Belgian doctors have euthanized three minors in the past two years, according to a report from the nation’s chief euthanasia regulatory body released earlier this month. The report, produced by …
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Mexico, Canada, Stress Common Front in NAFTA Talks
Mexican and Canadian officials are stressing that talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will remain a three-way negotiation, despite suggestions by U.S. President Donald Trump that he might …
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Most pet owners are ready to share stories of how their pets have consoled or responded to them during a time of distress. Most were just cute pet stories, until …
your ads here!BRICS Leaders Cite Concerns About Protectionist Policies
Leaders from the five BRICS nations sounded the alarm Wednesday about what South Africa’s president described as recent threats to multilateralism and sustainable global growth — a not-so-coded reference to …
your ads here!Trump Attacks China’s Tariffs on US Farm Products
U.S. President Donald Trump attacked China on Wednesday for targeting American farm products with new tariffs in what he said would be a failed effort to gain a trade advantage …
your ads here!Venice Film Festival to Host Netflix Movies, Unfinished Orson Welles Work
From westerns to the space race and the latest offerings from Oscar-winning directors, this year’s Venice Film Festival will present a rich lineup of premieres, including a host of Netflix …
your ads here!UN Issues New Warning on Climate Change
In a new warning, the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization said the world is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. It said this phenomenon is due to many …
your ads here!Scientists Discover What Appears to be Water Beneath the Surface of Mars
Scientists announced Wednesday they had discovered what appears to be a body of salty, liquid water beneath the surface of Mars, raising the possibility of detecting life on the Red …
your ads here!Fans Find Superheroes Relevant in US Political and Social Debate
They are arguably among the most recognizable figures in American pop culture, and by their daring exploits, capture the imaginations of fans around the world. They are the fictional characters …
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At Comic-Con 2018, fantasy can come to life. Fans dress up as Superman, Spider-Man and Captain America, just to name a few. These names have become some of the most …
your ads here!Sergio Marchionne, Who Saved Fiat and Chrysler, Has Died
Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. The holding company …
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Tariffs are set to top the agenda in a meeting Wednesday between U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Juncker is coming to Washington with the hopes …
your ads here!China’s Caffeine War: Fast-growing Luckin Brews Up a Threat to Starbucks
Qian Zhiya may be Starbucks’ worst nightmare. The 42-year-old Chinese entrepreneur says she is betting that her fledgling Luckin Coffee brand will eventually have more cafes in China than Starbucks, …
your ads here!‘Amazing Dragon’ Fossils Rewrite History of Long-necked Dinosaurs
Fossils unearthed on a hillside in northwestern China are forcing scientists to rethink the history of a dinosaur lineage that produced the largest animals ever to walk the planet. Scientists …
your ads here!Grammy-winning Rockers Halestorm Don’t Care About the Haters
When four-piece hard rock band Halestorm went back into the studio to work on their fourth album, they had already thrown out a bunch of songs they felt sounded too …
your ads here!Egyptian Art School Helps Poor Children Swing into a Better Future
Underprivileged children in an ancient neighborhood in Cairo are getting the chance to trapeze into a brighter future. The al-Darb al-Ahmar arts school, named after the more than 700-year-old neighborhood …
your ads here!El Salvador Declares Emergency to Ensure Food Supply in Severe Drought
El Salvador on Tuesday began taking emergency measures in a drought that has plagued the country for a month and cost tens of thousands of farmers their corn crops, the …
your ads here!Toronto Film Fest Lineup Includes ‘Star is Born,’ ‘Widows’
Films starring Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Jackman as well as Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga are among the selections announced Tuesday for this year’s …
your ads here!Argentine Economy Shrinks 5.8 Percent in May Year-on-Year
Argentina’s economy contracted 5.8 percent in May compared to the same period a year ago, the official INDEC statistics agency said Tuesday, raising concerns the country could fall into recession …
your ads here!Sisters Cooking It for Themselves at Iraq’s Women-only Restaurant
At Luxury Time, a restaurant in the Kurdish city of Irbil, there are no man-size portions. The women-only restaurant, with its all-female staff, was opened this month by 23-year-old business …
your ads here!Global Gaming Enters New Era With E-Sports Stadiums
Video games are so popular that one US company is betting that it can lure players to leave the comforts of gaming at home and travel to local arenas to play for bragging rights and maybe even …
your ads here!Emissions Goals at Risk as ‘Clunker’ Cars Flood Africa, S. Asia
African and South Asian nations could miss national targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions unless rich countries stop using them as dumping grounds for millions of polluting old cars, a …
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