Scientists will leave their labs and march on Washington and more than 200 other cities around the world Saturday, protesting government policies on issues from climate change to gun violence …
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Top 5 Songs For Week Ending April 14
We’re airborne with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 14, 2018. If you liked last week’s lineup, you’ll …
your ads here!New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds
If cancer is suspected in a patient, surgeons, in most cases, would have to cut some of the suspected tissue out and test it. Getting the results could be a …
your ads here!Congress Discusses New Ways to Regulate Facebook
Lawmakers in Washington peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with tough questions this week about his firm’s handling of user data and privacy. They also suggested new ways they or others …
your ads here!German Jewish Leader Slams Rap Song for Auschwitz Reference
A German Jewish leader is criticizing a music awards show for giving a prize to two rappers whose reference to the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in a song she says …
your ads here!Breathtaking Cherry Blossoms Draw International Visitors to Maryland Neighborhood
In the springtime, the Tidal Basin in Washington is known for having a spectacular display of cherry blossoms. But in a quiet neighborhood in Maryland, just outside Washington, more than …
your ads here!CO2-reducing XPRIZE Competition Enters Final Phase
Nonprofit international organization for public competitions XPRIZE has announced 10 finalists in its race to develop new technologies to lower carbon-dioxide emissions. Each team will get an additional incentive of …
your ads here!Trump Task Force to Study Postal System Finances
After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal System. In the …
your ads here!China Posts Rare Trade Deficit for March; Surplus with US Narrows
China’s exports growth unexpectedly fell in March, raising questions about the health of one of the economy’s key growth drivers even as trade tensions rapidly escalate with the United States. …
your ads here!Year-Round Sales of E15 Fuel Possible, Trump Says
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration might allow the sale of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol year-round, which could help farmers by firing up corn demand but faces opposition from oil …
your ads here!Facebook to Stop Spending Against California Privacy Effort
Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data. The measure, known as the “California Consumer …
your ads here!Trump Hints at US Possibly Rejoining TPP
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered his top economic and trade advisers to look into rejoining the Pacific-rim trade pact with 11 other countries that he abandoned last year …
your ads here!Trump Wants to Rejoin Pacific Trade Pact
Japan has cautiously welcomed the news that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “If this means that President Trump is correctly evaluating the significance and effects …
your ads here!Spike Lee, Godard Films to Compete at Netflix-free Cannes
Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival say new films by Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard will be among the competitors for the Palme d’Or next month. Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” will …
your ads here!World Trade Body Warns US-China Tensions May Dent Business
The World Trade Organization predicts continued trade growth this year, though it warns that tensions and “tit-for-tat” retaliatory measures, notably between the U.S. and China, could compromise those projections. WTO …
your ads here!EU Seeks to Protect Farmers From Unfair Trade Practices
The European Union executive is seeking to protect farmers by imposing fines on retailers and supermarket chains using unfair trade practices. EU Farm Commissioner Phil Hogan said Thursday the …
your ads here!Another Trump Trade War, This Time with Rwanda over Clothes
The sweaty mechanic tossed aside the used jeans one by one, digging deep through the pile of secondhand clothes that are at the center of another, if little-noticed, Trump administration …
your ads here!WHO: Breastfeeding Should Be Standard Care for All Babies
The World Health Organization (WHO) says breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five every year. …
your ads here!Overdose Deaths from Opioids Keep Rising in the US
The opioid crisis leaves no community in the U.S. untouched. It’s nationwide, but it hits small towns and rural states particularly hard. In tiny Bellevue, Ohio, population 8,000, Koriann Evans …
your ads here!Experts Explore the Way Forward after Facebook Data Leak
A data leak that enabled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access personal information from about 87 million Facebook users has generated an uproar and concerns over online privacy and …
your ads here!Italian Football Team’s Persian Twitter Account a Hit after Iran Censors Crest
An Iranian state TV network’s unusual decision to censor the crest of Italian football club AS Roma has helped the club attract a big following of Iranian fans to its …
your ads here!Opioid Deaths Still Rising in the US
The opioid crisis leaves no community in the U.S. untouched. It’s become a nationwide epidemic, but it’s hitting small towns and rural states especially hard. VOA’s Carol Pearson looks at …
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