Cicely Tyson received her first and only Oscar nomination in 1972. It was for best actress for her work in “Sounder,” which she thinks of as her first major role. …
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Ocean Shock: Big Aquaculture Bulldozes Borneo
This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who depend on them. PURU NI TIMBUL, MALAYSIA — Swinging …
your ads here!Veterans Find Meditation Helps Ease Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense. One method preferred by the Department …
your ads here!Tech Firm Pays Refugees to Train AI Algorithms
Companies could help refugees rebuild their lives by paying them to boost artificial intelligence (AI) using their phones and giving them digital skills, a tech nonprofit said Thursday. REFUNITE has …
your ads here!Facebook CEO Details Company Battle with Hate Speech, Violent Content
Facebook says it is getting better at proactively removing hate speech and changing the incentives that result in the most sensational and provocative content becoming the most popular on the …
your ads here!Honorary Oscar Recipient Marvin Levy Can’t Believe His Luck
When Marvin Levy says he never expected to get an Oscar, it’s not false modesty. It just wasn’t a possibility. Levy is one of the most respected publicists in …
your ads here!Oxford’s Word of the Year: Toxic
It’s official: 2018 is toxic. Oxford Dictionaries has chosen “toxic” as its international word of the year. Oxford University Press monitors changes in the English language and each year selects …
your ads here!Climate Change, Steel, Migration Bedevil G20 Communique
Climate change, steel and migration have emerged as sticking points in the final communique that world leaders will issue at the end of the Group of 20 summit in Argentina …
your ads here!‘Be Visible and Loud’ to Drive #MeToo Forward, Women Say
Women have to be “visible and loud” in their fight for equality to build on the gains of the #MeToo movement, activists said as they push for legal reform, an …
your ads here!Review: Smashing Pumpkins’ Album Shiny and Oh So Bright
It’s no question The Smashing Pumpkins has had a tumultuous past. Multiple iterations, breakups and solo careers later, three founding members of the 90’s Chicago-rooted rockers — Billy Corgan, James …
your ads here!Realistic Masks Made in Japan Find Demand from Tech, Car Companies
Super-realistic face masks made by a tiny company in rural Japan are in demand from the domestic tech and entertainment industries and from countries as far away as Saudi Arabia. …
your ads here!Brazil Ex-minister: Loss of Cuban Doctors Will Hurt Millions
Millions of Brazilians may be left without access to doctors due to the end of a program that brought Cuban physicians to rural and dangerous areas in Brazil, the former …
your ads here!Ukraine PM Upbeat on IMF Loan Prospects
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman expects to get new loans from the International Monetary Fund as early as December, once parliament passes a budget of stability that refrains from making pre-election populist moves, he said …
your ads here!Business Bosses Alarmed as Resignations Imperil Brexit Deal
Business leaders expressed growing alarm Thursday as a draft Brexit agreement seen as the only chance of preserving some stability in U.K.-EU trading threatened to unravel, sending stock prices and …
your ads here!Ferocious Fires Spark Concern Over Major Health Consequences
Smoke masks. Eye drops. No outdoor exercise. This is how Californians are trying to cope with wildfires choking the state, but experts say an increase in serious health problems may …
your ads here!Argentine Senate Approves Austerity Budget for IMF Deal
Argentine lawmakers approved an austerity budget for 2019 on Thursday, cutting social spending and raising debt payments to meet conditions for expanded financing from the International Monetary Fund. The budget …
your ads here!IMF Executive Board Will Meet in ‘Coming Weeks’ on Venezuela
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday its executive board will meet in the “coming weeks” to discuss the failure of the Venezuelan government to provide updated figures on its troubled …
your ads here!Roy Clark, Country Guitar Virtuoso, ‘Hee Haw’ Star, Has Died
Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as “Yesterday …
your ads here!‘We Trust Our Rocket,’ Crew Says Ahead of First Space Launch Since Failure
A U.S. astronaut said on Thursday she had full confidence in the safety of the Russian-made Soyuz rocket that will blast a three-person crew into space next month in the …
your ads here!Flavored E-Cigarettes to Be Banned at US Convenience Stores
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced sweeping new restrictions on flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers in an effort to prevent a new generation …
your ads here!Fake Drugs Kill Tens of Thousands in Africa Each Year
When Moustapha Dieng came down with stomach pains one day last month he did the sensible thing and went to a doctor in his hometown of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. …
your ads here!Pence Announces US-ASEAN ‘Smart Cities Partnership’
In Singapore, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has offered the Trump administration’s support for Southeast Asia’s digital and urban infrastructure development. In his remarks at the U.S. ASEAN Summit, Pence …
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