Professional soccer player Lionel Messi has lost his Supreme Court appeal of a tax-fraud conviction in Spain. The court confirmed the 21-month prison sentence handed to Messi for defrauding tax …
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New WHO Chief Stresses Health as Human Right
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s newly elected director-general, says health as a human right is at the core of his vision for the organization he soon will lead. …
your ads here!Instagram, Snapchat Rated ‘Worst’ Platforms for Young People
Instagram and Snapchat are the worst social media platform for young people’s mental health, and YouTube is the most positive, a new study suggests. The ranking comes in a report …
your ads here!Amazon Founder Gives $1 Million to Support Press Freedom
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has promised to donate $1 million to support press freedom, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced Tuesday. “This generous gift will help us …
your ads here!Moody’s Cuts China Credit Rating One Notch
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded China’s credit rating Wednesday – from Aa3 (Double A-3) to A1 – saying it expects China’s economy to erode in coming years as growth slows and …
your ads here!Serena Williams Accepts a New Challenge – in Silicon Valley
Tennis star Serena Williams has 39 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic medals, major endorsement deals and her own line of clothing and accessories. Now she is embarking on a new …
your ads here!More Robots to Take Over Humans’ Jobs
According to a recent analysis, in about 15 years, depending on the country, up to 38 percent of jobs performed by humans may be turned over to robots. Experts who …
your ads here!E-vision Glasses Enhance Vision for the Legally Blind
There are an estimated 39 million blind people in the world. Another 200 million, people like Julissa Marquez, are visually impaired. A knife attack left her with a less than …
your ads here!So Many Wonders… So Little Time…
As he wrapped up his journey through southwestern Texas, national parks traveler Mikah Meyer admits he didn’t allocate enough days for his visit to the huge — and hugely popular — …
your ads here!Ariana Grande Returns to US Following Manchester Bombing
Ariana Grande returned to the United States on Tuesday, one day after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the singer’s concert in Manchester, England, as questions lingered over whether …
your ads here!Singer Angaleena Presley Brings Her Truth to Nashville
Country singer Angaleena Presley takes on Nashville in her new CD Wrangled. …
your ads here!Actress-Philanthropist Dina Merrill Dies at 93
American actress and philanthropist Dina Merrill, best known for playing regal aristocratic blondes, has died at 93. Merrill defied her wealthy family’s wishes to enter show business. Her father was …
your ads here!Youth Robotics Contest Promotes Innovation for Africa Economic Growth
Several hundred middle school and high school students from Senegal and surrounding countries spent last week in Dakar building robots. Organizers of the annual robotics competition say the goal is …
your ads here!Tattoos Talk and Play Music
A tattoo artist in California has created what many of us can’t imagine — a tattoo that also produces sound. Artist Nate Siggard inks audio soundwaves onto the skin that …
your ads here!Cannes Fetes Itself with Massive 70th Anniversary Bash
The Cannes Festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary by bringing together an array of stars, filmmakers and former Palme d’Or winners. On Tuesday, Cannes gathered more than 100 big …
your ads here!New Deadline for Greece Set After Another Stalemate
Hopes for a breakthrough in negotiations for cash-strapped Greece were dashed again and another deadline was set. Greece once again failed to get approval from its European creditors to receive …
your ads here!Spacewalking Astronauts Tackle Urgent Station Repairs
Spacewalking astronauts made urgent repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday, three days after a critical relay box abruptly failed. The 250-mile-high (400-kilometer-high) replacement job fell to commander Peggy …
your ads here!The Benefits of Exercise, in Pill Form
The positive impact of exercise is old news. There really is no downside, mentally or physically, to getting up and moving around in any form from taking walks to lifting …
your ads here!Proposed Trump Budget Spares Old-age Programs, Slashes Other Items
President Donald Trump is proposing to balance the federal budget within 10 years by slashing many social programs, including some that help the poor pay for food and medical care, …
your ads here!Who is Ariana Grande?
Ariana Grande is an American pop singer, dancer and actress. Grande was born in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1993 and began performing onstage when she was a child. A role …
your ads here!Scandal-plagued Fox News Hit with 3 More Lawsuits
New sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits are rocking the already scandal riddled Fox News Channel. Three new lawsuits were filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
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