Google on Thursday released new details about its video game streaming service Stadia, which will be available in 14 countries starting in November. For the launch, Google will sell its …
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R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to 11 More Sex-Related Charges
R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges Thursday, including four counts that carry a maximum prison term of 30 years in prison. Prosecutors did not …
your ads here!IMF: US Trade Wars Are Risk to America’s Economy
The U.S. economy could be weakened by escalating trade wars or a sudden downturn in global financial markets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns. In an annual review of the …
your ads here!Vietnam Businesses Push for Green Economy
Liz Hung supports a lot of the imaginative concepts being discussed to make Vietnam “greener” economically and in terms of urban planning. Consider traffic lights. Hung described how government …
your ads here!Russian Band to Stage Planned Parenthood Benefit in Alabama
The Russian protest band Pussy Riot is planning a concert in Alabama to benefit Planned Parenthood after the state passed the nation’s toughest anti-abortion law. Al.com reports that the feminist …
your ads here!US Productivity Grew at Solid 3.4% Rate in First Quarter
U.S. productivity grew at a strong 3.4% rate in the January-March quarter, the best showing in more than four years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It was an encouraging sign …
your ads here!Poll: Some Younger US Workers Not Happy With Graying Workforce
A rising share of older Americans is forgoing the concept of a traditional retirement at the age of 65, a trend that some younger workers aren’t particularly thrilled to see. …
your ads here!Carrie Underwood Wins at CMT Awards, Tanya Tucker Performs
Carrie Underwood extended her run as the most decorated act in the history of the CMT Music Awards with her 20th win Wednesday night. Underwood won two prizes at …
your ads here!Algae Curtains Turn Buildings Into Carbon Eating Forests
They’re called biocurtains, and for one small firm they lie somewhere between environmental engineering and art. These unique installations are filled with algae that suck up carbon and emit oxygen, …
your ads here!Ali’s Hometown Names its Airport After the Late Champion Boxer
Muhammad Ali amazed the world as a champion boxer and political activist. After his death in 2016, Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Ky., is memorializing him by officially naming its airport …
your ads here!Ai-Da, Humanoid Robot Artist, Gears Up for First Solo Exhibition
Wearing a white blouse and her dark hair hanging loose, Ai-Da looks like any artist at work as she studies her subject and puts pencil to paper. But the beeping …
your ads here!In Double Whammy, Fitch Downgrades Mexico and Moody’s Lowers Outlook
In a double blow for Mexico, credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the nation’s sovereign debt rating on Wednesday, citing risks posed by heavily indebted oil company Pemex and trade tensions, …
your ads here!US Refiners to Trump: Tariffs on Mexico Could Raise Gas Prices
U.S. refiners warned the Trump administration that tariffs on imports from Mexico could deliver a punishing blow to refiners and raise the cost of gasoline just as the U.S. driving …
your ads here!Trump’s Cruise Ban Hits Cuba’s Private-Sector Workers
Lazaro Hernandez, who has made a good living showing U.S. cruise ship passengers around Havana in his pink 1950s Chevrolet, says the new U.S. ban on cruises to Cuba will …
your ads here!Warren Criticizes Trump’s ‘Dart Throwing’ Mexico Tariff Decision
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Mexico as “random dart throwing” that lacks a coherent strategy. Trump unexpectedly told …
your ads here!Scientists Crack Secret of Fish’s Deadly, Transparent Teeth
A deep-sea fish can hide its enormous, jutting teeth from prey because its chompers are virtually invisible – until it’s too late. What’s the dragonfish’s secret? The teeth are transparent, …
your ads here!Kenya Farmers Fight Drought with Biofuel from Cotton Waste
Kenyan farmer Abel Mutie Mathoka thought it must be a joke when he was told he could irrigate his drought-hit crops more cheaply, cleanly and efficiently using a pump fueled …
your ads here!A Sweet Deal? Study Shows Higher Cocoa Prices Could End Child Labor in Ghana
Ghana could end child labor on cocoa farms by increasing the prices it pays impoverished farmers by about 50%, a U.S. study said on Wednesday, as global efforts to end …
your ads here!Burning Trash and Factories Belching Smoke Choke Iraqis
As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim – he lives in a slum where municipal authorities dump Baghdad’s rubbish – now someone is setting the waste on …
your ads here!Canada Details Plans for 5G Internet Rollout
Canada on Wednesday said it was preparing for the arrival of ultra-fast 5G internet service as it outlined plans to make more 5G spectrum available starting next year. The federal …
your ads here!Ebola Listening Projects Take Cues from Community to Improve Response
Working in Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2015, researcher Katherina Thomas noticed that while experts and aid workers had lots to say, no one was listening to ordinary people …
your ads here!Amazon Says Drones Will Be Making Deliveries In Months
Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-driving drones to deliver packages to shoppers’ home in the coming months The online shopping giant did not give exact timing or …
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