Vivien Leigh’s copy of the “Gone With the Wind” script is going up for auction alongside dozens of items from the late star’s personal collection. Sotheby’s is offering paintings, jewelry,
Read MoreAverage households use a lot of water that cannot be re-used and it goes to waste. A new project in Sweden is testing a water treatment system that would put
Read MoreПонад 30 людей – діти й удови загиблих українських бійців – прибули вночі 11 липня до Ізраїлю на реабілітацію та оздоровлення. Як повідомив Радіо Свобода куратор проекту, співзасновник громадської організації
Read MoreУрядові законопроекти про суди для реформи чи для проформи? Як приборкати нахабних забудовників? Де взяти боєприпаси для української армії? На ці теми ведучий Ранкової Свободи на Крим.Реалії Юрій Матвійчук говоритиме
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron expressed “pride, humility and determination” and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke of his city’s proud Olympic past as the rivals to host the 2024 Games
Read MoreInsecticides, mosquito nets, and disrupting breeding grounds all reduce mosquito populations and slow the spread of malaria. Now, researchers want to take away the insect’s food to fight the disease
Read MoreOn stage in their grass skirts and colorful shirts, the hula dancers look like a traditional island group. But when the music starts, it’s obvious this performance is anything but
Read MoreFor his work in films reflecting U.S. history such as “Saving Private Ryan,” “Apollo 13” and “Bridge of Spies,” actor Tom Hanks has won this year’s Records of Achievement Award,
Read MoreA federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit seeking to force a Madrid museum to return an Impressionist masterpiece to the family of a Jewish woman who was compelled
Read MoreA cholera outbreak in Yemen “continues to spiral out of control,” according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which says there are now over 300,000 suspected cases of
Read MoreПерша ракетка України, четверта тенісистка світу Еліна Світоліна 10 липня зіграє в четвертому раунді головного тенісного змагання на траві – Вімблдонського турніру. Суперницею харків’янки буде 13-та сіяна в Лондоні латвійка
Read MoreThey wanted to show the old seven-starred flag from their homeland. And when the Venezuelan players from the Pittsburgh Pirates finally found one on Amazon, they promptly held it upside
Read MoreA remote Iranian desert city, Ice Age-era caves in Germany and a stone wharf in Brazil built for arriving African slave ships are three new additions to UNESCO’s list of
Read MoreThe IOC has balked at helping Rio Olympic organizers pay a debt estimated at $35-40 million. The executive board of the International Olympic Committee, meeting Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland,
Read MoreSealed behind the steel doors of two bunkers in a Beijing suburb, university students are trying to find out how it feels to live in a space station on another
Read MoreWith the delicacy of a conductor, Ammar Alobaidi runs his right index finger across his acrylic work — a bright, abstract piece that reflects his love for cubism and three
Read MoreInvasive species are wreaking havoc in waters around the world — from Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, to Asian carp in the Mississippi River, to turtles native to the
Read MoreIn 28 years in India’s pharmaceuticals sector, Rajiv Desai has never been busier. Most of the last six months on his desk calendar is marked green, indicating visits to the
Read MoreVoice of America’s Somali service hosted a town hall Saturday in Minnesota, home to a large Somali-American population, to discuss a recent outbreak of measles in the state, and address
Read MoreAfter 1,400 kilometers (nearly 900 miles) in eight days of racing, the suffer-fest Tour de France now turns the pain dial up a notch or five. How does scaling half
Read MoreУ Державній службі з надзвичайних ситуацій повідомили, що в результаті вибуху в житловому будинку у Києві загинула ще одна людина, таким чином кількість жертв зросла до двох. Як йдеться у
Read More17 людей, які постраждали внаслідок вибуху 8 липня в житловому будинку у Голосіївському районі Києва, можуть переселитися у тимчасове житло. Про це повідомив перший заступник голови КМДА Геннадій Пліс. «Станом
Read MoreMicroplastics are pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size. They make up part of the estimated tens of millions of tons of plastic that gets washed into the
Read MoreFormer Beatles drummer Ringo Starr celebrated his 77th birthday on Friday by announcing a new album that will feature former bandmate Paul McCartney. Starr’s 19th solo album “Give More Love”
Read MoreAt the peak of his career in the 1930s, Carlos Gardel’s fans used to gather at the curb outside his home, hoping to hear one of Argentina’s greatest tango singers
Read MoreGeorgia’s health commissioner was named Friday to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government’s top public health agency. Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald is an OB-GYN and
Read MoreMexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio has been effectively banned from the Gold Cup by FIFA for insulting match officials. FIFA banned Osorio for six matches on Friday for his behavior
Read MoreПенсія або довічне грошове утримання суддів у відставці (при повному й неповному стажі роботи) зросло на понад 5 тисяч гривень: у 2016 році було на рівні 16 770,8 гривень, на
Read MoreThe state of Minnesota is battling the biggest outbreak of measles since 1990, and state health officials are hoping it is tapering off. Seventy-eight people caught the disease, mostly Somali-Americans,
Read MoreПерша ракетка України і п’ята в рейтингу Жіночої тенісної асоціації Еліна Світоліна 7 липня проведе поєдинок третього кола на головному тенісному змаганні на траві – Вімблдонському турнірі. Суперницею харків’янки буде
Read MoreMeasles was officially wiped out in the United States 17 years ago. But outbreaks still happen when someone carries the virus back from a country where measles exists. The state
Read MoreAfter a mild winter, the northeastern United States is in for a banner year when it comes to ticks. That would be little more than a nuisance if it were
Read MoreNot every police officer patrols on two legs. Some have four legs, and fur. Faith Lapidus reports on some new recruits and some veterans leaving police work behind. …
Read MoreAt least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable “superbug” strains of gonorrhea, which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex, the World Health Organization (WHO)
Read MoreEntertainer Bill Cosby will be retried on charges of sexually assaulting a former employee of his alma mater in November, five months after his first trial on those charges ended
Read MoreDirector Franco Zeffirelli’s art works and personal library have been moved from his Roman villa to his native Florence to fill a museum honoring his life’s work. The museum
Read MoreMadonna says the children’s wing at a hospital in Malawi she has been building for two years completed its first surgery last week and will officially open July 11. The
Read MoreCanada is attacking its expanding opioid crisis with an unusual measure: It’s giving addicts a safe place to shoot up. The government has allowed seven “safe injection sites” to
Read MoreДруга ракетка України Леся Цуренко 6 липня проведе поєдинок другого кола в одиночному розряді головного тенісного змагання на траві – Вімблдонського турніру. Суперницею українки, яка є 35-ю в рейтингу Жіночої
Read MoreIn prehistoric times, millions of bison roamed North America, but by the late 1800s, they were nearly extinct. Through conservation efforts, they can now be found in all 50 states,
Read MoreUsing only baker’s yeast, researchers at Columbia University have designed an inexpensive, on-the-spot test to detect major fungal pathogens. Faith Lapidus has details of the new biosensor, described in the
Read MoreA newly discovered photograph may provide the answer to one of the 20th century’s greatest unsolved mysteries — the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The legendary American pilot vanished 80 years
Read MoreAlmost a year after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Brazilian organizers are asking for help from the International Olympic Committee to satisfy creditors who are still owed about 130 million
Read MoreA council of Shi’ite religious leaders in Bamyan province in central Afghanistan banned a local musical festival, calling it “Harram” or against Islamic law, while many other religious leaders hailed
Read MoreУ Дніпрі ввечері 5 липня стартувала всеукраїнська «Козацька регата пам’яті Івана Сірка». За словами організаторів, це наймасштабніша і найчисельніша всеукраїнська регата. Захід відбувається у форматі маршрутних спортивних змагань. Учасниками регати
Read MoreThe Trump administration will soon begin a review that will question the veracity of the climate change science used by President Barack Obama’s administration as the basis for environmental regulations.
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