American filmmaker Martin Scorsese is backing an international effort to preserve African movies, hoping to protect the work of some of Africa’s most influential directors. Arzouma Kompaore reports. …
Read MoreAfter weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped being about President Donald Trump, his course and his views toward women and it turned out to be what the USGA
Read MoreMartin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible,” then capped a long and versatile career with an
Read MoreFilmmaker Ken Burns views the Vietnam War as a virus that infected Americans with an array of chronic illnesses — alienation, a lack of civil discourse, mistrust of government and
Read MoreGeorge Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and
Read More35-річний швейцарський тенісист Роджер Федерер 16 липня спробує встановити абсолютний рекорд за кількістю перемог в одиночному розряді на головному турнірі на траві – Вімблдоні. Нині екс-перша ракетка світу має сім
Read MoreForty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the
Read MoreВ Україні 16 липня стартує новий сезон у футбольній прем’єр-лізі. На старт виходять 12 команд. Замість «Дніпра» та луцької «Волині», які посіли останні місця в попередній першості, до елітарного дивізіону
Read MoreTake care of your soil, and your soil will take care of you. That’s the message agriculture experts have for farmers worldwide. They say farmers can halt the degradation of
Read MoreResearchers in Wisconsin have discovered the secrets to making cows happier. And, they tell farmers, happier cows are more productive cows … which should make farmers happier, too. Faiza Elmasry
Read MoreRay Phiri, a South African jazz musician who founded the band Stimela and became internationally known while performing on Paul Simon’s Graceland tour, died of cancer on Wednesday at age
Read MoreAuthorities in Pakistan’s capital are investigating the water in the city’s main reservoir after tons of dead fish were found in a lake on the city’s outskirts. Police officer
Read MoreNavigating public transit systems can be difficult, especially if you’re blind. But in Boston the BlindWays app is a virtual GPS for the visually impaired. The app’s contributors aren’t coders
Read MorePresident Donald Trump turned up the heat Friday on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled health care plan
Read More“Don’t go to the pub tonight,” Irish pop musician Bob Geldof pleaded in the months leading up to Live Aid, the world’s biggest concert that took place on two continents,
Read MoreНа Дніпропетровщині створили ландшафтний парк для захисту території Дніпрових порогів. Відповідне рішення 14 липня ухвалила на сесії Дніпропетровська обласна рада. Згідно з рішенням облради, створюється комунальний заклад «Спеціальна адміністрація регіонального
Read MoreA ticking sound runs throughout “Dunkirk” like an omnipresent reminder that time is running out for the 340,000 British and Allied soldiers marooned on the French beach and surrounded by
Read MoreA cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has infected more than 332,000 people, could spread during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in September, although Saudi authorities are well prepared,
Read MoreA Spanish court has given permission for the remains of famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali to be exhumed as part of a paternity test. The judge in Catalonia ruled the
Read MoreA NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter is revealing the up-close beauty of our solar system’s biggest planetary storm. Juno flew directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on Monday, passing an amazingly
Read MoreA new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF has been given an interim recommendation by the World Health Organization (WHO), containing a new class of insecticide that the
Read MoreWith peeling paint and crumbling plasterwork, an abandoned picture house and its renovation in the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli is more than a dream for Qassem Istanbouli. The 31-year-old
Read MoreThe malaria parasite owes its devastating success to a finely tuned genome that can survive attacks and evade human immune defenses because it retains only the bare essential genes it
Read MoreAn expert panel of scientists says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have,
Read MoreBefore America put the first men on the moon in 1969, NASA astronauts prepared for their lunar missions on the volcanic terrain at a national park. Lunar landscape National parks
Read MoreThe charade only ended in the final years of Chuck Blazer’s life. Stripped of his extravagances, soccer’s gregarious and greedy dealmaker was forced to admit to his years of
Read MoreNew research published this week in the journal Brain suggests that the lack of quality sleep could raise your chances of contracting Alzheimer’s disease. And the Centers for Disease Control
Read MoreThe World Health Organization says that there are over 350 million people worldwide who suffer or have suffered from depression. They classify it as the leading cause of disability around
Read MoreA new exhibition in southern Poland shows the brutality of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz through the artistic work of its inmates. Some of the artworks are being
Read MoreIntroducing a brand-new, multimillion-dollar intergalactic adventure film based on a French comic book strip during a summer box office dominated by superheroes and sequels may be considered a big risk
Read MoreRecording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in website and social media messages on Wednesday that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate
Read MoreResearchers have developed a blood test that could help with the early detection of pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. Doctors usually are unable to diagnose
Read MoreІз початку нового навчального року 100 українських шкіл працюватимуть за новим стандартом початкової освіти, заявила в ефірі Радіо Свобода міністр освіти і науки Лілія Гриневич. За її словами, вчителі пройдуть
Read MoreДо конкурсної програми міжнародного кінофестивалю в Локарно був відібраний короткометражний фільм «Випуск-97» режисера Павла Острікова, повідомляє прес-служба Державного агентства України з питань кіно. Фільм, спродюсований Юрієм Мінзяновим, розповідає про несподівану
Read MoreScientists say a vast iceberg has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica. Scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said Wednesday the iceberg broke off
Read MoreЧому дешеві авіаперевізники пролітають повз Україну? Зняття недоторканності з депутатів – самозбереження чи самознищення парламенту? Біометричний контроль на кордонах України: політика чи безпека? На ці теми ведучий Ранкової Свободи на
Read MoreDonor countries at a London summit pledged Tuesday to increase funding for family planning, but proposed cuts to family planning programs by the U.S. government overshadowed the conference. The largest
Read MoreOrganizers of the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe say shifting U.S. policies on security and immigration have not hampered participation by artists from 53 countries, from Cuba to
Read MoreDoctors and parents involved in female genital mutilation will face up to 15 years in prison under new Michigan laws. Female circumcision or cutting is already a federal crime punishable
Read MoreIn a sprawling military base on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, Mohammad Esa, who lost both legs to a roadside bomb, is getting ready to compete in the
Read MoreIdaho is known for potatoes, but at City of Rocks and Craters of the Moon national park sites, it’s rocks that take center stage – for rock climbers, astronauts and
Read MoreThe International Olympic Committee Tuesday struck a deal to award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic Games in the same session, in a move that would effectively guarantee that Paris
Read MoreThe World Health Organization says measles has killed 35 children in Europe in the last 12 months, calling it an “unacceptable tragedy” that deaths are being caused by a vaccine-preventable
Read MoreVivien 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
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