The dogs were primped, pampered and posed like fashion models before their big moment in front of the camera. A pair of matching, elegant-looking pups decked out with black velvet and …
your ads here!Month: December 2018
Virgin Galactic’s New Flight Test to Soar Closer to Edge of Space
Virgin Galactic is preparing for a new flight test Thursday that aims to fly higher and faster than before toward the edge of space. The U.S. company run by British …
your ads here!Wall Street Gains on Better Signs in US-China Trade Talks
Wall Street stocks finished higher on Wednesday due to improved hopes for the US-China trade talks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6 percent at 24,527.27. The broad-based S&P 500 …
your ads here!OMG: California Regulators Consider Charge on Text Messaging
California regulators are considering a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones to help support programs that make phone service accessible to the poor. The Mercury …
your ads here!‘A Star Is Born’ Tops SAG Awards Nominations, Snubs Abound
“A Star Is Born” led nominations for the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nods including best ensemble on Wednesday, firmly establishing Bradley Cooper’s romantic revival as this year’s …
your ads here!Sports, Deaths Among 2018’s Top Google Searches
Sports, disaster and death were among the top searches on Google last year. Each December, the technology company releases it’s top trending searches of the year. Topics that drew the …
your ads here!In Africa, Sickle Cell Patients Endure Pain, Discrimination
Africans who have the blood disorder sickle cell anemia met this week in the northern Cameroon town of Garoua to step up an awareness campaign. One hundred people with sickle …
your ads here!Pakistan Hosts Regional Meeting on Countering Afghan Opiates
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have pledged to increase cooperation and information-sharing for effectively combating the trafficking of Afghan opiates. War-shattered Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium, though the …
your ads here!Twitter CEO Acknowledges Suffering of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey is under fire for failing to address the humanitarian crisis involving the Rohingya Muslims during his recent meditation retreat in Myanmar. Dorsey published a …
your ads here!UN Chief Returns as Climate Talks Teeter Closer to Collapse
The United Nations secretary-general flew back to global climate talks in Poland Wednesday to appeal to countries to reach an agreement, as some observers feared the meeting might end without …
your ads here!Sustainable Tree Farming Means Better Lives for Kenyan Farmers
Wood consumption — including logging and the production of charcoal — is a leading cause of forest degradation in Africa. In some of Kenya’s coastal regions, recurring droughts have made the …
your ads here!Malaysian Ex-PM Slapped with New Charge Over 1MDB Scandal
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Wednesday with tampering with the final audit report into a defunct state investment fund, adding to a long list of corruption allegations …
your ads here!Avianca Brasil Airline Declares Bankruptcy
Cash-strapped Avianca Brasil, the country’s fourth-largest airline, on Tuesday sought bankruptcy protection from creditors but reassured passengers that flights will continue. “Due to resistance from the lessors (of their aircraft) …
your ads here!Cats Watch Humans for Behavioral Clues
Anyone who has cats knows they are smart. But anyone who knows cats knows they can also seem a bit aloof, at least until dinnertime. But do not let them …
your ads here!In the Age of Social Media are GIFs the New Short Films?
If short films are shorter than feature films and commercials are shorter than both, what’s shorter than everything? GIFs. At 18 seconds or less, these micro-films are getting their time …
your ads here!Experts: Millions Invested But Gold Mining ‘Under-Exploited’ in W. Africa
Mining companies have invested at least $5 billion towards gold exploration in West Africa in the last decade but significant reserves are under-exploited, mineral industry experts said on Tuesday. Delegates …
your ads here!Yalitza Aparicio: An Indigenous Mexican Woman Captivates Hollywood
Yalitza Aparicio had just gone along with her sister to the casting call for Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. She had no intention of trying out herself. But destiny put her …
your ads here!Beauty Meets Despair in Racial Injustice Movie ‘Beale Street’
Some films about race in America are angry, many are passionate, or terrifying or heartbreaking, and a few are funny. If Beale Street Could Talk, opening in U.S. theaters in …
your ads here!‘Scary’ Warming at Poles Showing Up at Weird Times, Places
Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earth’s polar regions at times they don’t expect, like winter, and in places they don’t expect, like eastern Antarctica. New studies and reports issued …
your ads here!Golding’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Performance Leads to More Roles
Even though Henry Golding garnered instant fame from starring in the smash hit Crazy Rich Asians, the British-Malaysian actor isn’t sure if he’ll ever eclipse his meteoric success in the box-office hit. …
your ads here!Study Finds Female-Led Films Outperform Male Ones
Female-led films have consistently outperform male-led movies at the box office, according to a study initiated by Time’s Up, the organization formed by prominent women in the entertainment industry to …
your ads here!Trump Says He Would Intervene in Meng Case to Reach Trade Deal
President Donald Trump says he would intervene in the case against Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou if it means reaching a trade deal with China. “Whatever’s good for the country, …
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