Bitcoin’s recent gains as stocks plummeted on U.S.-China trade tensions reflect not so much its safe-haven credentials but its potential for quick gains, cryptocurrency and foreign exchange traders said on Tuesday.The biggest coin jumped over 7% on Monday as U.S. stocks slumped 3%. Safe haven assets from the Japanese yen …
your ad hereNobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dead at 88
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” “Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison …
your ad herePhilippines Rejects Dengue Vaccine as Outbreak Leaves Hundreds Dead
The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world’s first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the mosquito-borne disease that it said has killed hundreds this year.Dengue incidence shot up 98% from a year earlier to 146,062 cases from January 1 to July 20, causing 662 …
your ad hereThe ‘Bizarre Trip’ That Was Almost Woodstock 50
Shortly after Woodstock organizers announced the shambolic 50th anniversary concerts were off after months of setbacks and holdups, Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang summed up the drama in six words: “It’s been a really bizarre trip.”Over the last six months, Lang, 74, moved like a cat using all nine lives to …
your ad hereNative Americans to Boy Scouts: Stop Plundering Our Past
This year, the Boy Scouts of America’s honor society, the Order of the Arrow, instituted a new policy: Scouts will no longer be allowed to dress up as “Indians” and incorporate Native American motifs into two of the order’s more important ceremonies.But in spite of complaints from tribes across the …
your ad hereAfter Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan
First, it lost its internet security provider. Then, another company cut off its new internet host. In less than 24 hours, 8chan, the online forum that the suspect in the El Paso mass shooting allegedly used to post some of his extremist thoughts, was struggling to keep its lights on. 8chan’s situation highlights …
your ad here500 Years on, How Magellan’s Voyage Changed the World
Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time.The Portuguese explorer was killed by islanders in the Philippines two years into the adventure, leaving Spaniard Juan Sebastian Elcano to complete the three-year trip. But …
your ad hereBrazil Deforestation Climbs 67% Through July as Gov’t Attacks Data
Deforestation in Brazil’s rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil’s space research agency, which the government has attacked as misleading and harmful to the national interest.The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) monitoring system registered destruction of 4,699 …
your ad hereVideo Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show
Emily Seymour contributed to this report. Many young people reacting to the most recent mass shootings in the U.S. are rejecting the idea that violent video games motivate shooters.And research backs them up.One Twitter user, Scott@Serptentine_Back described his interests as well as the fact he’d been bullied in school, but ended …
your ad hereUganda Starts Largest-Ever Ebola Vaccine Trial
Uganda has started its largest Ebola vaccine trial to date, health authorities announced Monday, in an apparent effort to prevent the disease from spreading. An epidemic across the border in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo has killed over 1,800 people, making this outbreak the second-deadliest to date, with fatality rates nearing …
your ad hereJapan’s NEC Shows ‘Flying Car’ Hovering Steadily for a Minute
Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute.The test flight reaching 3 meters (10 feet) high was held in a gigantic cage, as a safety precaution, at an NEC facility in a Tokyo …
your ad hereBotswana’s ‘Test and Treat’ HIV Strategy Yields Results
A “test and treat” HIV program is getting results in Botswana after the southern African country recorded a decline in cases of the virus among participating communities. But the rate of the deadly virus remains among the highest in the world, according to a recent study by the Botswana-Harvard AIDS …
your ad hereNigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break
Nigerian technologist Chinenye Udeh wants to ensure schoolgirls learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for summer. Udeh says she is trying to boost gender parity in technology in Africa’s most populous nation, where less than 20 percent of women are involved in the industry. Timothy Obiezu reports for VOA from …
your ad hereBasketball Without Borders: WNBA Champions Coach Young African Players
The NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program has been scouting and training girls and boys across the African continent for 17 years. Teenage girls taking part in the program say working with women from the continent who played for WNBA teams has motivated them to stay in the game. From Dakar, …
your ad hereScientific Studies Say Planting Trees Helps Mitigate Global Warming
Another scientific study has confirmed that trees can have a far-reaching effect in stemming global warming by removing large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. Tree-planting advocates say this is something they’ve known for decades, and the world is finally getting the message. Mike O’Sullivan has more from Los Angeles. …
your ad hereButterfly Populations Reflect Health of Wetlands
There are 48 insects included on the U.S. Endangered Species List, and the only way any insect has ever come off the list is through extinction. This is especially troubling for the world’s butterfly populations, which have declined by 20% in the last decades. Erika Celeste takes us to visit …
your ad hereSwedish Judge Orders A$AP Rocky, 2 Others Freed Pending Verdict
A Swedish judge has ordered U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men released from custody pending a verdict later this month in the entertainer’s assault trial. The judge said Friday the verdict would be announced August 14.The case has drawn international headlines and U.S. President Donald Trump’s involvement. Shortly …
your ad hereFlorida Latest Place to Declare Emergency Over Hepatitis A
Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease.Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared an emergency Thursday to allow the state to spend more on testing and treatment, saying …
your ad hereSwedish Judge Orders US Rapper A$AP Rocky, 2 Others Freed Pending Verdict
A Swedish judge has ordered U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men released from custody pending a verdict later this month in the entertainer’s assault trial. The judge said Friday the verdict would be announced August 14.The case has drawn international headlines and U.S. President Donald Trump’s involvement. Shortly …
your ad hereR. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to Sexually Abusing Women, Girls
R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded guilty Friday in New York to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls.The 52-year-old Kelly was denied bail in a Brooklyn courtroom packed with his supporters.He appeared sullen as prosecutors told Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione he posed a flight risk and a danger to …
your ad hereDoctors Extract 526 Teeth From Indian Boy
Indian doctors removed a tumor with a record number of 526 teeth inside a seven-year-old boy’s mouth, the medical team in the southern city of Chennai said on Friday.The 200 gram (7 ounce) growth was lodged in the boy’s lower right jaw, said Senthilnathan P., a doctor at Saveetha Dental …
your ad hereEndangered Listing Sought for Firefly With Double-Green Flash
Peering through the darkness under the faint light of a peach-colored moon, wildlife biologist Jason Davis spots a telltale green flash in the bushes.Quick as a flash himself, Davis arcs a long-handled mesh net through the humid coastal air, ensnaring his tiny target.Ignoring the mosquitoes, Davis heads to the open …
your ad hereFirst Female Referee to Officiate European Super Cup
Stephanie Frappart has been appointed as the referee for the European Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea, making her the first woman to officiate a major UEFA men’s showpiece event. UEFA announced Frappart’s appointment on Friday, adding that the Frenchwoman will lead a team of predominantly female officials, with Manuela …
your ad hereUganda Begins Largest Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Researchers in Uganda are launching the largest-ever trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has killed over 1,800 people.The trial of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals vaccine involves up to 800 people and is supported by Doctors without Borders and …
your ad hereUS Cities Now See More Overdose Deaths than Rural Areas
U.S. drug overdose deaths, which have been concentrated in Appalachia and other rural areas for more than a dozen years, are back to being most common in big cities again, according to a government report issued Friday.The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the urban overdose …
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