Washington, D.C., is not a fashion town. Residents are known for dressing conservatively, if not for wearing clothes that are downright stodgy. But a computer engineer-turned fashion designer believes the …
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Brad Smith on Microsoft’s $40M AI for Humanitarian Action Program
VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren talks with Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer about the tech giant’s new Artificial Intelligence program. …
your ads here!Italian Stocks Fall on Populist Government’s Spending Plans
Italy’s stock market fell sharply Friday after the new populist, euroskeptic government announced a sharp public spending increase that will push the budget deficit to 2.4 percent of gross domestic …
your ads here!In One Virginia City, Beer is the Answer
An Bui and his siblings emigrated to the United States from Vietnam in the late 1980s. Several years later, his parents followed them to Richmond, Virginia. VOA’s Hung Lai visited …
your ads here!Puerto Rico Struggling, Still Open for Tourists, Governor Says
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello flew to New York this week on a mission: convince potential tourists that the hurricane-ravaged island was ready for their return. But Puerto Rico’s recovery from last …
your ads here!New Orleans Publicly Unveiling Slave Market Tour App
The city of New Orleans has unveiled a smartphone app tour of sites involved in the slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries, including the pre-Civil War years during …
your ads here!US Regulators Sue Tesla’s Musk for Fraud, Seek to Bar Him as Officer
U.S. securities regulators on Thursday accused Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk of fraud and sought to ban him as an officer of a public company, saying he made a series of “false …
your ads here!Deputy UN Chief: Fight Against TB Drastically Underfunded
Tuberculosis is a vicious epidemic that is drastically underfunded. That was the takeaway message from the first high-level meeting focused on the infectious disease at the U.N. General Assembly in …
your ads here!Art for Everyone
Earlier this year, two artists in Leesburg, Virginia, founded an art space where they could work and teach other art lovers as well. Part retail business, part studio, Clay and …
your ads here!Report: Disappearing Wetlands Put Planet Life at Risk
A new report warns that wetlands are disappearing three times faster than the world’s forests, with serious consequences for all life on earth. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is a …
your ads here!Indonesia’s National Gallery Hosts Art of Refugees, Highlighting Migrant Plight
The National Gallery of Indonesia is usually associated with such artists as Raden Saleh, Affandi and other icons of the nation’s artistic history. This month it plays host to the …
your ads here!Ban on Kenyan Lesbian Film Lifted for One Week
After a months-long ban because of its lesbian love theme, the Kenyan film “Rafiki,” which means “friend” in Swahili, premiered for the first time in Nairobi following a Kenyan high …
your ads here!Blind Kurdish Musician Experiences Life in US Through His Music
The late reggae legend Bob Marley once sang: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” For a young Kurdish immigrant living in San Diego, …
your ads here!US, Japan Working Toward Free-trade Agreement
The United States and Japan have agreed to begin negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement, reducing the prospect that Washington might impose tariffs against another trading partner. “We’ve agreed today …
your ads here!Uber to Pay $148M for Hiding Data Breach
The ride-hailing service Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to settle claims that it concealed a massive data breach that exposed personal information of drivers and customers. In November …
your ads here!CDC Official: 80,000 Died of Flu Last Winter in US
An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter, the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control …
your ads here!Experimental Malaria Vaccines Target Liver Cells
After decades of disappointment in efforts to develop a malaria vaccine, researchers are starting to see promise in a new approach. While most vaccines trigger the body’s defenses to produce …
your ads here!US Lawmakers Urged to Enact Personal Data Protections, But With Care
U.S. communications and social media titans are urging lawmakers to craft strong, uniform protections for Americans’ personal data without squashing innovation. The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony Wednesday from Apple, …
your ads here!Report: Ford CEO Warns Tariffs Cut $1 Billion in Profit
Ford chief Jim Hackett on Wednesday ramped up his warnings about the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, saying his company was seeing profits slashed by $1 billion. Hackett said …
your ads here!Somalia to Get First Direct World Bank Grants in Decades
Somalia’s finance minister says World Bank grants to the government are a sign the country has “trustable leadership” again after decades of chaos and corruption. The World Bank said Tuesday …
your ads here!Fed Lifts Rates for Third Time in ’18; One More Expected
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised a key interest rate for the third time this year in response to a strong U.S. economy and signaled that it expected to maintain …
your ads here!Stealth Drug Targets Superbug Through Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse allowed the ancient Greek army to enter the city of Troy and defeat it. A similar strategy could help doctors destroy superbugs that are resistant to current …
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