To mark World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization urges the adoption of healthy life styles as a way to lower cancer risks. WHO also emphasizes that early diagnosis and …
your ads here!Month: February 2018
Thousands of Football Fans Party in Countdown to Super Bowl Kick-off
It’s -11 degrees Celsius here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but it feels like -20. The sun has set and the wind is whipping — anywhere else and that would be the …
your ads here!Thousands of Football Fans Party in the Streets on the Eve of the Super Bowl
On the eve of the Super Bowl, football fans from near and far have descended on host city Minneapolis, in the Midwestern U.S. state of Minnesota. They spent the night …
your ads here!Screening for Alzheimer’s May Become Cheaper
Finding a cure for Alzheimer’s is an extremely complex task. Scientists still do not know what causes the disease. Once the symptoms appear, the gradual memory loss is inevitable and …
your ads here!Fixing Pollution by Fixing Your Gas Guzzler
Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show automobiles are responsible for at least 50 percent of emissions of harmful and planet-warming gases. But because cars are not going away, one …
your ads here!Historic Candy Store Has Sweets That Trace Back Centuries
For a lot of people, there’s nothing better than a piece of candy. Sweets go back to the ancient Egyptians, who ate honey with sesame seeds. In the United States, …
your ads here!Guest Workers Leave Behind Big Houses, Ghost Neighborhoods
Over the last decades, growing economic hardships forced people in cities and villages around the world to leave their hometowns to find work in other countries. Dreaming of returning one …
your ads here!Tillerson Visits Argentina to Talk Conservation, Economics
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Latin American tour took him Saturday to Argentina, where he talked with officials about conservation and diplomacy. Traveling from Mexico City after meeting with …
your ads here!Luxe Event Aims to Change Haiti’s Image Through Fashion
Dozens of designers from Haiti and around the world showcased their spring-summer collections against a lush tropical background during the recent Haiti Fashion Week. The January 28-31 event in Petionville …
your ads here!New Movie Highlights Racism, Tension in Inter-War Australia
A provocative film that chronicles racism and brutality in the 1920s has been released in Australia. Set in the red dust of the outback, “Sweet Country” is the story of …
your ads here!Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle
Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping scanner have discovered the ruins of tens of thousands of ancient Mayan structures that have been hidden and preserved for centuries under northern Guatemala’s …
your ads here!Americans Gear Up for Football ‘Super Bowl’
Super Bowl LII is almost here. In the week leading up to the biggest sporting event in the United States, the National Football League kicked-off the Super Bowl Experience at …
your ads here!Americans Gear Up for Football’s ‘Super Bowl’
After a season that started in early September, the NFL’s final game is just around the corner. Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hosting the single biggest event in American sports, despite local …
your ads here!Fans and Families Live the Super Bowl Experience
After a season that started in early September, the NFL’s final game is just around the corner. Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hosting the single biggest event in American sports, despite local …
your ads here!Former Utah Monument Lands Open to Claims, but No Land Rush in Sight
The window opened Friday for oil, gas, uranium and coal companies to make requests or stake claims to lands that were cut from two sprawling Utah national monuments by President …
your ads here!Scientists Develop Blood Test to Detect Eight Types of Cancer
Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of cancer and encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. In the area of detection, Faith Lapidus reports that …
your ads here!Driverless Bus Gets a Tryout in Sweden
Getting onto a bus with a driver may be a thing of the past someday. Already, a technology company in Sweden is trying out a driverless minibus in Stockholm. VOA’s …
your ads here!Britain Buys Into China’s ‘One Belt’ Initiative, but Washington Offers Warning
Britain has made clear its desire to be part of China’s so-called ‘One Belt One Road Initiative’ — a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s vision to boost Chinese investment and …
your ads here!Workers Benefiting from Tight Labor Market
Another solid month for the U.S. economy as American companies added 200,000 new workers to their payrolls last month. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent, but wages are …
your ads here!Federal Reserve Imposes New Penalties on Wells Fargo
The Federal Reserve announced Friday that it was imposing more penalties on Wells Fargo, freezing the bank’s growth until it can prove it has improved its internal controls. In addition, …
your ads here!Suspected Spam King Extradited to US
Spain has extradited to the United States a Russian citizen who is suspected of being one of the world’s most notorious spammers. Pyotr Levashov, a 37-year-old from St. Petersburg, was …
your ads here!US Stocks Swoon, Sending Dow Down More Than 650 Points
U.S. stocks slumped Friday, pulling down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years. Technology, banks and energy …
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