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Zimbabwe’s ban on foreign currency, and the nation’s record inflation, has spurred demand for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to try to preserve wealth. Zimbabwean authorities last year banned banks from processing bitcoin and is warning that cryptocurrencies are open to hacking
Five years ago, on July 17, 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. In the Dutch city of Hilversum, home to 15 of the victims, residents have planted memorial gardens of sunflowers grown from seeds gathered near the crash site
The ever-so-brief Hurricane Barry spared the southern U.S. city of New Orleans and the Louisiana coast of devastating floods. But with the 2019 hurricane season underway, a sense of anxiety has once again overcome a community that fears it will only be a matter of time before a storm as lethal as Hurricane Katrina tests its limits again
In the race to the moon in the 1960s, the development of the large rockets that could thrust the spacecraft beyond Earth’s atmosphere became a critical element in the success of the Apollo program. The place where the Saturn V rocket was developed — Huntsville, Alabama
Moscow court has extended the pretrial detention of 6 captured Ukrainian sailors by 3 months…. Thousands of people marched in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg to mark the anniversary of the killing of Russia’s royal family by Bolshevik revolutionaries 101 years ago
Journalists across Pakistan demonstrated to protest censorship, mass layoffs, and delayed wages on July 16. They say Pakistan’s military is pressuring media outlets to quash critical media coverage, while the government has scrapped lucrative advertising with private TV stations and newspapers
Without a doubt insects are the most successful species on the planet. They make up a clear majority of the world’s 1.5 million total species, and they live almost literally everywhere there is land, including Antarctica. But there is trouble in the insect world. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports~VOA NEWS
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface – the first men on the moon. The U.S. space agency, NASA, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this historic event in style
Aid workers in Uganda say armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has doubled the flow of refugees since June, straining humanitarian funding. Many of the DRC refugees brave the harsh waters of Lake Albert on the Uganda border to make the crossing to safety
Artists are often at the forefront of social change, as they use their works to address difficult political and cultural issues. While audiences are probably most familiar with activist painters, filmmakers and musicians, choreographers have also addressed social issues with their dance companies