Growing up with albinism, 24-year-old Allan Herbert, a Kenyan journalism graduate, knew he was different. While he did not experience the same stigmatism and discrimination of his peers living with albinism, he had to be shielded from the sun by his peers. It is this special treatment and media stories …
your ad hereVisiting the Home of Glass Art in the US
Seattle is home to giant multinational companies such as Microsoft and Amazon. But it’s also the home of glass art in the United States. The Chihuly Glass Museum is home to thousands of glass artworks by artist Dale Chihuly. Valdya Baraputri from VOA’s Indonesian Service reports. …
your ad hereAs World Watches Hong Kong, Twitter and Facebook Take Down Accounts Associated with Chinese Government
After Hong Kong saw one of its biggest protests yet over the weekend, a social media war has broken out between China and U.S. technology companies over how Chinese state-sponsored media is using social media to spread misinformation and false news about the protesters. On Monday, Twitter and Facebook, which …
your ad hereNASA Data: Russia’s Norilsk and S. African Coal Town Kriel Top SO2 Emissions Hot Spots
Russia’s Norilsk smelter complex and a town in South Africa’s eastern coal mining province have the highest sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in the world, according to satellite data from U.S. space agency NASA.The NASA-compiled data published on Monday was commissioned by environmental group Greenpeace India and used the space authority’s …
your ad herePlans Detailed for First US Mission to Land on Moon Since Apollo
The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be a robotic moon lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, the companies told Reuters on Monday.Astrobotic was one of nine companies chosen in …
your ad hereDisney Streaming Service to Launch in Canada, Netherlands in November
Walt Disney Co. said on Monday it will launch its Disney+ video streaming service in Canada and the Netherlands on Nov. 12, the same date as its previously announced United States launch.Disney+ will also launch in Australia and New Zealand a week later, the company said in a statement, adding …
your ad hereVince Gill Weighs Hard Truths With Emotional Depth on ‘Okie’
Vince Gill might make people break down in tears when they listen to his vulnerable new record in which he sings about regret, marriage, faith, sexual abuse and hard choices. But then again, so did he.When the country singer recorded his song “When My Amy Prays,” about his relationship with …
your ad hereHow Much American Presidents Really Cost US Taxpayers
Being president of the United States comes with numerous perks and the fringe benefits continue decades after the nation’s chief executives exit the White House.Presidents are currently paid $400,000 annually, an amount set by Congress. The nation’s leaders have received five pay increases since 1789, when George Washington became the …
your ad hereA ‘Unique Situation’: Red Panda Triplets Born in Virginia
A zoo in Virginia has announced the birth of red panda triplets. The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk announced Monday that the triplets were born two months ago and are thriving in a climate-controlled den that’s out of sight from the public. Zoo veterinarian Collen Clabbers said red panda …
your ad hereBrad Paisley Out; Reba, Dolly, Carrie Underwood to Host CMAs
Carrie Underwood, who has hosted the Country Music Association Awards since 2008 with Brad Paisley, is losing her partner-in-crime. But she won’t be on her own: The CMAs announced Monday that “special guest hosts” Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire will join Underwood during the Nov. 13 event. The organization …
your ad hereLead Scrubbed From Paris Streets as Notre-Dame Work Resumes
Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral returned Monday to the Paris site for the first time in nearly a month, this time wearing disposable underwear and other protective gear after a delay prompted by fears of lead contamination.A worker sprays a gel on the ground to absorb lead during a …
your ad hereA Digital Setting For A Classical Violin Concert
Imagine listening to a violin concert in one of New York City’s majestic cathedrals or in the National Arboretum, surrounded by blooming magnolias. Now anyone can experience this exquisite scene with the use of VR glasses. A team of researchers from the University of Maryland at College Park came up …
your ad hereApple CEO Warns Trump About China Tariffs, Samsung Competition
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has spoken with Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.Trump said Cook “made a good case” that tariffs could hurt Apple …
your ad hereUN Bans Sending Baby Elephants from Wild to Zoos and Circuses
Delegates at a U.N. wildlife conference in Geneva voted Sunday to ban the practice of taking baby elephants from their natural habitat and placing them in zoos and circuses.Forty-six countries at the UN Convention ion International Trade in Endangered Species voted to outlaw the practice, white 18 voted against it, …
your ad hereIceland Bids Farewell to First Glacier Lost to Climate Change
Mourners in Iceland gathered Sunday to bid a final farewell to 700-year-old Okjokull, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change.After about 100 people, including Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, Environment Minister Gudmundur Ingi Gudbrandsson, and former Irish President Mary Robinson, made a two-hour hike up the Ok volcano for …
your ad hereNew York Organizes Tandem Biking With The Visually Impaired
For many, blindness or poor vision can keep them from activities like cycling. But a NYC non-profit called InTandem works to make cycling accessible to everyone. The organization unites sighted New Yorkers with the visually impaired so that everyone can enjoy a ride. Anna Nelson has the story narrated by …
your ad hereIntelligent Threat-Sensing Building on Horizon
As back to back mass shootings in the U.S. prompt more difficult debates on gun laws, researchers at University of Southern California (USC) are working on a different, perhaps less controversial method of keeping people inside buildings safe and deterring people who want to commit acts of mass violence. Design and …
your ad hereConference to Tackle Illegal Trade in Endangered Species
Tackling the illegal trade in endangered wild fauna and flora and strengthening trade rules for fisheries, timber, and exotic pets are just a few of the many controversial and emotional issues to be discussed over the next two weeks at a World Wildlife Conference opening in Geneva Saturday. Thousands of delegates …
your ad hereIn Uganda’s Capital, Huawei Adds Cameras Capable of Facial Recognition
Lawmakers in the United States have long been wary of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. They say the corporation is unlike most tech companies because it effectively acts as a spying tool for Beijing. Recently, Huawei installed security cameras around Uganda’s capital, Kampala. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more in this report …
your ad hereLA Opera Keeps Details of Placido Domingo Inquiry to Itself
The Los Angeles Opera declined Friday to release any details of its promised investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against opera legend Placido Domingo, the company’s longtime general director, including whether it has begun.Also Friday, the union that represents opera singers said it plans a meeting in Los Angeles next …
your ad hereOur Eyes Reveal What We Want to Conceal, Research Finds
Tracking eye movement can reveal when a person recognizes another, even when they try to hide it, according to new research.Attempts to conceal recognition made it easier to spot in the new study, which could be used in criminal investigations to gain information from uncooperative witnesses or suspects.Lie-detector tests are …
your ad here‘Easy Rider’ Star Peter Fonda Dies at 79
LOS ANGELES – Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right, both writing and starring in counterculture classics like Easy Rider, died Friday at his Los Angeles home, his family said. He was 79. The official cause of death was respiratory failure due …
your ad hereGoogle Employees Call for Pledge Not to Work With ICE
Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s the latest in a year full of political and social pushback from the tech giant’s workforce.A group of employees called Googlers for Human Rights …
your ad hereLatino Actors, Writers Pen ‘Letter of Solidarity’ Amid Fears
Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public “letter of solidarity” to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and an immigration raid in Mississippi. The letter, published Friday in The …
your ad here1 Ebola Fatality Confirmed in New Congo Region
Congolese officials have confirmed the death of one of at least two new Ebola patients in South Kivu province. The outbreak in Congo has killed more than 1,800 people but this is the first time in the year-long epidemic Ebola has spread to South Kivu. The new cases were reported …
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