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BMW, Ford, GM: World's Largest Automakers Form Blockchain Coalition Ian Allison   Four of the world's largest carmakers have joined tech providers and startups to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on applying blockchain tech in the automotive...

Adele cancels remainder of world tour with damaged vocal cords   Adele said she had "even considered miming", but she said she could never do this to her fans. Earlier this week, the singer hinted she...

Traditional watchmakers have a secret weapon to use against smartwatches Interview with: Soren J Petersen, CEO, Urban Jürgensen   High-tech features will always challenge traditional craftsmanship, but they can never replace it. The smartwatch is the latest hurdle...

Haitians shrug off daily struggles and get into the Carnival groove   Carnival in Haiti goes back to 1804 and not even the country's devastating 2010 earthquake was enough to eliminate celebrations.   A dancer performs as she...

Vintage Watches Are the Timeless Timepieces You Need by Dale Harris   Long summer afternoons, spent in the dim cool of your grandfather’s study. The scent of his cologne and his cigar competed with the smells...

Woman Rescues Wingless Queen Bee And Their Friendship Will Make Your Day     Even though we tend to not like insects and crush them with all our might, they do not deserve such a harsh treatment...

New York-bound, a ballet star rises in Bollywood's heartland   The 16-year-old son of an Indian metal welder has received an invitation from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City for...

How Foreign Brands Court Indian Consumers   Blessed and plagued with its own eccentricities, India is proof that products that are successes elsewhere may need a new twist. An estimated 1,700 new products hit the shelves in...

Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band – a musician of 'awful dreadfulness'? Not at all Royal Albert Hall, London The film-maker is a fine amateur clarinetist, and, at the Albert Hall, he and...

Could coffee replace insulin injections for diabetics?   Scientists have developed an implant which releases diabetes medication when it senses caffeine in the blood. The days of the insulin pen may be numbered. According to researchers in...

Trump Bails On Latin America Trip To Make 'Major Decisions' About Syria   President Donald Trump has canceled his first official visit to Latin America. The move cones as his administration evaluates the ongoing crisis in...

Cocaine Advertisements From the 1970s Will Absolutely Shock You By Natalie Zamora   Although cocaine is obviously a very outlawed drug nowadays, past times weren't so strict on the white powder. Especially in 1970s America, where drugs were...

Colombia's plastic brick homes empower the poor   Made from recycled plastic waste, these strong and durable homes are taking Cartagena in Colombia by storm. About 300 million tonnes of plastic is produced each year, but only...

Children's future uncertain after immigration bill vote postponed   House Republican leaders postponed the Friday vote on GOP immigration legislation. Despite Trump's order to stop children from being separated from their families, it remained unclear how...

Who is speed skater Sven Kramer dating? Sven and his GF are so adorable together  Olivia Harvey   If you’ve been keeping up with the 2018 Winter Olympics (the Opening Ceremony was today, but the games started...

Hurricane Maria intensifies, now a Category 3 hurricane   The storm continues to intensify before hitting the Leeward Islands and the northeastern Caribbean Sea Monday night. Last week's powerful Hurricane Irma left at least 84 people...

Video Records Turkish Soldiers Fleeing to Greece By Tasos Kokkinidis Turkish authorities have made public a video apparently showing three Turkish soldiers minutes before they boarded helicopters to flee to Greece after the failed coup attempt...

"Me Too" stories of sexual assault flood social media   Harvey Weinstein scandal results in women all across the globe speaking out against sexual abuse. Thousands of women around the world who have been sexually harassed or...

Sex is just as important to older women, European court rules Portuguese decision to cut 50-year-old woman’s compensation over botched gynaecological surgery was ‘prejudiced’, say judges in France. Judges in Portugal were guilty of sexual discrimination...

Boko Haram releases 101 schoolgirls abducted from Nigeria's Dapchi   Nigeria's government says Boko Haram militants have returned 101 of the 110 girls who were abducted from their school in Dapchi a month ago. Hauwa (L) and...

Cuba Votes: Country votes for first non-Castro leader   Cubans went to the polls to elect a new parliament on Sunday. But the candidates they were voting for already had enough seats allocated. Our correspondent but...

Monsoon rains may force Thai cave rescue attempt this week   Rescue of boys should be sped up before downpours in next few days, says minister. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7HKmMDNsso?embed_config=%7B%22adsConfig%22%3A%7B%22nonPersonalizedAd%22%3Afalse%7D%7D&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com&widgetid=1]  Rescuers find Thai boys who were trapped in cave for...

Nicaragua president scraps pension law that sparked deadly protests     Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega made the announcement on Sunday as looting continued in the capital of Managua on the fifth day of protests that have left...

Europe still buying Iranian oil amid sanctions threat   Companies in Europe are still taking Iranian oil despite the US saying it will impose new sanctions that seek to reduce oil exports from the country. A general...