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Drones are being taught to deliver food and medical supplies to customers. Now, doctors and scientists at the University of Maryland at College Park are creating special, custom-made drones that can literally save lives
Clashes in the streets as thousands of people took to the streets for another weekend of protests in Hong Kong. This week, the city’s governing body formally withdrew the bill that sparked the original protests earlier this year, but that has done little to appease protesters in this leaderless movement, who say they want the government to do more to stave off what they believe is encroaching control from Beijing
More than 40 people died in 2018 after being shocked by Tasers in the United States. To end those needless deaths, some police departments are trying BolaWrap – a new non-lethal device. Genia Dulot has the story
People in Laos have always converted the hundreds of millions of bombs dropped into Laos during the Vietnam War into everyday items. This idea inspired a New York woman to make jewelry from bombs
Hyperinflation and the continuing economic and political crisis in Venezuela is driving more Venezuelans to travel to the Colombian border to buy food and other supplies. Even though the government has raised the minimum wage, it is still not nearly enough and most Venezuelans continue to struggle
For centuries, Cambodians have looked to the Tonle Sap for a protein-rich river fish dinner. But supply has been a challenge. Malis Tum reports from a riverbank fish market in Phnom Phen
The Jaipur Literature Festival began in the city of Jaipur, India. With 300 speakers and more than 500 million visitors every year, it is the world’s largest free literary festival. The festival also travels internationally. One stop is Boulder, Colorado
Somali Government and Cultural Activists are now nowadays are giving importance of restoration of Somali Cultural heritage damaged by decade long Somali civil war and extremism.In 1991, civil war broke out destroying all kind of cultural heritage.Now ongoing effort to restore historic monuments of Somalia~VOA NEWS
The power of music and art to influence generations is well documented, and that’s sometimes why authoritarian regimes tend to silence artists. The brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia is no different and a huge percentage of Cambodia’s musicians and artists were killed during the Pol Pot Regime
A 28-wagon Chinese freight train has arrived in Belgrade, inaugurating a new direct railway line between China and Serbia