A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800 versions of the video of New Zealand’s mass shootings that killed …
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S. Korea Alert System Warns ‘Smartphone Zombies’ of Traffic
A city in South Korea, which has the world’s highest smartphone penetration rate, has installed flickering lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies” to look …
your ads here!Ethiopia and Indonesia Crash Parallels Heap Pressure on Boeing
Investigators into the Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia have found striking similarities in a vital flight angle with an airplane that came down off Indonesia, a source said, piling …
your ads here!Paris Catches Asian Tigers in Most Expensive City Race
Paris and Hong Kong for the first time joined Singapore as the world’s most expensive cities to live in, a study revealed on Tuesday, with utilities and transport driving up …
your ads here!Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens to Join Country Hall of Fame
Country hit-making duo Brooks & Dunn are riding a resurgence of interest in ’90s-era country music with a new album celebrating their top-selling singles, a longstanding Las Vegas residency and …
your ads here!Brazilian Court Suspends Operations at 2 More Vale Dams
A Brazilian court has ordered Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, to suspend operations at two more dams, demanding that it prove the structures are stable. The court …
your ads here!US Government, Intel Aim for Nation’s Fastest Computer
A U.S. government-led group is working with chipmaker Intel and Cray to develop and build the nation’s fastest computer by 2021 for conducting nuclear weapons and other research, officials said Monday. The …
your ads here!Facebook Says Service Hindered by Lack of Local News
Facebook’s effort to establish a service that provides its users with local news and information is being hindered by the lack of outlets where the company’s technicians can find original …
your ads here!US Wages Wide-Ranging Campaign to Block Huawei
VOA’s Xu Ning contributed to this report. Over the past several weeks, the U.S. government has launched a seemingly unprecedented campaign to block the Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from competing …
your ads here!Mental Health ‘Epidemic’ Hits Generation Z
Nineteen-year-old college student Margaret Pisacano can usually feel a panic attack coming on; her thoughts start to spiral, her breathing speeds up, and her heart races. “It’s as if a …
your ads here!Trump Attacks General Motors for Laying Off Auto Workers
U.S. President Donald Trump is attacking General Motors, the country’s biggest automaker, for costing 5,400 factory workers their jobs when it closed a manufacturing plant where it built a compact …
your ads here!OPEC Scraps April Meeting but Keeps Oil Cuts in Place
Oil producer group OPEC on Monday scrapped its planned meeting in April and will decide instead whether to extend output cuts in June, once the market has assessed the impact …
your ads here!Japan to Make Crater on Asteroid to Get Underground Samples
Japan’s space agency said Monday that its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month’s touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission — to drop an explosive to make …
your ads here!UK Prime Minister in Last-Minute Push to Win Brexit Support
British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a last-minute push Monday to win support for her European Union divorce deal, warning opponents that failure to approve it would mean a …
your ads here!California Tile House: Couple’s 25-Year Labor of Love
Their house looks more like artwork in progress than an average California home. Every square inch in Cheri Pann’s and Gonzalo Duran’s house is covered with mosaic tiles. Angelina Bagdasaryan …
your ads here!Tens of Thousands Join Climate ‘March of the Century’ in Paris
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris over the weekend to demand action on climate change. The initiative started with a 16-year-old Swedish girl and ballooned to what environmental …
your ads here!Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, ‘Miserlou’ Composer, Dies
Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs like “Miserlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin’” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. …
your ads here!Pirro’s Show Not on Fox Lineup, Week After Omar Comments
Fox News weekend host Jeanine Pirro’s show didn’t air a week after her comments questioning U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar over her wearing a Muslim head covering. No explanation was given. …
your ads here!France Starts New Chapter in National Debate Aimed to End Yellow-Vest Crisis
After wrapping up thousands of town hall meetings, France starts a new chapter of its “great debate,” aimed to address longstanding public grievances and offer solutions to the yellow vest …
your ads here!Facebook Still Working to Remove All Videos of New Zealand Terrorist Attack
Facebook is continuing to work to remove all video of the mass shooting in New Zealand which the perpetrator livestreamed Friday, the company said Sunday. “We will continue working directly …
your ads here!UK Leader to Lawmakers: Back my Deal or Face Lengthy Delay
British Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that it would be “a potent symbol of Parliament’s collective political failure” if a Brexit delay meant that the U.K. has to take …
your ads here!Paris Exhibit Traces Post-Colonial Migration Through Music
As rising nationalism and the crisis surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union intensify divisions on the continent, a new exhibit in the French capital looks instead at a powerful …
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