Seagulls across Australia are carrying superbugs that are resistant to antibiotics, according to scientists. The birds are carrying bacteria such as E. coli, which can cause urinary tract infections and blood disorders. There are fears that disease-causing bacteria may spread from the seabirds to people, as well as livestock and …
your ad hereArtificial Intelligence: The New Weapon To Fight Wildlife Poachers
The survival of wild animals such as elephants and tigers are at risk, and one of the main reasons is poaching. These animals are being hunted, even in protected wildlife parks, for their body parts such as elephants’ tusks and tigers’ skins. Park rangers may soon have a powerful tool …
your ad hereSolar Street Lamps Light Villages in India
Vast areas in India, especially hill and rural areas have limited access to the electricity grid. As part of its big push to expand solar energy, India is now lighting up such areas with tens of thousands of solar street lamps. Anjana Pasricha reports how the initiative benefits a small …
your ad hereUN: Global Warming Threatens to Defeat Effort to Fix World Ills
Relentless global warming threatens the potential success of a sweeping set of goals established by the United Nations to tackle inequality, conflict and other ills, officials said on Tuesday.Climate change imperils food supplies, water and places where people live, endangering the U.N. plan to address these world problems by 2030, …
your ad hereDespite Funding Loss, Cities Vow to Continue Resilience Push
In the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, nine “water plazas” have been created that soak up excess rainfall while offering people a green space to meet and children to play.The city is also planting gardens and putting solar panels on a growing area of its nearly 20 square kilometers (8 …
your ad hereWoodstock 50 Organizers Still Hopeful Despite Second Venue Setback
The organizers of the beleaguered Woodstock 50 festival said on Tuesday they still hoped to get a permit for the event due to take place next month despite being turned down at a second site.Authorities in the town of Vernon in upstate New York turned down the organizers’ application to …
your ad hereEpstein Story Shows Investigative Journalism is Thriving
The Miami Herald’s stories on sex trafficking charges against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein illustrate a counter-intuitive trend: Investigative journalism is thriving as the news media industry struggles.In announcing new charges against Epstein 11 years after the financier secretly got a sweetheart deal from federal prosecutors in Florida to settle nearly …
your ad hereNicki Minaj Pulls Out of Saudi Arabia Concert
Nicki Minaj is pulling out of a concert in Saudi Arabia because she says she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. “After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest. While I …
your ad hereTrump Twitter Ruling Highlights Larger Problem
A U.S. court ruling that it is unconstitutional for President Donald Trump to block critics on Twitter has reignited criticism of politicians who ban detractors from their social media accounts. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York ruled unanimously Tuesday that because Trump’s Twitter account is …
your ad hereA Peek into Opioid Users’ Brains as They Try to Quit
Lying inside a scanner, the patient watched as pictures appeared one by one: A bicycle. A cupcake. Heroin. Outside, researchers tracked her brain’s reactions to the surprise sight of the drug she’d fought to kick.Government scientists are starting to peek into the brains of people caught in the nation’s opioid …
your ad hereWhy NBA Player Enes Kanter Is a Wanted Man In Turkey
Turkish-born NBA basketball player Enes Kanter is a wanted man by Turkey, which has revoked his passport and considers him a terrorist for his association with an exiled spiritual leader accused of fomenting a 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A longtime critic of Erdogan, Kanter has …
your ad hereUnder a Microscope: Startups Grow Meat in Lab, Face Scrutiny
Uma Valeti slices into a pan-fried chicken cutlet in the kitchen of his startup, Memphis Meats. He sniffs the tender morsel on his fork before taking a bite. He chews slowly, absorbing the taste.“Our chicken is chicken … you’ve got to taste it to believe it,” Valeti says.This is no …
your ad hereSpace-Tourism Business Virgin Galactic Going Public After Merger
Richard Branson’s space-tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, is planning to go public, creating the first publicly listed human spaceflight firm.Virgin Galactic is merging with Social Capital Hedosophia, whose CEO, Chamath Palihapitiya, will become chairman of the combined entity. The value of the merger was put at $1.5 billion.The company intends to …
your ad hereTwitter Bans ‘Dehumanizing’ Posts Toward Religious Groups
Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups using dehumanizing language. The social network already bars hateful language directed at individual religious adherents. Tuesday’s change broadens that rule to forbid likening entire religious groups to subhumans or vermin. The company has come under fire – along with …
your ad hereWillie Nelson Brings Farm Aid 2019 to Wisconsin’s Dairy Land
Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and the Dave Matthews Band will headline Farm Aid 2019 when the music and food festival visits Wisconsin’s dairy country in September. Tickets for the Sept. 21 event at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy go on sale Friday. Farm …
your ad hereAmazon, Microsoft Battle Over Pentagon’s ‘War Cloud’
Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud” computing system. But Amazon’s early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away.Formally called the Joint Enterprise Department Infrastructure plan, or JEDI, the military’s computing project would store …
your ad hereTurkish NBA Player Enes Kanter Is A Wanted Man In Turkey
Turkish-born NBA basketball player Enes Kanter is a wanted man by Turkey, which has revoked his passport and considers him a terrorist for his association with an exiled spiritual leader accused of fomenting a 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A longtime critic of Erdogan, Kanter has …
your ad hereWidespread Obesity Makes Trump’s Military Recruitment Goals a Challenge
As he reveled in the huge display of military might during last week’s Independence Day celebration on the National Mall, U.S. President Donald Trump encouraged Americans to enlist in the military.“To young Americans across our country, now is your chance to join our military and make a truly great statement …
your ad hereTrump Speech on Environment Doesn’t Pass Smell Test with Activists
VOA’s Patsy Widakuswara and Elizabeth Cherneff contributed to this report.WHITE HOUSE — In remarks widely panned by environmental organizations, U.S. President Donald Trump defended his record on the environment in a White House speech Monday.”A strong economy is vital to maintaining a healthy environment,” Trump said.Radical environmental plans would not …
your ad hereAt Tehran Symphony, Music Lovers Seek Escape From Reality
Aficionados of Western classical music have carved out a niche for themselves in Iran, where cultural expression remains tightly controlled by strict rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.And perhaps surprisingly, musicians in their 20s and 30s perform for overwhelmingly young audiences.Last week, the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, including female musicians …
your ad hereGig Economy Hijinks: Uber Inspires Buddy Action Comedy ‘Stuber’
Uber is already known for its global ride-hailing service, food delivery arm, and electric bike rentals. Now it has inspired a comedy action movie.”Stuber,” which begins its international roll-out on Wednesday, revolves around a mild-mannered Uber driver who picks up a Los Angeles detective who turns out to be on …
your ad hereWould-be African Astronaut Dies
A South African man who won the chance to become the first black African in space has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Mandla Maseko was 30. Maseko was killed in Pretoria over the weekend, according to a family statement released to the local media Monday.In 2013, the part-time disc jockey …
your ad hereAs Venezuela’s Healthcare Collapses, Pregnant Women, Girls Bear Brunt of Crisis
In Caracas’s main maternity hospital the blood banks and medicine cabinets are empty, the power and water regularly cut out — and women and girls are dying needlessly, according to one of the few remaining doctors, Luisangela Correa.The surgeon is one of only three left at the Concepcion Palacios hospital …
your ad hereHere Are the 10 Richest US Presidents of All Time
From the earliest days of the republic, rich white men have had a disproportionate say in the fate of the country. Founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison all came from wealthy land-owning families. Money and connections have long helped scions of America’s wealthiest families realize their presidential dreams. …
your ad hereCabinet of Curiosities: 15,000 Ink Samples at Secret Service
In a cabinet inside a modest laboratory in downtown Washington are rows and rows of ink samples in plastic squeeze bottles and small glass jars. To the untrained eye, it’s just a bunch of blackish liquid with strange names like moldy sponge” orgreen grass.” But to the U.S. Secret …
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