Sweden’s prison board says U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky won’t be able to perform in the Swedish prison where he was held until convicted of assault in a June street brawl in Stockholm.Citing logistical and security issues, Vilhelm Grevik of Sweden’s Prison and Probation Service told the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet …
your ad hereReport: US Life Expectancy Declines
A new study is sounding the alarm on the decline in life expectancy in the United States. Based on the data analysis report, life expectancy had increased by almost 10 years over the course of nearly six decades — from close to 70 years old to just shy of 79 …
your ad hereSouth Korean Actor Cha In-ha Found Dead in Latest K-pop Tragedy
South Korean actor Cha In-ha was found dead in his home, police said on Wednesday, the country’s third young celebrity to die in the past two months amid growing debate about the intense social pressures artists face.While South Korea’s pop culture mostly projects a wholesome image on stage and screen, …
your ad hereSelf-Driving Cars Taught to ‘Feel’ Passengers’ Emotions
Imagine if your car can sense your emotions and play happy music when you are sad. That’s what a team of researchers at Texas A&M University is working on — to look at brain waves that correlate to different human emotions and ultimately teach that to an autonomous vehicle. VOA’s …
your ad hereDogs Might Teach Us How to Age in Good Health
Bleak news from the Centers for Disease Control shows that Americans are dying younger and that life expectancy in the U.S. is down. It might be time to call dogs to the rescue. VOA’s Carol Pearson reports that research on dogs may help us reverse the aches and pains of …
your ad hereGoogle Co-Founders Step Down as Execs of Parent Alphabet
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles within the parent company, Alphabet.Sundar Pichai, who has been leading Google as CEO for more than four years, will stay in his role and also become CEO of Alphabet.Page was Alphabet’s CEO, while Brin was its president. …
your ad hereProgress in Wiping Out HIV in US Has Stalled, CDC Says
U.S. health officials say the progress in the Trump administration’s goal of wiping out the HIV epidemic by 2030 has stalled.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 38,000 new cases of HIV occur every year. HIV is the virus that can lead to AIDS.The CDC’s report says white …
your ad hereAs Lungs Pay Cost of Dirty Fuels, UN Urges Action on Climate Health Risks
Human health is paying the price of the world’s failure to curb global warming, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, urging governments at U.N. climate talks to cut climate-changing emissions faster and provide funds to address growing threats.Those range from lung and heart problems caused by toxic air to deaths …
your ad here‘Irishman’ Named Best Picture by National Board of Review
Martin Scorsese’s sprawling crime epic “The Irishman” has been named best picture by the National Board of Review.The awards, announced Tuesday by the National Board of Review, handed Netflix its second major honor in Hollywood’s quickening awards season. On Monday evening, Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” won best feature at the …
your ad hereCicely Tyson, Seth MacFarlane Joining TV Hall of Fame
Cicely Tyson, Seth MacFarlane and Walt Disney Co. chief executive Bob Iger will be joining the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame.Geraldine Laybourne, who helped create the Nickelodeon channel and co-founded Oxygen Media, and veteran TV director Jay Sandrich also were announced Tuesday as inductees. Sandrich’s credits include “The Mary Tyler …
your ad hereTeaching a Self-Driving Car to Know if its Passengers are Happy or Nervous
Imagine if your car can sense your emotions and play happy music when you are sad. That’s what a team of researchers at Texas A&M University is working on — to look at brain waves that correlate to different human emotions and ultimately teach that to an autonomous vehicle. VOA’s …
your ad hereHow a Small Stretch of Ocean Stirred a Conservation Movement
From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional.But dip beneath the surface — go down 60 or 70 feet — and you’ll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms cover rocky ledges on the ocean floor, forming a “live bottom.”Gray’s Reef is little more than …
your ad hereUN Agency: Europe Leads in Readiness for Online Shopping
The U.N.’s trade and development agency estimates that Europe, led by the Netherlands, leads the world in readiness for online shopping.UNCTAD’s annual business-to-consumer e-commerce index ranked the United States again in the teens, at 13th — largely because of its relatively low share of people using the internet compared to …
your ad hereDrake is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist of the Decade
Drake is the king of streaming: the rapper has been named Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade. Spotify announced Tuesday that Drake has been streamed 28 billion times in the last 10 years. Ed Sheeran came in second, while Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Eminem round out the Top 5. …
your ad hereWorkers Fired From Google Plan Federal Labor Complaint
Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes.The former employees said Tuesday they are preparing to file unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board this …
your ad hereGreta Thunberg Says Sea Voyage ‘Energized’ Her Climate Fight
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal on Tuesday after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, telling cheering supporters that the journey had “energized” her for the fight against climate change. The Swedish teen, whose one-woman protests outside the Swedish parliament helped inspire a global youth movement, sailed into …
your ad hereEpstein’s Lawyer Says Alleged Victim is Lying
The woman who caused Prince Andrew’s fall from grace is appealing to the British public to support her case, saying she was an underage victims of sex trafficking by her one-time boss Jeffrey Epstein. The late financier and convicted sex offender died in jail while awaiting a new trial on …
your ad hereChina’s Climate Paradox: A Leader in Coal and Clean Energy
As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases.China burns about half the coal used globally each year. Between 2000 and 2018, its annual carbon emissions nearly tripled, and it now …
your ad hereSave the Children: Climate Crisis Causing Hunger for Millions of Africans
Millions of people in southern and eastern Africa are facing emergency food insecurity partly caused by climate change, half of them children, according to the charity Save the Children. The region has been hit by extreme cyclones, flooding and drought in recent months and scientists say it is warming much …
your ad hereTwitter Makes Global Changes to Comply with Privacy Laws
Twitter is updating its global privacy policy to give users more information about what data advertisers might receive and is launching a site to provide clarity on its data protection efforts, the company said on Monday.The changes, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, will comply with the California …
your ad hereDon’t Fiddle While the Planet Burns, UN Chief Warns Climate Summit
The world must choose hope over surrender in the fight against climate change, U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday, warning a summit in Madrid that governments risked sleepwalking past a point of no return.The latest round of annual negotiations to bolster the 2015 Paris Agreement to curb global warming …
your ad hereUS Still in Fight Against Global Warming, Pelosi Declares
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the United States “is still in” the fight against climate change despite U.S. President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris agreement.Pelosi is leading a delegation of congressional Democrats to the 10-day climate conference in Madrid. She said they want to …
your ad hereSpacewalking Astronauts Add New Pumps to Cosmic Detector
Spacewalking astronauts attached new pumps to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Monday in a bid to extend its scientific life.It was the third spacewalk in nearly three weeks for Italy’s Luca Parmitano and NASA’s Andrew Morgan. And it marked the culmination of years of work …
your ad hereNot Just Arabesques: Misty Copeland Imparts Life Lessons
No other ballet dancer has crossed over into mainstream popular culture quite like Misty Copeland.That was Copeland at the recent American Music Awards, dancing a passionate duet with partner Craig Hall as Taylor Swift sat at the piano singing her hit “Lover.”She’s also working on a new silent film with …
your ad herePutin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory on Smartphones, Computers
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian software.The law, which will come into force on July 1 next year, has been met with resistance by some electronics retailers, who say the legislation …
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