From fears that eating chicken wings makes it hard to find a husband to beliefs that pineapple jeopardizes fertility, a host of food taboos are fueling malnutrition among Indonesian girls,
Read MoreEight years after it was awarded the right to host the football World Cup, Russia says it is ready for kick-off in the month-long competition. But with the total World
Read MoreThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, despite encouraging signs that it may be brought under control.
Read MoreWith frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a
Read MoreРадіо Свобода здобуло шість нагород журналістського конкурсу Presszvanie, переможці якого стали відомі 12 червня. Перше місце в номінації «Охорона здоров’я» здобула Ольга Стрижова зі статтею «Людей нужно заставлять ходить на
Read MoreПоліція заявляє, що встановила особу і повідомила про підозру хулігану, через дії якого отруїлися учні миколаївської школи. Як повідомляє Головне управління Національної поліції у Миколаївській області, підозрюваним виявився 16-річний учень одного
Read MoreВід початку року на кір в Україні захворіли 20 553 людини, повідомляє Міністерство охорони здоров’я. За повідомленням, понад 12 тисяч із них – діти. За цей час від ускладнень кору
Read MoreIndonesia is rich in commodities such as oil, gas, gold and tin, but a handful of government officials think its most powerful resources are cultural. They belong to a dynamic
Read MoreEighth-grade teacher Ari Mascarenhas could have picked high-tech gadgets or modern apps to help his students learn Portuguese, but he instead went old school with the World Cup sticker book.
Read MoreIrene Mboyo Mola spent 11 days caring for her husband as he died of Ebola in a hospital where she said nurses were too scared to get close. She helped
Read MoreKeeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes, scientists said Monday. The amount of
Read MoreDescribed as bright, thoughtful and bold – the art that Mike Van Hall makes is both unexpected and accessible. But what makes his art unique is that you don’t have
Read MoreA vaccine against bacterial pneumonia and another against meningitis have saved 1.45 million children’s lives this century, according to a new study. The diseases the vaccines prevent are now concentrated
Read MoreWashington, D.C., will host a celebration on Tuesday that has been 44 years in the making: a parade to mark the first Stanley Cup title in the Washington Capital’s hockey
Read MoreDennis Rodman, a flamboyant, one-time U.S. professional basketball player, showed up Monday in Singapore ready to renew his unique friendship with Kim Jong Un as the North Korean dictator gets
Read MoreWhen Jeremy Randall and Ariam Mohamed set their wedding date for May 5, they knew they would be submitting their new union to an endurance test – of faith. “We
Read MoreУкраїнські журналісти-розслідувачі та громадські антикорупційні організації створили сайт «Декларації». Як заявляють ініціатори, їхній проект – це спроба зробити електронні декларації чиновників легкодоступними для аналізу. Розробники сайту стверджують, що він працює
Read MoreРосійські прикордонники не пропускають автомобілі з українською реєстрацією на пункті пропуску «Сеньківка» у Чернігівській області, повідомляє Державна прикордонна служба України. За даними прикордонників, станом на 12:00 черга на виїзд з
Read MoreРосійські прикордонники не пропускають автомобілі з українською реєстрацією на пункті пропуску «Сеньківка» у Чернігівській області, повідомляє Державна прикордонна служба України. За даними прикордонників, станом на 12:00 черга на виїзд з
Read MoreСлужба безпеки проводить обшуки в одній із громадських організацій у Чернівцях, представники якої поширювали матеріали, що можуть містити заклики до порушення територіальної цілісності України, повідомляє прес-служба відомства. За даними СБУ,
Read More«Укрзалізниця» повідомила про 23 потяги до Чорного та Азовського морів, які курсуватимуть по Україні протягом літа. Про це йдеться на сайті підприємства. «Зокрема, 8 поїздів призначено до Одеси, 5 –
Read MoreThe Band’s Visit, a musical about a an Egyptian police orchestra booked for a concert in an Israeli town, but end up in the wrong town, took home the prize
Read More“(Let’s) just bake a cake for everyone who wants a cake to be baked,” Andrew Garfield said when he won a Tony Award Sunday night in New York for best
Read MoreTropical Storm Bud intensified late Sunday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane some 254 miles (410 km) west of the Pacific coast of Mexico, the country’s weather service said. With
Read MoreThere will be no Winter Olympics in Switzerland in 2026. Voters in the southern canton of Valais rejected a proposal Sunday to bid on the games that would have been
Read MoreAfter years of research and 400 million dollars from investors, Impossible Foods has produced the hottest new item on the vegan market, meat-free burgers. The goal of the California-based start-up
Read MoreThe University of Hawaii Cancer Center is the leader in a groundbreaking national study that found that early-stage breast cancer patients with the most common form of the disease do
Read MoreCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that nearly $3 billion in pledges has been raised to help fund the education of vulnerable girls and women around the world. Canada
Read MoreA Yemeni student has taken his passion for invention to a new level by building household appliances such as refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and cooling fans out of cardboard. Surprisingly, the
Read MoreNecessity, they say, is the mother of invention … and Gaza needs electricity. The coastal enclave’s two million residents now receive only three to four hours of power per day.
Read MoreScientists say due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics, for treating even minor infections, many bacteria have developed strong immunity against this type of drug. In their words, we may have
Read MoreJustify led all the way Saturday to win the Belmont Stakes by 1¾ lengths and become horse racing’s 13th Triple Crown champion and second in four years. The chestnut colt
Read MoreNewly crowned French Open champion Simona Halep said she was inspired to win her first Grand Slam title by her manager Virginia Ruzici’s feats 40 years ago at Roland Garros.
Read MoreAn enigmatic sculpture of a king’s head dating back nearly 3,000 years has set off a modern-day mystery caper as scholars try to figure out whose face it depicts. The
Read MoreThe prosecutor of Colmar in France’s Alsace region says that writer and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain hanged himself in the bathroom of his French hotel room. Prosecutor Christian de Rocquigny
Read MorePlastic and chemical pollution has been detected in most samples of snow and seawater taken by researchers in Antarctica, said the nongovernmental environmental group Greenpeace. Greenpeace scientists gathered water and
Read MoreEarthquakes happen frequently in Italy, but the famous leaning tower in Pisa still stands, puzzling scientists. An earthquake expert from University of Bristol thinks he knows why. VOA’s George Putic
Read MoreThe very thought of visiting a hospital emergency department is stressful enough for many people, even without the discomfort or pain of an examination or treatment. Enter an immersive virtual-reality
Read MoreChristian convert Loubna and her husband, Kamal, marry in a small ceremony in a meeting room of a human rights group in the Moroccan capital, ignoring threats from people in
Read MoreUnbeaten Justify was a 4/5 odds-on favorite Friday to win the Belmont Stakes in New York, but far from a shoo-in to complete American horse racing’s Triple Crown on Saturday.
Read MoreWe’re in action with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending June 9, 2018. Chart-watchers should like this week’s lineup:
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) says it is cautiously optimistic about containing the spread of the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo, but warns that much work lies ahead.
Read MoreУ Дніпрі 8 червня відкрився Всеукраїнський фестиваль пісенної творчості бійців «Пісні, народжені в АТО». Заходи фестивалю, який організували Дніпропетровська облдержадміністрація та обласна асоціація воїнів АТО, триватимуть два дні на двох
Read MoreA growing number of e-cigarette and vaporizer sellers have started offering college scholarships as a way to get their brands listed on university websites and to get students to write
Read MoreУкраїнський гідрометцентр прогнозує на вихідних хмарну погоду майже на всій території держави, температура коливатиметься від 23 до 29 градусів вдень, а вночі подекуди опускатиметься до 12-15 градусів тепла. На Закарпатті,
Read MoreУчасники гідроархеологічної експедиції Хортицького заповідника анонсують фільм, який вони знімають у гирлі Дніпра, де досліджують затонулу турецьку галеру. «Наші гаджети. Буде вам фільм з-під води», – написав у Facebook 8
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