secret, and it is not new. The quarrying in these …
your ad hereEuropean Central Bank to Weigh End to Stimulus Program
The European Central Bank will on Thursday weigh when and how to end its bond-buying stimulus program — an exit that will have far-reaching consequences across the economy, from long-suffering savers to Europe’s indebted governments. The bank, which sets monetary policy for the 19 countries that use the euro, has …
your ad hereReport: Dubai Real Estate a Money-Laundering Haven
War profiteers, terror financiers and drug traffickers sanctioned by the U.S. in recent years have used Dubai’s real-estate market as a haven for their assets, a new report released Tuesday alleges. The report by the Washington-based Center for Advanced Defense Studies, relying on leaked property data from the city-state, offers …
your ad hereVietnam Passes Sweeping New Cybersecurity Law
Vietnamese lawmakers have approved a new cybersecurity law that human rights activists say will stifle freedom of speech. The law will require online content providers such as Google and Facebook to remove content deemed offensive by authorities within 24 hours, and store the personal data of its customers on servers …
your ad hereTired of Unemployment, Kashmir Women Decide to Open Their Online Business
The separatist campaign in Indian-administered Kashmir broke out into major violence in 1989. More than 60,000 people are estimated to have died and 10,000 to have disappeared in the disputed Himalayan region. That has pushed their families into poverty. For the region’s youth, earning a living has been a challenge, …
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