Intel Corp shares fell nearly 2 percent Thursday as investors worried about the potential financial liability and reputational hit from recently disclosed security flaws in its widely used microprocessors. The …
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Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates
A new study has found that anti-tuberculosis drugs killed more bacteria in laboratory mice given a vitamin C supplement than those given drugs alone. If the findings hold up in …
your ads here!Wall Street’s Love of Tax Cuts Drives Dow to 25,000 Mark
Wall Street sure loves the tax bill, even if polls show most Americans don’t. The Dow Jones industrial average surged past 25,000 Thursday, a strong signal of investor enthusiasm for …
your ads here!Interior Department Wants to Open 90 Percent of US Continental Shelf to Drilling
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced plans to open up 90 percent of America’s coastal waters to oil drilling, including off California and Florida, two areas where activists …
your ads here!Trump Lawyer Tries to Block Publication of Insider Book on White House
For a second consecutive day, the White House press secretary on Thursday fielded a barrage of reporters’ questions about a forthcoming book that portrays a chaotic initial year for the …
your ads here!New York’s Met Museum Will Start Charging Mandatory $25 Fee
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is partially abandoning its “pay-what-you-wish” admissions policy that has made it an egalitarian destination for generations of art lovers. Starting March 1, the museum …
your ads here!YouTube Star Logan Paul Steps Away From Posting After Outcry
YouTube star Logan Paul has stepped away from posting videos following an outcry when he uploaded images of what appeared to be the body of someone who killed themselves in …
your ads here!Death Rates After Surgery Twice as High in African Hospitals
Patients in African hospitals are twice as likely to die after surgery than the global average, according to a new study. Although African patients were younger and at lower risk …
your ads here!Dow Breaks 25,000 Barrier for First Time
The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through the 25,000-threshold for the first time Thursday, and notched another 1,000-point milestone. The index of blue-chip stocks is studded with industrial heavyweights such …
your ads here!Novelist, Holocaust Survivor Appelfeld Dies in Israel at 85
Aharon Appelfeld, a prolific Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor whose works examined the lost world of European Jews and the new lives they pursued in Israel, died Thursday. He was …
your ads here!Chicken Waste Could Generate Power Plant Electricity
Coal-fired power plants release greenhouse gases into the air, causing pollution and contributing to climate change. But as much as 10 percent of the coal used in power stations could …
your ads here!Marijuana Sales Brisk in California Following Monday’s Legalization
The recreational use of marijuana is now legal in California. But only a few cities in the U.S. state are ready to start selling pot, which was officially legalized on …
your ads here!Australia Plans Legal Cannabis Exports to a Lucrative World Market
Australia said Thursday it planned to become the fourth country in the world to legalize medicinal marijuana exports in a bid to score a piece of the estimated $55 billion …
your ads here!Astronauts: Trump’s Proposed Moon Mission Will Take Time
American astronauts aboard the International Space Station told VOA on Wednesday that their excitement about recently announced plans to restore U.S. manned space missions to lunar orbit was eclipsed only …
your ads here!Conditions are Severe for Rohingya Health in Camps
Health workers are concerned with outbreaks of diseases in the massive Rohingya camps housing more than 650,000 people. Cramped quarters, malnourishment and pre-existing health conditions add up to real concerns …
your ads here!Mormon Church Leader Thomas Monson Dies at 90
Mormon church leader Thomas Monson has died, the church announced Wednesday from its Salt Lake City headquarters. He was 90 years old and led the church for 10 years. Monson …
your ads here!US Auto Sales Decline, Ending Record Streak
Auto sales in the United States fell by 2 percent in 2017, the first decline in seven years. Ford Motor reported Wednesday that its new vehicle sales fell 1 percent, …
your ads here!Security Flaws Put Virtually All Phones, Computers at Risk, Researchers Say
Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. …
your ads here!Blackberry Surges on Deal With Baidu for Self-driving Cars
BlackBerry Ltd and Chinese internet search firm Baidu Inc on Wednesday signed a deal to jointly develop self-driving vehicle technology, sending BlackBerry’s Toronto-listed shares up 13 percent to a four-year …
your ads here!Disease Outbreaks Plague Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
At Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh, unclean water, cramped living quarters and squalid conditions create a prime environment for outbreaks of preventable diseases among the estimated 650,000 Rohingya Muslims who …
your ads here!One Difference Between 2009 vs 2018 Iran Protests? 48 Million Smartphones
In 2009, the world watched as Iranians marching in the streets turned to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to organize and share information. The technology-assisted protests were dubbed …
your ads here!In Uganda, Dogs Comfort Victims of War
Eleven years since the end of the civil war in Uganda, which pitted Lord’s Resistance Army rebels against the government, tens of thousands of people still struggle with post-traumatic stress …
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