NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing three more times in …
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Army Defends Decision to Have West Point Graduation
The Army’s top leaders on Thursday defended their decision to bring 1,000 cadets back to the Military Academy at West Point for graduation, where President Donald Trump is slated to …
your ads here!NASA Awards US Companies Contracts for Human Moon Landing
The U.S. space agency NASA has awarded contracts to three American companies to develop spacecraft to land humans on the moon by 2024. In a remote news conference Thursday, NASA announced …
your ads here!Veteran Bollywood Star Rishi Kapoor Dies at 67
Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor died Thursday in Mumbai after battling leukemia for two years. The 67-year-old star, who made his debut as a child actor in “Mera …
your ads here!Lack of ‘Black Widow,’ ‘F9’ Leaves Summer Movie Season Muted
The six-year fan campaign for a standalone Black Widow movie was paying off: At long last, a film would put Scarlett Johansson’s popular Avenger front and center. And, like many …
your ads here!‘Trolls’ Went Straight to Homes; Movie Theaters Fuming
The most controversial movie of the year is … “Trolls World Tour”? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the “Trolls” sequel has caused …
your ads here!UN Urges World Community to Prevent Child Hunger During Coronavirus Pandemic
Two United Nations agencies called on the global community Wednesday to prevent hunger and malnutrition among the 370 million children who are not receiving school meals due to the closure …
your ads here!Orphaned, Abused, Exploited — Children Could be Hardest Hit by Pandemic
Children could be the biggest victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the disease affects mostly older people, according to human rights groups. It is estimated that 1.5 billion children worldwide are missing school. The …
your ads here!UN: New Polio Outbreak in Niger After Vaccination Suspended
The World Health Organization says Niger has been struck by a new outbreak of polio, following the suspension of immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.N. health agency reported …
your ads here!Acclaimed Bollywood Actor Irrfan Khan Dies
Veteran Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, who rose to international acclaim with roles in such films as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Life of Pi,” has died at the age of 54.A spokesman …
your ads here!Play by Play: How a Taiwan Sports League Opened its 2020 Season Despite COVID-19
When the coronavirus began raising concerns in China this past January, Taiwan’s professional baseball league set up a task force to help determine whether the outbreak would spread into nearby …
your ads here!Large Asteroid to Fly by Earth Wednesday
An asteroid just over two kilometers wide will pass close to earth Wednesday. But scientists with the U.S. space agency, NASA, say the object poses no threat to the planet.The …
your ads here!VIRUS DIARY: Planting an Apple Seed, Dreaming of Tomorrow
He winds up and throws the apple core, aiming for the woods where he hopes a tree will grow. He overshoots his mark. It bounces across the hill of the …
your ads here!YouTube Expands Fact-Check Feature to US Video Searches During COVID-19 Pandemic
YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, said on Tuesday it would start showing text and links from third-party fact checkers to U.S. viewers, part of efforts to curb …
your ads here!Smartphone App Warns If You’ve Been Exposed to Coronavirus
The smartphone in your pocket may soon let you know if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19.As communities around the world consider the first steps toward reopening, there is fear that …
your ads here!Smartphone App Warns If You’ve Been Exposed to COVID-19
Communities in the United States and around the world are talking about when and how to ease lockdown measures as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. This disease and how …
your ads here!Large Asteroid to Flyby Earth Wednesday
An asteroid just over two kilometers wide will pass close to earth Wednesday. But scientists with the U.S. space agency, NASA, say the object poses no threat to the planet.The …
your ads here!China Slams India’s Decision to Stop Using ‘Faulty’ Chinese Rapid Test Kits
A decision by India to suspend the use of Chinese rapid testing kits for COVID-19 on the grounds that they are faulty has been slammed by the Chinese embassy in …
your ads here!Smartphone App Will Send Alert If You’ve Been Exposed to COVID-19
Communities in the United States and around the world are talking about when and how to ease lockdown measures as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. This disease and how …
your ads here!Top Japanese Doctor Says Olympics ‘Difficult’ Without Vaccine
The head of the Japan Medical Association said Tuesday it will be difficult for the country to host the rescheduled Olympics next year without a coronavirus vaccine available. “I am not saying that …
your ads here!COVID Link Suspected in Children’s Inflammatory Disease
Doctors in Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain are exploring a possible link between a severe inflammatory disease in children and the coronavirus. A growing number of children of various ages in several European countries have been admitted to hospitals with high fever and heart issues. Some also have suffered from gastrointestinal …
your ads here!Asian Celebs Work to Combat Racist Attacks Amid Pandemic
Actress Olivia Cheng was recently volunteering in Vancouver when she says she witnessed a man drive up to an elderly Chinese woman, roll down his window and yell, “This is …
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