Mattel, home of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels, is cutting 2,200 jobs in order to save money after the closing of U.S. toy retail giant Toys R Us. The toymaker said the cuts amount to 22 percent of its nonmanufacturing employees worldwide. Mattel has about 28,000 employees. It also plans …
your ad hereUN: HIV Infects 1 Teen Girl Every 3 Minutes
One girl between the ages of 15 and 19 is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, every three minutes of every day, a United Nations report found. The report, released Wednesday at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, said teenage girls are bearing the brunt of the AIDS …
your ad hereBelgium Approved Euthanasia of 3 Minors, Report Finds
Belgian doctors have euthanized three minors in the past two years, according to a report from the nation’s chief euthanasia regulatory body released earlier this month. The report, produced by Belgium’s Federal Commission for Euthanasia Control and Evaluation, said these three minors were the first to be euthanized since the …
your ad hereMexico, Canada Stress Common Front in NAFTA Talks
Mexican and Canadian officials are stressing that talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will remain a three-way negotiation, despite suggestions by U.S. President Donald Trump that he might pursue separate trade deals with both countries. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray says “Canada and Mexico not only share geography, …
your ad hereDogs Know When Their Owners Are Sad, Researchers Find
Most pet owners are ready to share stories of how their pets have consoled or responded to them during a time of distress. Most were just cute pet stories, until now — as new research is showing that dogs actually feel empathy for others. Sadie Witkowski has more. …
your ad hereBRICS Leaders Cite Concerns About Protectionist Policies
Leaders from the five BRICS nations sounded the alarm over what South Africa’s president described as recent threats to multilateralism and sustainable global growth — a not-so-coded reference to a brewing trade war between the U.S. and BRICS’ wealthiest member, China. Chinese President Xi Jinping raised his concerns as the …
your ad hereBRICS Bloc Leaders Cite Concerns Over Protectionist Trade Policies
This year’s summit of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — began Wednesday with an expression of concern about the trade war brewing between the United States and BRICS’ wealthiest member, China. BRICS admitted South Africa in 2010 as part of the bloc’s aim of …
your ad hereTrump Attacks China’s Tariffs on US Farm Products
U.S. President Donald Trump attacked China on Wednesday for targeting American farm products with new tariffs in what he said would be a failed effort to gain a trade advantage over the United States. “China is targeting our farmers, who they know I love & respect, as a way of …
your ad hereVenice Film Festival to Host Netflix Movies, Unfinished Orson Welles Work
From westerns to the space race and the latest offerings from Oscar-winning directors, this year’s Venice Film Festival will present a rich lineup of premieres, including a host of Netflix movies and an unfinished Orson Welles work, the organizers said. The 75th edition of the world’s oldest film festival kicks …
your ad hereUN Issues New Warning on Climate Change
In a new warning, the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization said the world is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. It said this phenomenon is due to many factors and is not occurring at the same rate or degree around the globe. Parts of the world are feeling …
your ad hereScientists Discover What Appears to be Water Beneath the Surface of Mars
Scientists announced Wednesday they had discovered what appears to be a body of salty, liquid water beneath the surface of Mars, raising the possibility of detecting life on the Red Planet. The reservoir, spanning about 20 kilometers in diameter under ice on the planet’s southern pole, was found through a …
your ad hereLowering Blood Pressure Cut Risk of Memory Decline: US Study
Aggressively lowering blood pressure significantly reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia among hypertension patients in a large government-backed clinical trial, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The results, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, offer some of the first tangible steps individuals can take to …
your ad hereArrests Made in China Rabies Vaccine Scandal
At least 15 officials at a Chinese drug manufacturer have been detained as part of an investigation that it produced false records involving its rabies vaccine. The detained executives include the chair of Changsheng Biotechnology, which was ordered last week to stop production and recall the vaccine after the China …
your ad hereFans Find Superheroes Relevant in US Political and Social Debate
They are arguably among the most recognizable figures in American pop culture, and by their daring exploits, capture the imaginations of fans around the world. They are the fictional characters we call superheroes. Comic book and movie fans say characters such as Superman, Spider-Man and Captain America hold values that …
your ad hereFans Find Superheroes Relevant in US Political, Social Debate
At Comic-Con 2018, fantasy can come to life. Fans dress up as Superman, Spider-Man and Captain America, just to name a few. These names have become some of the most familiar heroes in American popular culture. The values they represent have captured the imaginations of fans from around the world. …
your ad hereSergio Marchionne, Who Saved Fiat and Chrysler, Has Died
Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. The holding company of Fiat’s founders, the Agnelli family, announced Marchionne had died after unexpected complications from surgery in Zurich. That came days …
your ad hereTrump, EU’s Juncker Set to Meet Amid Tariff Dispute
Tariffs are set to top the agenda in a meeting Wednesday between U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Juncker is coming to Washington with the hopes the European Union can avoid an all-out trade war by convincing Trump to hold off punitive tariffs on European cars. …
your ad hereChina’s Caffeine War: Fast-growing Luckin Brews Up a Threat to Starbucks
Qian Zhiya may be Starbucks’ worst nightmare. The 42-year-old Chinese entrepreneur says she is betting that her fledgling Luckin Coffee brand will eventually have more cafes in China than Starbucks, and she has Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and other investors bankrolling her plan. Luckin, which only officially launched in January, …
your ad here‘Amazing Dragon’ Fossils Rewrite History of Long-necked Dinosaurs
Fossils unearthed on a hillside in northwestern China are forcing scientists to rethink the history of a dinosaur lineage that produced the largest animals ever to walk the planet. Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of Lingwulong shenqi, an early member of the well-known group of plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropods …
your ad hereGrammy-winning Rockers Halestorm Don’t Care About the Haters
When four-piece hard rock band Halestorm went back into the studio to work on their fourth album, they had already thrown out a bunch of songs they felt sounded too much like songs they had recorded before. Led by frontwoman Lzzy Hale, the group has been dealing with critics …
your ad hereEgyptian Art School Helps Poor Children Swing into a Better Future
Underprivileged children in an ancient neighborhood in Cairo are getting the chance to trapeze into a brighter future. The al-Darb al-Ahmar arts school, named after the more than 700-year-old neighborhood where it is located, hopes that teaching children performing and circus arts they will also learn valuable life skills. The …
your ad hereEl Salvador Declares Emergency to Ensure Food Supply in Severe Drought
El Salvador on Tuesday began taking emergency measures in a drought that has plagued the country for a month and cost tens of thousands of farmers their corn crops, the civil protection agency said. The east of the Central American country has gone 33 days without rain and temperatures have …
your ad hereToronto Film Fest Lineup Includes ‘Star is Born,’ ‘Widows’
Films starring Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Jackman as well as Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga are among the selections announced Tuesday for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. “Beautiful Boy” stars Chalamet and Steve Carell and will be one of several films having …
your ad hereArgentine Economy Shrinks 5.8 Percent in May Year-on-Year
Argentina’s economy contracted 5.8 percent in May compared to the same period a year ago, the official INDEC statistics agency said Tuesday, raising concerns the country could fall into recession in 2018. Argentina has been hit by a recent currency crisis. That led the government to seek a $50 billion …
your ad hereSisters Cooking It for Themselves at Iraq’s Women-only Restaurant
At Luxury Time, a restaurant in the Kurdish city of Irbil, there are no man-size portions. The women-only restaurant, with its all-female staff, was opened this month by 23-year-old business graduate Tara Mohammed Ihssan who was fed up of unwanted attention on nights out with friends in northern Iraq. “If …
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