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Obesity rates among children in Asia-Pacific are rising at a rapid rate, and more action is needed to encourage healthier lifestyles and ease pressure on fledgling healthcare systems, researchers said.
Read MoreУ білоруському Гомелі на 73-му році життя 8 квітня раптово помер Михайло Петрович Жизневський, батько Героя України Михайла Жизневського. Про це повідомила дружина Михайла Петровича, Ніна Жизневська, інформує білоруська служба
Read MoreSpanish researchers have developed a technique to quickly remedy acute psychosocial stress, described as a short-term intense stress that occurs during social or interpersonal relationships caused by a verbal argument.
Read MoreБоснійський фахівець Вахід Халілходжич звільнений з посади головного тренера збірної Японії з футболу за два місяці до початку чемпіонату світу в Росії. Про це 9 квітня повідомляє японська інформагенція «Кіодо»
Read MoreScientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on other
Read MoreУ Севастополі 8 квітня в еко-парку «Лукомор’є» провели традиційний День писанки, на якому діти й дорослі розписували яйця й малювали великодні листівки, повідомляє кореспондент сайту Радіо Свобода Крим.Реалії. У заході
Read MoreWhen Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges begins on Monday, the man once known as “America’s Dad” will face the same judge and district attorney in the same Pennsylvania
Read MoreOutrage, compassion, a desire for justice: these are some of the motivations of 10 women honored by the U.S. State Department this year with the International Women of Courage Award.
Read MoreDespite a global abundance of food, a United Nations report says 815 million people, 11 percent of the world’s population, went hungry in 2016. That number seems to be rising.
Read MoreDespite a global abundance of food, a United Nations report says 815 million people, 11 percent of the world’s population, went hungry in 2016. Advances in technology and artificial intelligence
Read MoreComedy is a field dominated by men, but that’s changing. Among the trendsetters is Suzie Afridi, a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian. Afridi says she’s probably not living the life her parents
Read MoreFrom a refugee camp in Pakistan to an exhibit at the Smithsonian, Saeeda Etebari has had a remarkable journey, even more extraordinary because she is deaf in a region where
Read MoreThe 2018 World Cup of freestyle wrestling opened Saturday in the U.S. state of Iowa without Russia and Iran, two traditionally strong teams in the sport. Iran, the six-time defending
Read MoreAlmost half of the Australian military personnel who’ve left the defense force in the past five years have some sort of mental disorder, according to a new study. The Australian
Read MoreApril 7 marks the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organization. It also marks World Health Day. In the past seven decades much has been accomplished, but much still needs
Read MoreApril 7 marks the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organization. It also marks World Health Day. VOA’s Carol Pearson looks at what’s been accomplished over the past seven decades
Read MoreA bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players collided Friday with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen
Read MoreSoccer is the most popular sport in the world. And in Pakistan where the sport is called football, there’s no shortage of fans. Although football is still considered a man’s
Read MoreThe Catholic Easter custom of hunting brightly colored eggs and chocolate bunnies may be over now, but in the Orthodox world, Easter comes one week later. And it brings with
Read MoreThe science behind the grain that feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward. Scientists are reporting the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades. If the
Read MoreThe anticipation around Cardi B’s debut album has been scorching hot, so when the breakthrough artist finally debuted the full album at a party late Thursday, she told the DJ
Read MoreLin-Manuel Miranda thought he had a migraine. It turns out the Broadway star really had shingles. Miranda tweeted on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with shingles, saying he it
Read MorePresident Donald Trump, a constant critic of what he calls “fake news,” will skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for a second year in a row. White House Correspondents’ Association
Read MoreAbout 1 percent of the world’s population lives with the mental condition called bipolar disorder, characterized by swings between elevated and depressed moods. In most cases, timely interaction with psychotherapists,
Read MoreРадіо Свобода ввійшло в п’ятірку найефективніших українських медіа-брендів, свідчать результати дослідження Центру контент-аналізу. Мета дослідження, як стверджують його автори, – виявити потенціал популярних медіа як платформ для поширення ідей або
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson and Imerys SA must pay at least $37 million in a lawsuit claiming a man developed cancer because of his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby
Read MoreGerman scientists in Antarctica have harvested the first crop of vegetables grown without soil or light. Researchers at Germany’s Neumayer Station III picked 3.6 kilograms (almost 8 pounds) of salad greens,
Read MoreHundreds of disbelieving fans flocked to the home of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Thursday in protest against the five-year jail term given on the action hero for poaching endangered
Read MoreVirtual reality, or VR, is finding more applications as the technology matures. It is no longer only used for gaming or entertainment. One Austin-based company, Blue Goji, is using VR
Read MoreA new report shows large employers spent $2.6 billion to treat opioid addiction and overdoses in 2016, an eightfold increase since 2004. More than half went to treat employees’ children.
Read MoreThe woman who police say shot three people at YouTube’s headquarters was prolific at producing videos and posting them online, many of them bizarre, such as a clip in which
Read MoreKim Kardashian West has shared the first photo of her family. The reality star posed with husband Kanye West, daughters North and Chicago, and son Saint in the photo, which
Read MoreHumanitarian groups in South Korea are using the ocean current to send needed food and information from the outside world into impoverished regions of North Korea. On Ganghwa Island in
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s first movie theater in more than 35 years will open on April 18 in the capital Riyadh. AMC Entertainment, the world’s largest movie theater chain, said Wednesday it
Read MoreA new television documentary about Elvis Presley takes advantage of the vast collection of footage, pictures, documents and music from his estate to give a behind-the-scenes look at the king
Read MoreRecord producer, Ian Brennan, and his wife Marilena Delli, a photographer and documentary filmmaker, are on a quest for the unknown and unfamiliar. Their passion for discovering uniqueness in human
Read MoreAttorneys in Baltimore are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an ordinance requiring pregnancy centers notify patients if they don’t offer abortion
Read More“Nightmare bacteria” with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times in the United States last year in a first-of-a-kind hunt to see how much
Read MoreA U.S. media broadcast group ordered local news anchors to read a statement expressing concern about “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing the country,” — then accused
Read MoreScientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge whether a man-made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a
Read MoreWith her arms crossed and poised for action, “Wonder Woman” television actress Lynda Carter was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday as her most
Read MoreSome whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths. For the first time, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales, the little-heard whales that r oam the
Read More«Цей набір сторінок… був націлений на Росію та людей, які розмовляють російською мовою у сусідніх країнах, таких як Азербайджан, Узбекистан та Україна» – Цукерберг …
Read MoreJason Clarke plunged into frigid waters, repeatedly, for his role as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in “Chappaquiddick.” The Australian actor said his research about the accident that thwarted Kennedy’s
Read MoreBread and chocolate are staples of the American diet. And a scientific team in California is working hard to make sure the plants they’re made from are as robust as
Read MoreУ Дніпрі 3 квітня вшановують пам’ять письменника Олеся Гончара. Цього дня виповнюється 100 років від дня його народження, а також минає 50 років створення роману-бестселера «Собор», який писався на дніпропетровському матеріалі.
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