A weird thing happened when the four members of the alt-rock band Imagine Dragons sat down to listen to their new album all the way through. They actually liked it. …
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Olympic Panel Praises ‘Outstanding’ LA, Paris Hosting Plans
Los Angeles and Paris have been praised by an International Olympic Committee panel for having “outstanding” plans to host the 2024 Summer Games. Storytelling skills and cutting-edge technologies from …
your ads here!City Plan Aims for Flood-free Growth in Argentina’s Santa Fe
Bolstering flood defenses and moving families away from risky areas are high on the agenda for Argentina’s Santa Fe as the river port city looks to grow its economy and …
your ads here!Planet of the Apes Stars Talk of Trilogy’s Simian Showdown
The final film in the rebooted “Planet of the Apes” series will hit cinemas next week, promising an action-packed conclusion to a trilogy that has garnered both critical acclaim and …
your ads here!Personalized Vaccines Hold Cancer at Bay in Two Early Trials
A novel class of personalized cancer vaccines, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept disease in check in two early-stage clinical trials, pointing to a new way to help …
your ads here!Medical Experts Call for Tighter Controls on Stem Cell Tourism
Stem cell tourism involving patients who travel to developing countries for treatment with unproven and potentially risky therapies should be more tightly regulated, international health experts said Wednesday. With hundreds …
your ads here!IMF: Global Economic Recovery ‘On Track,’ But Nations Must Work Together
The global economic recovery “remains on track,” according to the International Monetary Fund, but other experts say advanced economies are in for a period of slow growth. The IMF study …
your ads here!Rio Olympics Look to IOC for Help with $40 Million Debt
Almost a year after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Brazilian organizers are asking for help from the International Olympic Committee to satisfy creditors who are still owed about 130 million …
your ads here!Booming Tourist Industry Boosting African Economies
A new report finds flourishing tourism in Africa is putting millions of people to work and adding billions of dollars to national economies. The UN Conference on Trade and Development’s …
your ads here!Groups See Climate Science Review as Chance to Undercut Regulation
The Trump administration will soon begin a review that will question the veracity of the climate change science used by President Barack Obama’s administration as the basis for environmental regulations. …
your ads here!Volvo to Go All Electric in 2019
Swedish carmaker Volvo says it is phasing out the internal combustion engine in favor of electric motors by 2019. Volvo, which is Chinese owned, is the first traditional carmaker to …
your ads here!UN Survey Finds Cybersecurity Gaps Everywhere Except Singapore
Singapore has a near-perfect approach to cybersecurity, but many other rich countries have holes in their defenses and some poorer countries are showing them how it should be done, a …
your ads here!Ukraine Software Firm Says Computers Compromised After Cyberattack
The Ukrainian software firm at the center of a cyber attack that spread around the world last week said on Wednesday that computers which use its accounting software are compromised …
your ads here!Gambian, Afghan Students Refused US Visas for Science Contest
A team of teenage Gambian students are upset and mystified at being denied visas to attend a major global robotics contest in Washington later this month. This comes days after …
your ads here!Trump, Merkel on G-20 Collision Course Over Climate, Trade
As police step up patrols and protesters set up camp in Hamburg, Germany, no one is expecting an easy weekend when U.S. President Donald Trump joins other heads of the …
your ads here!Environmentalists Protest Logging in Ancient Polish Forest
Hundreds of environmentalists protested in Kraków Tuesday against widespread logging in Europe’s last primeval forest as a conference of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee got underway in the historic city …
your ads here!Exhibit Walks Tourists Through 241 Years of American History
Ahead of the Independence Day celebration, many museums across the country inaugurate special exhibits dedicated to the most important moments in American history. VOA Russian’s Maxim Moskalkov went to a …
your ads here!African Officials Seek Tougher Penalties Against Fake Drug Imports
Lawyers from around Africa gathered in Cameroon this week to call for tougher legislation against counterfeit medicine. Sixty tons of counterfeit medicine was burned after being seized by customs …
your ads here!Malnourished Children at Risk of Death From Cholera in Yemen, Africa
The U.N. children’s fund warns tens of thousands of malnourished children are at great risk in Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan, which are on the brink of famine. UNICEF reports …
your ads here!Soy ‘Milk’? Even Federal Agencies Can’t Agree on Terminology
Dairy farmers want U.S. regulators to banish the term “soy milk,” but documents show even government agencies haven’t always agreed on what to call such drinks. The U.S. Department of …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending July 8
We’re counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending July 8, 2017. It’s a big week on the Hot …
your ads here!Tesla Says its Model 3 Car will Go on Sale on Friday
Electric car maker Tesla says its much-ballyhooed Model 3 car for the masses will go on sale on Friday. CEO Elon Musk made the announcement Monday on Twitter. The …
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