Movie stars including Salma Hayek and Eva Longoria celebrated the role of women in cinema at a glitzy gala in Cannes on Sunday, amid a drive to promote gender equality …
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Frenchman Pagenaud Takes 1st Indianapolis 500 Pole
Simon Pagenaud turned a stressful weekend into an unforgettable celebration. Pagenaud earned his first career Indianapolis 500 pole with a four-lap average of 229.992 mph, edging three-time pole winner Ed …
your ads here!Prickly Competion: Men Seeking to Etch Their Names in Facial-Hair Folklore
Participants from all over the world converged in Belgium for the 2019 World Beard and Moustache Championship. Styled whiskers wrapped around the faces of hundreds of men all hoping to …
your ads here!Boeing Admits Flaw in 737 MAX Simulator Software
Boeing acknowledged it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people. “Boeing …
your ads here!Company Touts the Value of Ice Cream Made with Insects
Lately we’ve been hearing about the nutritional value of eating insects, such as high-protein ants, grasshoppers and crickets. But what about insects in ice cream? A company in South Africa …
your ads here!The Neon Attraction of Las Vegas
The famous Las Vegas strip lights up the night with neon signs and animated images. The Las Vegas Neon Museum has been lighting up the city since 2012. That’s when …
your ads here!Scientists Building Proteins See a World of Possibilities
The old saying goes “you can’t beat Mother Nature.” But in a lab at New York University, scientists are trying to duplicate one of her basic activities building proteins. Faith …
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Every year astronomers are seeing farther and more clearly into the cosmos than ever before. One of the ways they are doing it is by linking telescopes together to make …
your ads here!Fan Votes Lift The Netherlands to Eurovision Song Contest Win
The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence’s doleful piano ballad “Arcade” crowned champion of Europe’s annual music extravaganza. The 25-year-old was tapped …
your ads here!War of Will Wins Preakness, Holds Off Riderless Horse
War of Will bounced back from a bumpy ride in the Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, holding off a field that included a riderless horse that threw his …
your ads here!Huawei Founder Sees Little Effect From US Sanctions
Huawei Technologies’ founder and chief executive said Saturday that the growth of the Chinese tech giant “may slow, but only slightly,” because of recent U.S. restrictions. In remarks to the Japanese …
your ads here!China’s Top Diplomat Calls for US Restraint on Trade, Iran
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday that recent U.S. words and actions had harmed the interests of China and its enterprises, and …
your ads here!Filly Dies on Track at Pimlico Day Before Preakness
A filly collapsed and died while running at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, the day before the track was set to host the second leg of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown series. Congrats …
your ads here!3 Months After Birth is Critical For Mom’s Health
Women who get good pre-natal care before they deliver, vastly increase their chances to have healthy babies. But what happens after they give birth? VOA’s Carol Pearson reports a survey …
your ads here!Ebola Containment Efforts in DRC Threatened by Insecurity, Underfunding
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could spread to urban areas and across international borders because …
your ads here!US Warns Airliners Flying in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Tensions
U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being “misidentified” amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The warning relayed …
your ads here!Scientists Use DNA of Dust to Trace Where an Object’s Been
Clothing, medicine and other items in one’s environment all have genetic markers, or fingerprints, that provide clues to where they came from, according to scientists. Researchers are analyzing the microorganisms …
your ads here!Vietnam’s Tech Futurists Lay Out Economic Alternatives
Nations racing to develop 5G technology that is fast enough to power the next stage of innovation range from South Korea to Finland, but a young contender wants to jump …
your ads here!Scientists Build Microbial Map to Trace Where an Object Has Been
Scientists say they have new ways of tracking where clothing, medicines and other items are made, making it harder for unscrupulous businesses to sell items that don’t work or violate …
your ads here!Deep Sea Explorer Finds Life and Garbage in the Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench, at 11,000 meters, is the deepest part of Earth. But even at these depths, 11 kilometers below the ocean surface, one explorer found both new species and …
your ads here!US Says It May Scale Back Some Huawei Trade Restrictions
The U.S. Commerce Department may soon scale back restrictions on Huawei Technologies after this week’s blacklisting made it nearly impossible for the Chinese company to purchase goods made in the United States, a …
your ads here!Spotting Fires from the Earth, Air and Space
Wildfires are often discovered by aircraft pilots, drivers or spotters in observation towers. Increasingly, remote sensors — on the ground, in the air and on board satellites — are alerting …
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