Renowned French-Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri appeared before a military court in Beirut Monday to face questions about his role in a past movie project in neighboring Israel. Lebanon bans …
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Apple May Test Bounds of iPhone Love with $1,000 Model
Apple is expected to sell its fanciest iPhone yet for $1,000, crossing into a new financial frontier that will test how much consumers are willing to pay for a device …
your ads here!Kristen Bell Sings ‘Frozen’ Tunes at Florida Irma Shelter
Kristen Bell says she’s “singing in a hurricane” while riding out Irma in Florida. The “Frozen” star is in Orlando filming a movie and staying at a hotel at …
your ads here!‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is Back, Darker Than Ever
Rebel super-hacker Lisbeth Salander is back in the fifth book in the Millennium series, this time battling neo-Nazi prison gangs and honor killings as well as trying to uncover the …
your ads here!Robot Gives New Meaning to ‘Hand Made’ Sculptures
Beautiful art and façades adorn buildings in many cities. Some are carved by hand, while others are manufactured. Now, a smart robot is creating large-scale art to transform public places. …
your ads here!Post-Brexit Customs Checks Could Cost Traders $5B a Year
The introduction of post-Brexit customs checks could cost traders more than 4 billion pounds ($5.28 billion) a year, according to a think tank report released on Monday. The British government …
your ads here!Toronto a Coming-out Party for Actor Timothee Chalamet
The kind of breakthrough performance where it’s immediately apparent that an actor is going to be a star for years to come is a rarity in movies. Think of Emma …
your ads here!Brazil Businessman Turns Himself into Police in Graft Probe
The former chairman of the world’s largest meatpacker, whose testimony implicated Brazil’s president in corruption, turned himself in to police Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his arrest. …
your ads here!WHO: Over 500 Dead as Congo Cholera Epidemic Spreads
More than 500 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Outbreaks of the water-borne …
your ads here!WHO: Media Should Not Sensationalize Suicide
The World Health Organization reports about 800,000 people commit suicide every year. To mark this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), WHO is stressing the important role the media …
your ads here!Qatar Farm Makes Compost Soil to Grow Crops
Agrico, an agricultural company in the Middle East country of Qatar, is creating fertile soil through composting. The reason: Most crops can’t be grown in the Qatari desert, but with …
your ads here!Landfill Turned Park Proves Nature’s Resilience
Landfills are probably the oldest type of waste disposal – dumping trash in a midden or pit. But when a landfill is filled up, what can a community do with …
your ads here!Apple to Unveil New iPhone
It’s been only 10 years since Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone. Since then, the competition with other companies has evolved into a giant battle of smartphones, …
your ads here!Del Toro’s Fairy Tale Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, a dark fairy tale in which a mute cleaning lady falls in love with an aquatic creature, won the Golden Lion …
your ads here!DACA Repeal Could Cost US Businesses, Economy Billions
The White House’s decision this week to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), carries enormous repercussions for the nearly 800,000 beneficiaries: The undocumented young people who were brought …
your ads here!DACA Repeal to Cost U.S. Businesses, Economy Billions
The White House’s decision to repeal DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, carries enormous repercussions for the nearly 800,000 beneficiaries who arrived in the U.S. as children. Over the …
your ads here!Digital Photographs Can Steal Fingerprints
We know that fingerprints can be lifted off various surfaces. But now technology is available to steal fingerprints from a digital photograph. VOA’s Deborah Block explains how. …
your ads here!Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Could Shave Up to 1 Percent From US GDP in 3rd Quarter
Two back-to-back storms will have a significant impact on U.S. growth and productivity, according to economists tracking the impact of Hurricanes Harvey in Texas, and Irma — expected to make …
your ads here!China’s Economy Growing Faster Than Expected
China’s producer price inflation accelerated more than expected to a four-month high in August, fueled by strong gains in raw materials prices and pointing to strong, sustained growth for both …
your ads here!Equifax Faces Lawsuits, Investigations After Major Data Breach
The U.S. credit monitoring company Equifax is facing a storm of criticism, lawsuits and investigations after a data breach that may have compromised personal data for about 143 million Americans. …
your ads here!Country’s ‘Gentle Giant’ Don Williams Dies at 78
Country music singer Don Williams, one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s, died on Friday at the age of 78, his publicist said. Williams, known as “the …
your ads here!Troy Gentry of Country Duo Montgomery Gentry Dies in Crash
Troy Gentry, one half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, died Friday in a helicopter crash just hours before a concert, according to a statement from the band’s …
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