World leaders who are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week first met for a Climate Action Summit aimed at discussing ways to reduce carbon emissions. Saqib Ul Islam reports from the meeting where President Donald Trump briefly joined leaders from some 60 countries, despite …
your ad hereHonda to Cease Diesel Vehicle Sales in Europe by 2021
Honda said on Monday it would phase out all diesel cars by 2021 in favor of models with electric propulsion systems, as the Japanese automaker moves to electrify all of its European cars by 2025.Honda is the latest automaker cutting production of diesel cars to meet stringent global emissions regulations. …
your ad hereTech Companies Back Independent Watchdog to Tackle Online Extremism
A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to remove extremist content will become an independent watchdog working “to respond quicker and work more collaboratively to prevent” attacks like Christchurch, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.Ardern has pushed for stronger action since New …
your ad hereUN Plans Vast Urban Forests to Fight Climate Change
The United Nations unveiled plans to plant urban forests over an area four times the size of Hong Kong, seeking to make Africa and Asia’s rapidly growing cities greener.The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the pace of urbanization on both continents was contributing to climate change and planting …
your ad hereFrench Researchers Build Massive New Scanner to Tackle Brain Disease
French researchers are developing what they say is the most powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner in the world which will use a supermagnet the weight of a blue whale and should allow earlier diagnosis of diseases such as Parkinson’s.”We can potentially detect the disease in its earlier stages and, …
your ad hereApple Will Produce New Mac Pro Computers in US
Apple said Monday it would keep making its Mac Pro in the United States, after obtaining tariff exemptions for some components in the high-end computers.The California tech giant said it would keep production of the Mac Pro — a computer costing some $6,000 — in Austin, Texas, following reports it …
your ad hereWithout Brazil, Donors Unlock $500M to Preserve Rainforests
International donors agreed on Monday to free up more than $500 million in aid to protect tropical rainforests, including the Amazon where wildfires are raging, France’s president said on Monday at a U.N. meeting shunned by Brazil.The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, prompting …
your ad hereAid Group Says Vaccine ‘Rationing’ in Congo Hampering Ebola Fight
The World Health Organization is “rationing” Ebola vaccines in Democratic Republic of Congo, with access controls meaning too few people at risk are being protected in an outbreak of the deadly disease, the aid group MSF said Monday.The medical charity Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) accused the WHO of using a …
your ad hereToyota Banks on Olympic Halo for Humble Bus to Keep Hydrogen Dream Alive
Buses may not be the most glamorous mode of transport but at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games, they will represent Toyota’s best bet for wider acceptance of hydrogen power – technology so far eclipsed by electric vehicles.Japan’s biggest automaker plans to roll out 100 hydrogen fuel cell buses to shuttle …
your ad hereIran’s Female Fans Find Soccer Buzz in Cafes, Malls
On match days Iran’s young female soccer fans cram Tehran’s shopping centers and cafes, their faces painted with the Iranian flag and beaming with excitement, as they follow their national team on giant television screens alongside male fans.Iranian women have been banned from men’s soccer matches at football stadiums in …
your ad hereYoung People Organize Protests to Demand Climate Change Actions
Young people around the world have been organizing protests to demand action on climate change. Millions walked out of their schools and workplaces last Friday as part of demonstrations leading up to the Youth Climate Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York. Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg helped inspire …
your ad hereMalawi Works to Contain Overfishing on Lake Malawi
Malawi is trying to find ways to contain overfishing in its largest body of water, Lake Malawi. The third largest lake in Africa has long been the economic hub for thousands of fishing communities along the lakefront areas. However, locals say unsustainable fishing practices and climate change have led to …
your ad hereKabul Musician Teaches Street Kids, Hopes For Future Harmony
In Afghanistan, where the Taliban once banned music, a young musician teaches her art to a new generation of children, including many street kids. Masooma Mohammadi worries the Taliban might regain power, but also hopes one day, her students and all Afghans will embrace music. VOA’s Jim Randle has our …
your ad hereYouTube ‘Milestone’ Highlights Vietnam Growth and Growing Pains
The Vietnamese comedy channel FAP TV has become the first YouTube account to hit the 10 million subscribers mark in the Southeast Asian country of nearly 100 million people, according to an announcement on Thursday from the Asia Pacific office of Google, which owns YouTube.Vietnam has been one of the …
your ad here‘Thrones,’ ‘Fleabag’ Top Emmys, Billy Porter Makes History
“Game of Thrones” resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday’s Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which “Pose” star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series “Fleabag” led a British invasion that overturned expectations.”This all started in the demented mind of George R.R. Martin,” …
your ad hereHundreds Mourn Melting Swiss Glacier
Hundreds of mourners gathered Sunday to commemorate the loss of yet another European glacier.Dressed in mourning clothes, they hiked for hours in the Glarus Alps in eastern Switzerland to reach the remnants of the Pizol glacier at 2,600 meters above sea level.The glacier has lost more than 80% of its …
your ad here‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ Aim for Records at Emmy Awards
Records could be broken at the 2019 Emmy Awards by “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.The HBO fantasy saga already has the most awards for a show in one season, 12, and it’s competing Sunday in seven categories.If Louis-Dreyfus wins top comedy actress honors for “Veep,” she’ll have …
your ad hereSwiss Hold High-Altitude Wake For Lost Glacier
Dozens of people dressed in black went on a “funeral march” up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.The Pizol “has lost so much substance that from a scientific perspective it is no longer a glacier,” …
your ad hereIn Cambodia, It’s a Bad Year for Dengue Fever
Amir Khasru of the VOA Bangla Service contributed to this report.KRAYEA COMMUNE, KAMPONG THOM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — The babies are crying, coughing as they vomit.Each parent holds one of the 8-month-old twins. Their daughters tested positive for the potentially lethal and almost always painful dengue fever.Lang Chanthoeun says she doesn’t have …
your ad hereA Unique Seattle Rehab Helps People Overcome Internet Addiction
Smartphones have quickly evolved from being a way to make an untethered phone call to service as portable hand-held personal computers. Yet these pros bring along many cons, as conditions like Internet addiction disorder become more widespread. To help people overcome these disorders, special rehab centers are opening around the …
your ad hereDenmark Hopes to Set Example With Ambitious Carbon-Cutting Program
A senior Danish official says his country hopes to set an example for the world with an ambitious scheme to cut carbon emissions by 70% in little more than a decade, but it has no illusions that it can have a meaningful impact on global warming by itself. “To …
your ad hereCould Smart Mirrors Get Consumers Offline and Into Shops?
With online shopping becoming more and more popular, traditional retail stores are doing everything they can to get shoppers to visit real stores. They are hoping one new piece of tech might do the trick. Anna Rice narrates this report by VOA’s Julia Vassey in San Francisco, California. …
your ad here‘I Want a Future’: Global Youth Protests Urge Climate Action
Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming world can’t wait any longer.Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York. …
your ad hereWalmart to Stop E-cigarette Sales in US Stores, Company Memo Says
Walmart Inc. told staff on Friday that it was discontinuing the sale of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery products at its U.S. stores. In an internal memo seen by Reuters, the retailer said growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty were behind its decision. “We will complete our …
your ad hereRevelers Reach Gates of Area 51 Then Peacefully Rejoin Party
Hundreds of curious Earthlings from around the world traveled to the secret Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert after seeing an internet hoax dubbed “Storm Area 51.”About 100 made it all the way to the gates of the remote site that has long been the focus of UFO …
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