Russia on Tuesday said it has officially warned US internet giant Google against meddling in next Sunday’s local elections by posting opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s videos calling for mass protests. Representatives of Russia’s electoral commission, the Prosecutor-General’s Office and the state internet watchdog at a meeting alleged Navalny uses Google’s …
your ad hereFrom Penny Press to Snapchat: Parents Fret Through the Ages
When Stephen Dennis was raising his two sons in the 1980s, he never heard the phrase “screen time,” nor did he worry much about the hours his kids spent with technology. When he bought an Apple II Plus computer, he considered it an investment in their future and encouraged them …
your ad hereFBI: Stolen Ruby Slippers Worn in ‘Wizard of Oz’ Recovered
A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday. The slippers were on loan to …
your ad hereStudy Finds Child Marriages Happening in US
The United Nations considers marriage before the age of 18 to be a human rights violation. While the highest occurrence is in the least developed nations, child marriage is also a reality in the United States. Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found some 78,000 American children …
your ad hereBrazilians Mourn Loss of Most Important Museum
Brazilians are mourning the destruction of Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum in an overnight fire. Much of the collection of historic, scientific and cultural artifacts, among the largest in Brazil, is believed to have been destroyed. It was not immediately clear what started the fire late Sunday, but many are …
your ad hereScientists Search for Sustainable Solutions to Stop Fall Armyworm
Fall armyworms are on the march across Africa. Agriculture experts say the pests, the larvae of a type of moth, could cause more than $13 billion in crop losses this year. To stop them, scientists are researching pesticides, landscape management methods, and genetically modified crops. Faith Lapidus reports on an …
your ad hereSmart Speaker Technology Meets Self-Navigating Robot
Science fiction has long teased consumers about a future where robots are our personal assistants. But it’s no longer science fiction. The recent spike in consumer-grade “smart speakers” that respond to users’ voice commands has been given a face — with the help of a self-navigating robot that listens to …
your ad hereYemenis Find Solace in Cinema After Years of War
Yemenis file into a makeshift cinema for the first time since fighting broke out in their city of Aden more than three years ago – and watch some of their own story reflected back at them on the projector screen. The film they have come to see is “Ten Days …
your ad hereBrazil Struggles With Loss of Vast Historical Collection
As firefighters sifted through the burned-out remains of Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum for hot embers Monday, Brazilians struggled with the loss of a vast collection of irreplaceable items from the country’s history. The 200-year-old museum contained an extensive collection of paleontological, anthropological and biological specimens, such as a …
your ad hereAsia’s Rising Appetite for Meat, Seafood Will ‘Strain Environment’
Asia’s growing appetite for meat and seafood over the next three decades will cause huge increases in greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics used in foods, researchers said Tuesday. Rising population, incomes and urbanization will drive a 78 percent increase in meat and seafood demand from 2017 to 2050, according to …
your ad hereTurkish Inflation Soars, Fueling Fears of Economic Crisis
Turkey saw the inflation rate rise to nearly 18 percent in August, a 15-year high fueled by a collapse in the Turkish lira, which fell more than 20 percent over the past few weeks. The rising inflation and a falling currency are stoking fears Turkey is on the verge of …
your ad here‘El Pepe’ Ode to Leader Who Gives Socialism Good Name
As Venezuela descends into economic chaos and Brazil’s former president Lula is barred from making a comeback because of a corruption conviction, filmmaker Emir Kusturica has made an ode to one Latin American leader who gives socialism a good name. El Pepe: A Supreme Life, which premiered at the Venice Film …
your ad hereWillem Dafoe Plays Tormented Genius Van Gogh in Venice Biopic
With his ginger beard, straw hat and sad, wounded expression, Willem Dafoe looks uncannily like a Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait, as he plays the artist in a biopic that premiered Monday at the Venice Film Festival. At Eternity’s Gate begins with the impoverished Van Gogh in Paris in the 1880s …
your ad hereNASA Offers Challenge with $750,000 Reward to Further Mars Goal
The U.S. space agency NASA is offering a public challenge, with a lofty $750,000 reward, to anyone who can find ways to turn carbon dioxide into compounds that would be useful on Mars. Calling it the “CO2 Conversion Challenge,” NASA scientists say they need help finding a way to turn …
your ad hereYemen to Give Civil Servants Raises; Protests Rage Against Economy
Yemen’s government says it is giving civil servants and pensioners pay raises, after protests against the country’s woeful economy nearly paralyzed a major port city Sunday. Officials have not said when the raises would take effect or how much they will be. Demonstrations against the economy in the port of …
your ad hereWhere is Promised Money, Campaigners Ask at Climate Talks in Bangkok
Developed countries are dragging their feet on meeting their pledges of billions of dollars to help developing nations tackle climate change, leaving poor nations with mounting costs from rising temperatures, rights groups said. Rich governments have promised to mobilize $100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 to help …
your ad hereTrump’s Pollution Rules Rollback to Hit Coal Country Hard
It’s coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country. So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state to announce his plan rolling back Obama-era pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. Trump left one thing out of his remarks, though: northern West …
your ad hereNFL’s Kaepernick to Be a Face in Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ Campaign
Nike has chosen Colin Kaepernick, the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem as a protest against racism, as one of the faces for advertisements commemorating the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” slogan, a move that could draw U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire. “Colin has been …
your ad here‘Brilliant Friend’ Couldn’t Be Done in English, Says TV Director
The director turning Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels into an HBO television series said there was no way the stories could have been filmed in English or adapted to take place in America. The first two episodes of My Brilliant Friend — a co-production with Italian broadcaster RAI — screened at …
your ad hereJeff Goldblum Wants to Pick Your Brains in Lobotomy Movie ‘The Mountain’
Jeff Goldblum is charismatic as ever in The Mountain, where he plays a smooth-talking doctor with an effective way of rendering people with psychiatric problems “innocuous” — a term he uses as a euphemism for his devastating medical procedure. Set in the 1950s, Goldblum’s Wallace Fiennes is based on real-life …
your ad hereRonaldo, Modric, Salah on FIFA Player of Year Shortlist
Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah have been nominated as finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, world soccer’s governing body announced on Monday. Ronaldo, who has won the award for the last two years, helped Real Madrid claim a third consecutive Champions League crown before securing a …
your ad hereMaduro Buys Gold to Boost Savings Amid Five-digit Inflation
President Nicolas Maduro said he is investing part of his personal savings in a gold-backed certificate as part of a much-questioned plan to crush hyperinflation and reactivate Venezuela’s moribund economy. Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were the first in line at the central bank in downtown Caracas on …
your ad hereUN Official Sees Over $1B in Fresh Aid for Lake Chad Region
More than $1 billion in fresh aid will likely be pledged at a conference of donors to the drought-plagued region around Lake Chad, U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday. A famine was averted in the region last year largely thanks to international aid, but millions of people in …
your ad hereItaly on Collision Course With EU Over Budget Deficit
Party leaders in the Italian coalition government signalled they will seek leeway from the EU to increase next year’s budget deficit, heading on a collision course with the European Commission and investors who want it cut. Following Fitch agency’s decision to lower the outlook on Italy’s debt rating on Friday, …
your ad hereProtests Over Yemen’s Economic Malaise Spread to Other Southern Cities
Demonstrations spread to new parts of southern Yemen on Monday even as they eased slightly in the port city of Aden following government orders aimed at strengthening the local currency and reversing economic decline. Protesters burned tires in order to cut roads in Aden’s Sheikh Othman district, and many shops …
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