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Coastal communities around the world depend on coral reefs for food, storm protection and tourism. But many reefs are suffering under the onslaught of climate change. Scientists are fighting back,
Read MoreAtop a lake covered by thick ice, fishermen in Northeast China cast out the first net for this year’s winter fishing festival. It’s an ancient yearly tradition that these days
Read MoreActress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the 1965 hit film, “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 68. Her son, actor Ryan
Read MoreThe Somali Football Federation (SFF) has announced plans to host international games beginning next year because of improving security, the head of the body has announced. President of the SFF,
Read MoreThe year 2017 saw amazing advances in some areas of medicine and avoidable setbacks in others. VOA’s Carol Pearson has the highs and the lows in this report. …
Read MoreManagement experts are always coming up with innovative ideas to improve the work environment, inspire employees and raise productivity. Big companies in Germany, like Lufthansa, Siemens, Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen’s
Read More25 грудня Різдво святкує, зокрема, більшість православних церков світу, які перейшли на новоюліанський церковний календар …
Read MoreПрезидент України Петро Порошенко виступив з вітальним зверненням до вірян, які святкують Різдво за григоріанським календарем – 25 грудня. «Вперше як державне свято ми відзначаємо Різдво Христове за григоріанським календарем
Read MoreКримські активісти зафіксували на фото перебіг реконструкції, яку проводить російська фірма на території Бахчисарайського історико-культурного заповідника в Ханському палаці. На знімках видно, що конструктивні елементи історичної будівлі демонтовані і знищені.
Read MoreУ Львові 24 грудня вшановують пам’ять багатолітнього в’язня сумління, українського політика, діяча, лідера Народного Руху України В’ячеслава Чорновола. Сьогодні Чорноволові виповнилося б 80 років. Однак його життя трагічно обірвалося 25
Read MoreAmazon’s diligent, computerized know-it-all is the latest technology to enlist in NORAD Tracks Santa, the military-run program that fields phone calls and emails from children around the world eager to
Read MoreFor those interested in experiencing life on the Red Planet, the time has come. There are four operating stations in the world where the environment on Mars is replicated: in
Read MoreQuietly, Bonna Neang Weinstein wept. Her husband, Howard Weinstein, sitting next to her, held her hand, comforting her. “It reminded me of everything and myself,” she said of a December
Read MoreThe Guinea-Bissau Writers Association gathers dozens of people from different backgrounds who share the same goal: to improve the literature of a small West African country with one of the
Read MoreSpectators at the home stadium of Real Madrid saw its team’s hopes to keep La Liga title fade away Saturday as Barcelona rolled to a 3-0 El Clasico victory, opening
Read MoreПредставник ОБСЄ з питань свободи засобів масової інформації Арлем Дезір висловив серйозну стурбованість умовним вироком у справі про вбивство журналіста В’ячеслава Веремія. «Більш ніж три роки після вбивства В’ячеслава Веремія винні в цій жахливій
Read MoreУ Львові на будівлі в’язниці, відомої як тюрма «Бригідка», у суботу відкрили меморіальну таблицю на честь бійців Організації українських націоналістів Василя Біласа і Дмитра Данилишина. Цього дня 85 років тому
Read MoreУ Києві із 22 до 25 грудня триває масштабне прибирання і вивезення снігу, повідомляє Департамент транспортної інфраструктури КМДА. «Прибирання відбуватиметься у дві зміни відповідно до графіку. Перша зміна триватиме з
Read MoreFor millions of Britons, a traditional Christmas Day includes turkey, Brussels sprouts, Christmas pudding, and a special seasonal episode of “Doctor Who.” The global success of the venerable sci-fi series
Read MoreLouisiana officials have chosen a sugar cane farm as the next home for residents of a tiny, shrinking island, a move funded with a 2016 federal grant awarded to help
Read MoreThe sounds of the holidays have a familiar ring in cities across the United States, and in cities in South Korea, Japan, Chile and many European countries. In November and
Read MoreIn the face of a diphtheria outbreak in parts of Indonesia, authorities have embarked on an immunization drive to slow the advance of the dangerous respiratory disease. VOA’s Kevin Enochs
Read MoreMention “the fat one” in the United States in December, and someone might think you were referring cheekily to Santa Claus. But say it in Spain, and it’s a reference
Read MoreNASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s
Read MoreA U.S. jury has convicted two former soccer officials from South America on charges of corruption, the first trial verdicts in a U.S. investigation into world soccer’s governing body, FIFA.
Read MoreOne big problem confronts Africa as it tries to predict how its weather patterns will shift in the face of climate change: Almost all the climate models for the continent
Read MoreEvery year around the holidays, there is a spike in the viewership of Christmas movie classics. According to the American Film Institute, Frank Capra’s 1947 heartwarming drama It’s A Wonderful
Read MoreEvery year around the holidays there is a spike in the viewership of Christmas movie classics. According to the American Film Institute, Frank Capra’s 1947 heartwarming drama It’s A Wonderful
Read MoreA nutritional survey of Rohingya refugee children at a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, found high rates of malnutrition and other debilitating, life-threatening health problems. UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac calls
Read MoreThree opera singers and a classical musician say that world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit sexually assaulted them — physically restraining them, forcing his body against theirs, sometimes thrusting his tongue into
Read MoreМіністерство інформаційної політики України планує перекласти англійською книжку кримського журналіста Миколи Семени «Кримський репортаж. Хроніки окупації Криму 2014-2016». Про це 21 грудня на презентації книжки в Києві заявив міністр інформаційної
Read MoreGrief-stricken fans braved Seoul’s winter cold on Thursday to bid farewell to Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee, who died in hospital in a
Read MoreCities around the United States are getting ready for Christmas. And when it comes to the season’s decorations, New York City stands out for turning Manhattan’s streets into a big,
Read MoreWhile progress has been made against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease kills more than 420,000 people each year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, drug-resistant malaria strains in Southeast Asia could threaten
Read MoreClifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one of the all-time literary hoaxes, died after
Read MoreU.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government figures released Thursday
Read MoreA recent study by the Global Nutrition Report 2017 shows that eating beans bred to contain more iron boosts memory and attention in college-going women in Rwanda. The specially biofortified
Read MoreLaurie Metcalf has won three Emmys and a Tony Award in her nearly 40-year year career, but the veteran stage and screen actress still feels uncomfortable in front of a
Read MoreScientists warn a campaign to eradicate polio in central Africa is falling short because of upheaval in the Lake Chad Basin area, where the Boko Haram militant group remains active.
Read MoreWhile most musicians seek to avoid a frosty reception at concerts, for Norwegian composer and performer Terje Isungset a chilly feeling is nothing to fear: he performs with instruments he
Read MoreThe Associated Press recently caught up with a few celebrities and asked them about their favorite holiday cards from fellow notables. Hugh Jackman of The Greatest Showman wouldn’t name any
Read MoreA survey by the U.N. refugee agency reveals heightened worries by the Rohingya refugee population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh over their health and safety. It has been nearly four months
Read MoreThe World Meteorological Organization reports 2017 is on track to be among the three hottest years on record, just behind the two preceding years. While 2017 may only emerge as
Read MoreBrushstroke by brushstroke, muralist Robert Vargas is telling the story of this changing metropolis, using the facade of a 14-story downtown apartment building as his canvas. Vargas suggests the massive
Read MoreA new study has dashed hopes that people may be able to protect themselves from dementia through medicine, diet or exercise. “To put it simply, all evidence indicates that there
Read MoreLike a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, patients looking up in surprised delight.
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