Gambia is negotiating deals with three private companies to crack down on rampant illegal fishing in its territorial waters, a senior official with the fisheries ministry told Reuters. Made possible …
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US Orders Federal Agencies to Remove Kaspersky Products
U.S. security officials on Wednesday ordered government agencies to get rid of products and services from Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke …
your ads here!iPhone X Shipping Delay May Dampen Apple’s Holiday Quarter
Apple Inc’s highly anticipated iPhone X features a slew of innovations but delayed availability could hurt holiday-quarter sales. The much-hyped event on Tuesday unveiled three new phones, an advanced watch …
your ads here!Stars Turn Out to Push for Donations for Hurricane Relief
Urged on by dozens of stars who turned out to sing, tell stories and plead for support for hurricane victims in a one-hour televised benefit, organizers said more than $44 …
your ads here!Serena Williams Shows Off Baby Alexis in Photos, Video Diary
American tennis star Serena Williams on Wednesday announced the name and released first pictures of her baby girl, revealing that they had spent a week in the hospital following the …
your ads here!Auction of Items Linked to Late Princess Diana Winding Down
Online bidding is winding down for dozens of items with direct connections to Britain’s late Princess Diana. Eighty items being sold at auction 20 years after her death in a …
your ads here!Self-Driving Boats: The Next Tech Transportation Race
Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years – but autonomous boats could be just around the pier. Spurred in part by the car industry’s race …
your ads here!China Plans Nationwide Ethanol Use by 2020
China plans to expand use of ethanol in gasoline nationwide by 2020 to curb smog and fossil fuel demand, the government said Wednesday, joining United States, Brazil and other nations …
your ads here!Study Prompts Call to Examine Flu Vaccine and Miscarriage
A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against …
your ads here!Bill Gates: Strides in Global Health at Risk if Rich Nations Pull Back
The world is making enormous strides in areas such as child mortality, HIV and extreme poverty, but if the U.S. and other countries pull back funding, that progress could slow, …
your ads here!Microsoft, Disney Among Companies Calculating Carbon Footprints
Microsoft, Walt Disney Co. and General Motors are among hundreds of companies calculating how much they spend on carbon emissions to show investors they are concerned about global warming, a …
your ads here!Urban Designers Look to Nature as Solution for Flood-Prone Cities
From Houston and Miami, to cities in South Asia, 2017 has been a year of intense weather and devastating floods. A combination of climate change and urban development has created a …
your ads here!‘Cambodian Space Project’ Brings Psychedelic Rock Back to US
The Cambodian Space Project, long on the forefront of a local rock’n’roll revival, is a band making good with their pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia sound. The Cambodian-Australian group, kicked off a …
your ads here!Children Learn to Program Toy Robots
In this computerized age, some kids have the opportunity to play with robots. The Scottish company Robotical has developed an inexpensive toy robot that children can program to walk, dance and …
your ads here!World’s Nations Make Progress on Some, But Not All, Health Goals
More than 60 percent of the world’s nations are expected to meet some of their health targets in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The targets include reducing …
your ads here!From Refugee Camp to Runway, Hijab-wearing Model Breaks Barriers
Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if she could compete in the contest …
your ads here!Violent Street Protests Break Out in Haiti Over Tax Hikes
Protesters in Haiti damaged commercial buildings in the capital city and set cars on fire Tuesday, angered by government tax hikes that come at a time when foreign aid is …
your ads here!Filmmakers Seek Uplifting Tone with Disability Tale ‘Breathe’
Andy Serkis, perhaps best-known for his role as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, intentionally avoided a somber tone in his directorial debut Breathe, he said Tuesday. The …
your ads here!Corporate Tax Goal in Doubt as Trump Kicks Off Push on Reform
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s goal of cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, even as the president moved to inject …
your ads here!US, Russian Crew Blasts Off for Space Station
Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a six-hour trip to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed. Commander Alexander Misurkin …
your ads here!S. Korea Seeks to Boost Slow Olympic Ticket Sales
With five months to go before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics open, the games are barely an afterthought for most South Koreans, with slow local ticket sales amid the biggest political …
your ads here!GOP Lawmakers Push Balanced Budget Mandate in Constitution
Lawmakers from 19 states are trying to develop a plan in Arizona this week for carrying out a growing, but unlikely, national effort to amend the Constitution to require a …
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