Funding for a global initiative aimed at creating more environmentally friendly and climate-resilient farming has grown to $13 billion, co-leaders the United States and the United Arab Emirates said Monday. …
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Ukrainian Folk Attire Exhibited During Seattle’s Fashion Week
Authentic Ukrainian ethnic folk attire made a recent appearance on a runway at Metropolitan Fashion Week Seattle, held in the city’s suburb of Woodinville. Natasha Mozgovaya has more. …
your ads here!US Backs Study of Safe Injection Sites, Overdose Prevention
For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin …
your ads here!Congress Eyes New Rules for Tech
Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is little consensus on how it should be …
your ads here!Social Stigma of Fentanyl Abuse Complicates Treatment
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says America’s leading cause of overdose deaths is synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl, which can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. …
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says America’s leading cause of overdose deaths is synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl, which can be up to 50 times stronger than heroin. …
your ads here!Fast-Rising Teqball Crashes Southeast Asian Games
As teqball continues its fast growth with its debut at the Southeast Asian Games, the young sport has drawn resentful glances from similar sports in the region that feel it …
your ads here!New Twitter Rules Expose Election Offices to Spoof Accounts
Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia’s elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue …
your ads here!‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Opens to $114 Million
There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This weekend, ” Guardians of …
your ads here!Newton Minow, Ex-FCC Chief Who Dubbed TV ‘Wasteland,’ Dies
Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday. He was 97. Minow, who received …
your ads here!Violinist on Russian Trains Soothes Weary Commuters
The commuter trains that take wearied workers out of Moscow every day can be difficult — a long and slow trip in close quarters with strangers, some of them drinking …
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“Being in hospitals during the early days of COVID-19 was terrifying, like I was going to war. But as far as I’m concerned, those days are done, Danielle King, a …
your ads here!Dead Rivers, Flaming Lakes: India’s Sewage Failure
Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India’s failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage. …
your ads here!China Approves Safety of Gene-Edited Soybean
China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean, its first approval of the technology in a crop, as the country increasingly looks to science to boost food production. The …
your ads here!Google Plans to Make Search More ‘Human,’ Says Wall Street Journal
Google is planning to make its search engine more “visual, snackable, personal and human,” with a focus on serving young people globally, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing …
your ads here!Buffett Shares Good News on Profits, AI Thoughts at Meeting
Billionaire Warren Buffett said artificial intelligence may change the world in all sorts of ways, but new technology won’t take away opportunities for investors, and he’s confident America will continue …
your ads here!5 Things to Look for During King Charles III’s Coronation
King Charles III’s coronation is a chance to unite people with the history and pageantry of the monarchy, but those traditions are also full of potential controversies as he tries …
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The ceremony for King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday will involve historic regalia ranging from sceptres and maces to a ring and a spoon. Here are …
your ads here!19 Horses to Tangle in Wide-Open 149th Kentucky Derby
The cast of characters for the 149th Kentucky Derby was rewritten in the days before the race. What didn’t change: Forte is the early 3-1 favorite on Saturday in a …
your ads here!US Director Damien Chazelle to Head Venice Film Festival Jury
U.S. director Damien Chazelle, best known for the Oscar-winning La La Land, will lead the jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival, organizers announced Friday. The 80th edition of the …
your ads here!Hong Kong Police Seize Statue in ‘Incitement to Subversion’ Probe
Hong Kong police seized an exhibit Friday in connection with what they said was an attempt to incite subversion, with media reporting it was a statue commemorating Beijing’s Tiananmen Square …
your ads here!WHO Declares End to COVID-19 as Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over as a global health emergency. “However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health …
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