The German Transport Ministry says the country’s motor transport authority will examine cars made by Daimler amid an investigation into suspected manipulation of diesel emissions controls. Daimler said in May …
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Turkish Tech Startups Head to Silicon Valley
For tech entrepreneurs in Turkey, the unstable situation after last year’s coup attempt has made it harder to get the word out about the country’s tech scene and to solicit …
your ads here!Spanish Judge Orders Salvador Dali’s Body Exhumed
A Spanish court has given permission for the remains of famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali to be exhumed as part of a paternity test. The judge in Catalonia ruled the …
your ads here!Spacecraft Reveals Beauty of Solar System’s Biggest Storm
A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter is revealing the up-close beauty of our solar system’s biggest planetary storm. Juno flew directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on Monday, passing an amazingly …
your ads here!Radio Flyer Marks 100 Years of Wagon Production
Radio Flyer is rolling its largest “little” red wagon into its hometown of Chicago in celebration of the company’s 100-year anniversary. Radio Flyer’s gargantuan wagon was the centerpiece for the …
your ads here!BASF Unveils New Mosquito Net in Battle Against Malaria
A new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF has been given an interim recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO), containing a new class of insecticide that the …
your ads here!Old Cinemas Become Cultural Centers in Lebanon
With peeling paint and crumbling plasterwork, an abandoned picture house and its renovation in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli is more than a dream for Qassem Istanbouli. The 31-year-old …
your ads here!Gaza’s Electricity Shortage at Crisis Level
The electricity supply to Gaza’s 2 million residents has dropped to unprecedented lows, with blackouts lasting for more than 24 hours, the territory’s power distribution company said Thursday, prompting fears …
your ads here!Malaria Genome Study Reveals Savvy Parasite
The malaria parasite owes its devastating success to a finely tuned genome that can survive attacks and evade human immune defenses because it retains only the bare essential genes it …
your ads here!Venezuela Oil Exports to Cuba Drop, Energy Shortages Worsen
Venezuela’s crude and fuel deliveries to Cuba have slid almost 13 percent in the first half this year, according to documents from state-run oil company PDVSA viewed by Reuters, threatening …
your ads here!Corruption Undermining Ukraine’s Progress, EU’s Juncker Says
Corruption is undermining all efforts to rebuild Ukraine in line with European Union norms, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday, as President Petro Poroshenko vowed to pursue ever-closer …
your ads here!Panel to FDA: Review Safety of Opioid Painkillers
An expert panel of scientists says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, …
your ads here!UN Experts Tell Peru to Halt Oil Talks Until Pollution Remedied
United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on Peru to suspend negotiations on a new contract for a large oilfield in the Amazon until past pollution was cleaned up …
your ads here!Moon Dust Collected by Neil Armstrong to be Auctioned in New York
Moon dust that Neil Armstrong collected during the first lunar landing was displayed Thursday at a New York auction house — a symbol of America’s glory days in space now …
your ads here!‘Walking on the Moon’ in Idaho
Before America put the first men on the moon in 1969, NASA astronauts prepared for their lunar missions on the volcanic terrain at a national park. Lunar landscape National parks …
your ads here!FIFA’s Chuck Blazer Dies After Exposing Corruption He Profited From
The charade only ended in the final years of Chuck Blazer’s life. Stripped of his extravagances, soccer’s gregarious and greedy dealmaker was forced to admit to his years of …
your ads here!China Reducing Massive Influence of Social Media Celebrities
China is trying to contain the awesome influence of social media celebrities, some of whom have tens of millions of followers that dwarf more Western media icons like Oprah Winfrey. For …
your ads here!Senate Republicans Making New Health Care Push
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to unveil a revised health care bill to Republican colleagues Thursday, as he makes a push to achieve one of the top legislative …
your ads here!McDonald’s Sees Its Future: Be More Convenient
McDonald’s is hoping to make a difference in its future seven seconds at a time. The company that helped define fast food is making supersized efforts to reverse its …
your ads here!Business is Booming for Sleep Technology
New research published this week in the journal Brain suggests that the lack of quality sleep could raise your chances of contracting Alzheimer’s disease. And the Centers for Disease Control …
your ads here!New Non-Invasive Treatment Provides Depression Relief
The World Health Organization says that there are over 350 million people worldwide who suffer or have suffered from depression. They classify it as the leading cause of disability around …
your ads here!Trump Steps In to Ensure Afghan Students Can Come to US Robotics Contest
President Donald Trump has personally intervened to allow a team of Afghan women students into the United States for a major global robotics competition, VOA has learned. The U.S. embassy …
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