Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest dam on Sunday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods. The controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam…
more ...Iceland Experiments with Volcanic Energy
Iceland is often called the land of ice and fire. It has plenty of ice and glaciers, but is also a geothermal hotspot of bubbling hot water cauldrons, geysers and…
more ...China Builds an ‘Orlando’ Aside its ‘Vegas’ and ‘New York’
Just a stone’s throw across a narrow waterway from the world’s largest gambling hub Macau, a former oyster farming island is being transformed into China’s newest tourism haven. Dubbed by…
more ...World Hunger Swells as Conflict, Climate Change Grow
The United Nations reports world hunger is rising because conflicts and problems related to climate change are multiplying. The report finds about 815 million people globally did not have enough…
more ...US Wheat Production Lowest in Recorded History
Farmer Russ Higgins’ ancestors settled a wide expanse of land south of Morris, Illinois, in 1858. Through the U.S. Civil War and every major event since then, there has been…
more ...Russia’s Digital Weapons Refined on Virtual Battlefield’ of Ukraine
It was a Friday in June, a short workday before a public holiday weekend in Ukraine, and cybersecurity expert Victor Zhora had left the capital, Kyiv, and was in the…
more ...New Flip Flop Qubits Could Bring Quantum Computers to Consumers
Mention quantum computing and people generally think, “what the heck is quantum computing?” Quantum computing uses the “weirdness” of the quantum world to create a new way for computers to…
more ...Key Equifax Executives Leave Company Immediately After Huge Data Breach
Equifax announced late Friday that its chief information officer and chief security officer would leave the company immediately, following the enormous breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information. It also…
more ...For Muslim Relief Workers, Faith & Charity Form an Inextricable Bond
When Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Coast, the Islamic Circle of North America arranged shelter. After it passed, they provided relief. Its volunteers — made up of immigrant and nonimmigrant,…
more ...For Muslim Relief Workers, Faith and Charity Form Inextricable Bond
When Hurricane Irma battered the Florida Coast, volunteers of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) arranged shelter. After it passed, they provided relief — from flood-damaged homes in Naples…
more ...In Times of Disaster, Why Businesses React the Way They Do
During natural disasters, why do some companies open their doors to the community while other take advantage of its members? Tina Trinh explores the reasons why businesses react the way…
more ...Cashless Dreams Feature Motorbike Bankers, E-wallets in Vietnam
Think of it as motorbike banking. For Vietnamese who live far from a retail bank branch, VietinBank scrambles scooters so its officers can meet clients where they live, tablet in…
more ...In Times of Disaster, Some Businesses Rise to the Occasion
Jim McIngvale was standing in the parking lot of Gallery Furniture, greeting drivers and directing cars as they trickled in one sunny afternoon. It had been a week and a…
more ...Commerce’s Ross: US Wants NAFTA 5-year Sunset Provision
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday that the United States was seeking to add a five-year sunset provision to the North American Free Trade Agreement to provide a…
more ...Brazilians Toil for Gold in Illegal Amazon Mines
Informal mining in Brazil is seen by many as a scourge polluting the Amazon rainforest, poisoning indigenous tribes and robbing the nation of its wealth. For others it is a…
more ...Text Message Network Connects Offline Farmers in Kenya
When she woke up one morning in February, Catherine Kagendo realized that one of her cows could not stand. “It was lying on its side, had lost its appetite and…
more ...Irma Pushes Florida’s Poor Closer to the Edge of Ruin
Larry and Elida Dimas didn’t have much to begin with, and Hurricane Irma left them with even less. The storm peeled open the roof of the old mobile home where…
more ...Venezuela’s New Plan to Beat Hunger: Breed Rabbits
Venezuela’s government this week urged citizens to see rabbits as more than “cute pets” as it defended a plan to breed and eat them even as the opposition says this…
more ...Harvey Charities Raise More Than $350M in Less Than 3 Weeks
More than 50 local and national charities have raised more than $350 million in the nearly three weeks since Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas Gulf Coast, and the disparate groups…
more ...Perlan II Sets a New Altitude Record for Gliders
High above the mountains in southern Argentina, two pilots recently set a new altitude world record for gliders. They hope the ability of their plane to reach the edge of…
more ...Musk Now Targets October to Unveil Tesla Semi Truck
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker is tentatively scheduled to unveil its planned semi-truck in late October, about a month later than the billionaire had earlier estimated.…
more ...Trump Blocks Chinese Takeover of US Computer Chip Company
President Donald Trump has blocked the acquisition of a U.S. computer chip manufacturer by a Chinese company, calling it a threat to national security. The Chinese-owned Canyon Bridge Fund has…
more ...Workers on Seasonal US Visas Tell Panel of Abuses
As Congress looks into ways to fix the immigration system, often with the goal of safeguarding job opportunities for U.S. workers, at least one immigration organization argues that current federal…
more ...Pittsburgh to Be Site of America’s Largest Urban Farm
Pittsburgh, once a dynamo of heavy industry, will soon become home to the United States’ largest urban farm, part of what advocates say is a trend to transform former manufacturing…
more ...Cameroon Forest People: Land Rights Abuses Threaten Survival
Leaders of Cameroon’s indigenous forest peoples say their survival is at risk if they are further deprived of access to the lands that are the source of their livelihoods. Speaking…
more ...Gambia Turns to Private Maritime Policing
Gambia is negotiating deals with three private companies to crack down on rampant illegal fishing in its territorial waters, a senior official with the fisheries ministry told Reuters. Made possible…
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