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Thousands Mourn Creator of Venezuelan Youth Orchestras
Thousands of Venezuelans have paid homage to Jose Antonio Abreu, parading past the coffin of the economist turned visionary musical educator who created a network of youth orchestras that has …
your ads here!China Warns Trade War Will Set off a ‘Greater Conflict’
A senior Chinese official is warning that a trade war would hurt all sides and set off a “greater conflict.” “A trade war serves the interests of none. It will …
your ads here!Facebook’s Zuckerberg Apologizes for ‘Breach of Trust’ in Disclosure of Users’ Data
Facebook co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg apologized Sunday in full-page ads in nine major British and U.S. newspapers for the massive “breach of trust” at the social media …
your ads here!Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth
Scientists are monitoring a defunct Chinese space station that is expected to fall to Earth around the end of the month, the largest manmade object to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in …
your ads here!New Dating App Matches Users Based on Their DNA
Love from a cheek swab? That’s what founders of a new dating app are promising. There always seems to be another dating app popping up with promises of helping find …
your ads here!Pride, Loneliness in the Deep North: Russians Who Refuse to Abandon Arctic City
In Russia’s far north, the city of Vorkuta is slowly being reclaimed by the Arctic tundra. Its population has plummeted as the local coal mines have closed, and the very …
your ads here!A New Dating Service Uses Your DNA to Find Love
There always seems to be another dating app popping up with promises of helping find romance — just answer this, just swipe that — but one new online dating service …
your ads here!Swelling Tourism Numbers Come at a Cost in Indonesia
Tourist numbers in Indonesia swelled last year on the back of overseas advertising and infrastructure development. President Joko Widodo has said he wants to “create 10 tourist destinations like the …
your ads here!Young Syrian Refugee Invents Life-Saving Life-Jacket
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. Even more so, when the invention is something a loved one needs. That was the case for a young Syrian woman who …
your ads here!What Do Palm Trees and Wind Turbines Have in Common?
Increasingly popular wind turbines are getting bigger and making more power, but there is a limit to their size. At some point they become too big, too difficult to transport …
your ads here!Some Fear Steel Tariff Could Hurt Auto Industry in the South
German business leaders are expressing concerns that President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel could affect the auto industry in the South. WABE Radio reports Mercedes-Benz USA …
your ads here!Indian Agency Denies Reported Security Lapse in ID Card Project
The semi-government agency behind India’s national identity card project on Saturday denied a report by news website ZDNet that the program has been hit by another security lapse that allows access to private information. …
your ads here!UK Watchdog Evaluates Evidence From Cambridge Analytica
Britain’s information regulator said Saturday that it was assessing evidence gathered from a raid on the office of data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, part of an investigation into alleged misuse …
your ads here!China Warns US It Will Defend Own Trade Interests
The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in …
your ads here!Cate Blanchett Slams Aung San Suu Kyi Over Rohingya Crisis
Australian actress Cate Blanchett says she is bewildered by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s silence over the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims. More than 670,000 Rohingya refugees from …
your ads here!Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk
Australian scientists say a powerful ground-based laser targeting space junk will be ready for use next year. They say there are hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris circling the …
your ads here!Wayne Huizenga, Who Built Fortune in Trash, Dies at 80
H. Wayne Huizenga, a college dropout who built a business empire that included Blockbuster Entertainment, AutoNation and three professional sports franchises, has died. He was 80. Huizenga died Thursday night …
your ads here!Why is Austin an Attractive Hub for Many Tech Companies?
Austin, Texas, is not California’s Silicon Valley technology corridor. But companies from Silicon Valley and other major U.S. hubs are taking notice of Austin’s growing tech scene. Austin’s lower cost …
your ads here!Chinese of the Mississippi Delta – An Audiovisual Journey
Two Asian-American photographers from New York traveled to the deep south — The Mississippi Delta — to explore the roots of a seldom-mentioned, but long-established Chinese community. Their images explore …
your ads here!Colon Cancer Can Be Prevented and Treated
Although cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, colorectal cancer is one of the cancers that we can actually prevent, the World Health Organization says. The colon …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 24
We’re on the move with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 24, 2018. It’s always a good week …
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