The World Health Organization (WHO) reports it is teaming up with national and international health agencies to tackle what appears to be the largest outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. …
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New Study Finds Diverse Audiences Drive Media Blockbusters
Just as “Black Panther” is setting records at the box office, a new study finds that diverse audiences are driving most of the biggest blockbusters and many of the most-watched …
your ads here!‘Disagree’ Banned on China Social Media
Authorities in China have launched an intense crackdown on online commentary in the wake of a proposal by the country’s communist party leaders to amend the constitution and scrap a two-term …
your ads here!Mavericks Allegations Could Dog Mark Cuban Presidential Ambitions
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and driving force behind TV’s “Shark Tank,” has for months teased the notion of running for president in 2020 in …
your ads here!Dubai Closes Case on Indian Actress, Calls Death an Accident
Dubai investigators closed the case on Tuesday into the death last weekend of Indian movie icon Sridevi, calling it an accidental drowning. Her family has been given permission to take …
your ads here!Officials: US NAFTA Autos Negotiator Called From Mexico for Consultations
The U.S. negotiator for regional content requirements in autos flew back to Washington from a NAFTA round in Mexico on Monday to talk with car companies, officials said, in a …
your ads here!Comcast Makes $31 Billion Offer to Buy Sky
Comcast Corp, the biggest cable operator in the United States, offered on Tuesday to pay $31 billion to buy Sky, challenging Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and Bob Iger’s Walt Disney for …
your ads here!NASA Building Atomic Clock for Deep-space Navigation
Only days after the spectacular liftoff of what is currently the heaviest space rocket, the privately-built Falcon Heavy, NASA announced the next launch will carry a specially built atomic clock. …
your ads here!Arctic Seed Vault Turning 10 Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Agricultural Challenges
A cavernous bunker on a remote island above the Arctic Circle, where polar bears roam, holds the key to 12,000 years of agriculture but also to food supplies for future …
your ads here!Ghanaian ‘Superhero’ Awarded for Work to End ‘Spirit Child’ Killings
When Angela was born without lower legs, her father believed she was an evil spirit and should be taken to a “concoction man” — a traditional herbalist who would kill …
your ads here!Microsoft, Justice Department in Showdown Over Foreign-stored Data
The U.S. Justice Department and Microsoft will face off against each other Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether tech companies’ desire to protect user data is at …
your ads here!Trunk Show: Elephant Genome Study Offers Surprises
The most comprehensive elephant genome study ever conducted, covering seven living and extinct species, is offering some surprises about the family tree of the world’s largest land animal while also …
your ads here!Cuban Cigar Sales Hit Record as China Demand Surges
A surge in sales of Cuba’s legendary cigars in China helped manufacturer Habanos S.A.’s global revenue rise 12 percent to hit a record of around $500 million last year, the …
your ads here!Denver Weighs Olympics Bid Years After Withdrawing as Host
It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more hotel rooms than existed, and a cross-country ski course that …
your ads here!WHO: Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic Likely to Intensify
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that a cholera epidemic in Yemen that killed more than 2,000 people could flare up again in the rainy season. WHO Deputy Director …
your ads here!Likely Centrist Brazil Presidential Contender Says He Would Sell Petrobras
The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that he would privatize Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA if he wins the …
your ads here!Trump Says Wants to Revive Steel Jobs Even if it Takes Import Tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to bring the steel industry back to America even if it means applying tariffs to imports from other countries. “I want …
your ads here!Mumbai’s Legendary Lunchbox Carriers Take Waste Food to the Poor
One of the hallmarks of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, is a food delivery system that involves 5,000 lunchbox carriers, who distribute over 100,000 home cooked meals to office workers with …
your ads here!GE Reshapes Board After Retroactively Cutting Profits
Days after saying that it would retroactively cut the profits reported over the past two years, General Electric Co. is reshaping its board of directors. One person joining the board …
your ads here!Football’s Most Coveted Trophy Visits Nairobi
The FIFA World Cup trophy has arrived in Kenya. A tour that began last September will see the famed trophy make stops in more than 50 countries across six continents …
your ads here!State of the Art: Museum Takes Hi-Tech Look at Vermeer
Researchers at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague are using the latest technology to take a long, hard look at one of their most prized paintings, Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with …
your ads here!Food Tech Startup Goes to Liberia, Making Popular, Local Dish More Nutritious
About 1-in-3 people in the world eats food that fills them up but doesn’t have enough protein, vitamins and minerals. Known as “hidden hunger,” the situation can lead to …
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