Michael B. Jordan, Ben Stiller and Idris Elba are among the first presenters announced for next month’s Golden Globe Awards. Other presenters announced Thursday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association …
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Flying Drones Deployed Against Nests of Asian Hornets
It has no natural predator. There are no plans to control its plague. Hailing from China by way of France, the Asian hornet (vespa velutina) is now taking over Spain’s …
your ads here!Chinese Craft First to Land on Moon’s Far Side
A Chinese spacecraft Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon in the latest achievement for the country’s growing space program. The relatively unexplored far side …
your ads here!Broadway Hits Iran with Unique Take on ‘Les Miserables’
Iranian theatre director Hossein Parsaee calls Victor Hugo’s classic a “masterpiece without borders” but his groundbreaking production of “Les Miserables” that has hit the stage in Tehran has a few …
your ads here!Centuries-Old Art of Handmade Blue-Dyed Cloth Given UNESCO Recognition
Blue was a rare, expensive color in ancient times, whether it was derived from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan some 6,000 years ago, made by blending copper with other elements …
your ads here!2019 Promises to Be Big Year in Space
This year marks the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first steps on the moon, so it is fitting that there are a number of exciting projects pushing us back into space. …
your ads here!Chewing the Fat with Pakistan’s BBQ Masters
The sweet aroma of mutton smoke drifts through a maze of crumbling alleyways, a barbecue tang that for decades has lured meat-eaters from across Pakistan to the frontier city of …
your ads here!Brazil’s Bolsonaro Grabs Control Over Indigenous Lands
New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued an executive order Wednesday making the Agriculture Ministry responsible for decisions concerning lands claimed by indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will …
your ads here!Lawyers Request Seizure of Japanese Assets for Korean Forced Labor
Lawyers for South Koreans forced into wartime labor have taken legal steps to seize the South Korean assets of a Japanese company they are trying to pressure into obeying a …
your ads here!Mexico Finds Temple of the Flayed Lord
Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and …
your ads here!Daryl Dragon of Pop Duo Captain and Tennille Dies at 76
Singer and pianist Daryl Dragon, best known as the Captain of 1970s soft rock duo the Captain and Tennille, died Wednesday at age 76, his publicist said. Dragon died of …
your ads here!Apple Cuts Revenue Forecast on Weak China Sales
Apple on Wednesday cut the revenue forecast for its latest quarter, citing fewer iPhone upgrades and weak sales in China, and its shares tumbled in after-hours trade. The company …
your ads here!American Kennel Club Recognizes Azawakh
A fleet-footed hound that hails from West Africa is the latest dog in the American Kennel Club’s pack of recognized breeds. The club announced Wednesday that the Azawakh (AHZ’-ah-wahk) …
your ads here!New Riverboat to Ply Mississippi in New Orleans
Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming around a muddy bend with its tooting whistle, towering smoke stacks and water-churning propeller. …
your ads here!Stock Market Starts Off 2019 With More Turbulence
The roller-coaster ride on Wall Street resumed Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year, as stocks plunged early on, then slowly recovered and finished with a slight gain. …
your ads here!Slowing Economies Could Prod US, China to Reach Deal
The Trump administration and China are facing growing pressure to blink in their six-month stare-down over trade because of jittery markets and portents of economic weakness. The import taxes …
your ads here!NASA: Icy Object Past Pluto Looks Like Reddish Snowman
A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman. …
your ads here!Tesla Shares Drop on Price Cut, Disappointing Model 3 Deliveries
Shares in Tesla dropped as much as 9 percent on Wednesday on worries of future profitability, after the electric car maker cut U.S. prices for all its vehicles to offset …
your ads here!Women Strive to End Genital Mutilation in Kurdish Iraq
Dark skies were threatening rain over an Iraqi Kurdistan village, but one woman refused to budge from outside a house where two girls were at risk of female genital mutilation. …
your ads here!In Yemen, World’s Worst Cholera Outbreak Traced to Eastern Africa
Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen — the worst in recorded history — came from eastern Africa and was probably borne into Yemen …
your ads here!Facebook Apologizes for Banning Evangelist Franklin Graham
Facebook has apologized for temporarily banning North Carolina evangelist Franklin Graham from its platform over a 2016 post about the state’s “bathroom bill.” The Asheville Citizen Times reports Facebook apologized …
your ads here!How Do Workers Compete With Machines In the Near Future?
Many of today’s jobs did not exist 10 years ago. And a decade from now, technology will likely replace some jobs we do today. What can workers do when machines …
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