A major fire has torn through one of Scotland’s architectural gems, the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, for the second time in four years. More than 120 …
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California Moves to Clear Coffee of Cancer-Risk Stigma
California officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not a risky pastime, are proposing a regulation that will essentially tell consumers of America’s favorite beverage they can drink up without fear. …
your ads here!Technology Makes Soccer Training More Efficient
Among the millions of fans watching the World Cup are amateur football players who have dreams of being as good as their heroes, Now, they have a new way to …
your ads here!Costa Rican Research Institute Develops Snakebite Antidotes
The Central American nation of Costa Rica is among the tropical countries in the world with a very high concentration of snakes. Twenty of the country’s more than 130 species …
your ads here!World Bank: Remittance Flows Rising After Years of Decline
After two consecutive years of decline, remittances, the money migrant workers send home, increased in 2017 according to figures released by the World Bank. Remittances are a significant financial contribution …
your ads here!US Cancels $100M Alcohol Study Over Credibility Concerns
The U.S. government is shutting down a planned study testing whether moderate drinking has health benefits over concerns that its funding by the alcohol industry would compromise its credibility. The …
your ads here!Theranos CEO: Wunderkind to Federal Indictment
Federal prosecutors have indicted Elizabeth Holmes on criminal fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors, doctors and the public as the head of the once-heralded blood-testing startup Theranos. Federal prosecutors also …
your ads here!Poll: Ticked at Trump, Canadians Say They’ll Avoid US Goods
Seventy percent of Canadians say they will start looking for ways to avoid buying U.S.-made goods in a threat to ratchet up a trade dispute between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President …
your ads here!US Lobsters Are a Target of China’s Threatened Tariffs
A set of retaliatory tariffs released by China on Friday includes a plan to tax American lobster exports, potentially jeopardizing one of the biggest markets for the premium seafood. Chinese …
your ads here!Trump’s Tariffs: What They Are and How China Is Responding
President Donald Trump just imposed tariffs on hundreds of Chinese products — from X-ray tubes to incinerators. And Beijing is striking back by targeting U.S. soybeans, beef, seafood and other …
your ads here!Research on Dogs May Help Explain Human Responses to Food
Researchers in Hungary who found that normal and overweight dogs behaved differently in tasks involving food say the dogs’ responses were similar to those that might be expected from normal and overweight humans. …
your ads here!Apple Nabs Oprah as Top Talent Flocks to Digital Entertainment
Apple Inc on Friday announced a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programming, a coup in the battle for A-list talent and projects in the booming digital entertainment …
your ads here!At UN, World Cup Reminder of Role of Sport in Peace
World Cup fever hit the United Nations Thursday as ambassadors and staffers gathered to watch the opening match and celebrate the link between peace and sport. Our U.N. Correspondent Margaret …
your ads here!Antarctica Losing Ice Faster Than Thought
Once again, hard facts support the claim that the planet is getting warmer. According to a new report, published in the scientific journal Nature, Antarctica is losing ice so fast …
your ads here!Members of Congress Take to Baseball Field Year After Shooting
Republican and Democratic lawmakers took to the field Thursday night for the annual congressional charity baseball game. It fell on the first anniversary of a shooting spree at a practice …
your ads here!Football Fever Sweeping Russia as Fans Arrive From Around World
As soccer’s top stars arrive in Russia to chase World Cup glory, their fans from around the world have also made their way there to participate in the fun and …
your ads here!Trump OKs Plan to Impose Tariffs on Billions in Chinese Goods
President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods as early as Friday, a move that could put …
your ads here!New Zealand to Tax Tourists
Most international visitors to New Zealand will have to pay a little more to see Middle Earth. Starting next year, tourists will pay between $23 and $33 to enter the …
your ads here!Thanks to People, Many Animals Become Nocturnal
Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says. Scientists have long known that human activity disrupts nature. Besides becoming more vigilant …
your ads here!AT&T to Close Time Warner Deal, But Government May Appeal
AT&T Inc may close its $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner Inc under an agreement reached on Thursday with the U.S. government, which might still appeal a case seen …
your ads here!Supreme Court Answers Question of Foreign Law in US Courts
Nyet. Non. Nein. No. That’s the answer the Supreme Court gave Thursday to the question of whether federal courts in the United States must accept statements from foreign governments about …
your ads here!Rare Audubon ‘Birds of America’ Sells for $9.6 Million in New York
A first edition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, one of the most celebrated books of natural history, sold for $9.65 million at auction Thursday in New York, …
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