Simply pumping money into anti-trafficking efforts will not achieve a global goal of ending modern slavery by 2030, experts said on Tuesday, urging greater cooperation between governments, companies and charities to raise awareness and take more action. Countries should not solely focus on funding but strive to better share information …
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A study of the African bush elephant’s vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage, scientists said on Tuesday. The fine pattern of millions of channels means the elephant’s skin can retain …
your ad hereArt Exhibition For Dogs Opens In Los Angeles
Los Angeles is hosting an unusual art exhibition for an unusual crowd — dogs. At the show, four-legged art lovers can not only touch some of the art on display, they can sniff it, play with it and taste it. For VOA, Angelina Bagdasaryan gives us a look. …
your ad hereNASA’s Parker Solar Probe Swinging by Venus on Way to Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is swinging by Venus on its unprecedented journey to the sun. Launched in August, the spacecraft gets a gravity assist Wednesday as it passes within 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) of Venus. The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to …
your ad hereParis Builds Zero-Carbon Future with Social Conscience
Arrayed between elegant stone buildings and run-down railway tracks in the northwest of Paris lie bustling playgrounds, plant-filled ponds and stretches of lush grass. The Clichy-Batignolles area, a former industrial wasteland, has morphed into the French capital’s first “eco-neighborhood,” billed as a model of sustainable development for the rest of …
your ad hereCanada PM Takes Quebec Dairy Gamble to Preserve Big Trade Deal
With his political future at stake, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will mount a charm offensive to placate dairy farmers who say he sold them out in order to win approval of a continental trade deal. Compounding Trudeau’s challenges in the influential province of Quebec, where many dairy farmers are …
your ad hereUS Working to Halt Spread of Diseases from Venezuela
The United States is working with governments across Latin America to help prevent the spread of diseases like diphtheria and measles from Venezuela as refugees flee the chaotic country, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesday. Azar, a former executive at drugmaker Eli Lilly, said it …
your ad hereMedia Report: Trump Built Fortune Via Tax Fraud
President Donald Trump used questionable tax dodges and outright fraud to greatly increase his fortune that started with money from his parents, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Trump likes to portray himself as a self-made man, saying he stared with a relatively modest $1 million loan from his father …
your ad hereTrump’s EPA Moves to Loosen Radiation Limits
The Trump administration is quietly moving to weaken U.S. radiation regulations, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight. The government’s current, decades-old guidance says that any exposure to harmful radiation is a cancer …
your ad hereFed Chair Powell Says Gradual Rate Hikes Best Approach
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that he sees no need to drop the central bank’s current gradual approach to raising interest rates. Powell said the combination of steady, low inflation and very low unemployment shows the country is going through “extraordinary times.” The central bank is trying to …
your ad hereRecycling Trucks Become Works of Art
It’s hard to miss some of the trash and recycling trucks rumbling through the streets of Washington. Twenty five of them are covered with colorful artwork, ranging from birds, flowers and butterflies to abstract images. As some sanitation workers do the dirty job of dumping trash into one of those …
your ad hereHomeboy Industries Turns Ex-Convicts’ Lives Around
Can ex-convicts completely turn their lives around? A program called “Homeboy Industries” believes so. It provides training, classes and support to former gang members and people just out of prison. The aim: make them productive citizens and leave a life of crime behind. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story. …
your ad herePhysics Nobel for Laser Pioneers Includes First Woman in 55 Years
A trio of American, French and Canadian scientists won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for breakthroughs in laser technology that have turned light beams into precision tools for everything from eye surgery to micro-machining. They include the first female physics prize winner in 55 years. Canada’s Donna …
your ad hereKnotted Gun Sculpture Unveiled in Beirut
A copy of a knotted gun sculpture which has become an emblem for peace was unveiled Tuesday in Lebanon’s capital Beirut near a tower block whose shattered facade evokes the civil war that once ripped the city apart. Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward made the original sculpture, a revolver with …
your ad hereTrump to Meet With Google CEO, Other Tech Heads in October
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other tech executives this month at a social media summit. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday that the administration hoped Facebook and Twitter would send representatives to the meeting. Kudlow added the event would most …
your ad here2nd Round of Cholera Vaccinations Under Way in Yemen
The World Health Organization and its partners are conducting a second round of cholera vaccinations in Yemen in hopes of staving off a third major wave of this fatal disease. A first round of cholera vaccinations was conducted in August in the Yemeni governorates of Hodeida and Ibb. They are …
your ad hereTesla Worried by China Even as Deliveries Surge
Tesla announced record quarterly car production numbers on Tuesday but warned it was facing major problems with selling cars in China due to new tariffs that will force it to accelerate investment in its factory in Shanghai. The California-based electric carmaker, emerging from several months of turmoil around its Chief …
your ad hereGoogle’s First Urban Development Raises Data Concerns
Heated streets will melt ice and snow on contact. Sensors will monitor traffic and protect pedestrians. Driverless shuttles will carry people to their doors. A unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet is proposing to turn a rundown part of Toronto’s waterfront into what may be the most wired community in …
your ad hereIran’s Rial Unexpectedly Rallies After Weeks of Steep Falls
Iran’s currency unexpectedly rallied Tuesday after weeks of depreciation linked to renewed American sanctions, sending Iranians rushing to exchange shops to cash in. In the Iranian capital, money exchange shops offered 135,000 rials for one U.S. dollar at one point, drawing crowds of onlookers and those wanting to trade. Only …
your ad hereGiant Coal Plant to Close as Australia Faces Energy Shake-Up
One of Australia’s biggest power companies says it will close a major coal-fired power station as it invests in renewable sources despite pressure from the government in Canberra to keep it open. “Run down, dangerous and expensive” is how an Australian newspaper described the Liddell power plant, adding that it …
your ad hereEU Warns Facebook Not to Lose Control of Data Security
The EU’s top data privacy enforcer expressed worry Tuesday that Facebook had lost control of data security after a vast privacy breach that she said affected five million Europeans. “It is a question for the management, if they have things under control,” EU Justice and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Vera Jourova …
your ad hereArmenians Pay Last Tribute to Beloved Singer Aznavour
Thousands of people gathered in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Tuesday to sign a condolence book and pay last respects to Charles Aznavour, a French singer of Armenian origin who died on Monday. Aznavour passed away overnight at the age of 94 at one of his homes, in the village …
your ad hereChina’s Private Enterprises Feel Squeeze on All Fronts
As trade tensions between Beijing and Washington worsen, a debate is intensifying in China over the role private and state-owned enterprises play in the economy. The debate has even stoked fears that the communist-led government is preparing to nationalize private industries, analysts say. Under Xi Jinping’s leadership and especially over …
your ad hereAmazon Raising Minimum Wage for US Workers to $15 Per Hour
Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month. The company said Tuesday that the wage hike will benefit more than 350,000 workers, which includes full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal positions. It includes Whole Foods employees. Amazon’s hourly operations and customer service …
your ad hereBusan Film Festival Seeks ‘Reunion’ After Ferry Tragedy Row
Organizers of Asia’s largest film festival have issued a rallying cry to its supporters as the event emerges from years of starring in its own political drama. The Busan International Film Festival hopes to draw a line under its role in a bitter row over the sinking of the Sewol …
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