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Jason Cerda is a professional dancer and recording artist. He’s performed on stage with Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin and other big-name musicians and now uses his expertise to teach young performers how to dance
They’re called smokejumpers and, as you may guess from the name, they have very dangerous work. Their job is to parachute into the spot where a wildfire has started and put it out with the help of only a pulaski and a handsaw
The U.S. has just published a five-year plan to boost the number of kids who go into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Jeff Seldin & Heather Murdock Time is running out for fighters defending the last shred of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Syria. About 15,000 U.S.-backed forces in Syria launched their final assault on the small IS enclave in the northeastern Syrian village of Baghuz late Friday, supported by U.S. and coalition warplanes and artillery. …
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A survey conducted by Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF shows millions of households in Nigeria do not have access to clean water sources. While the supply of clean water in Nigeria has improved recently, 3 in 10 people still lack access.
Russia’s economy has stagnated for some years and suffers under sanctions imposed by the West after it annexed Crimea in 2014. Still, Moscow remains a vibrant city that attracts immigrants from around the world, most of them from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia
While the U.S.- North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without an agreement to restrict the North’s threatening nuclear program, analysts say it was not a total failure
Zimbabwe might have surpassed its 2018 gold production target, but its glitter has not brightened Zimbabwe’s moribund economy
India says its February 26 air strikes were retaliation for a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers on February 14 — an attack claimed by the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad
Numerous media organizations working in Venezuela have denounced authorities for harassing, bullying and even confiscating the equipment of journalists as they cover the ongoing crisis in that South American country